40 Minutes

40 Minutes (1981)

★ 6.4 Documentary

40 Minutes was a BBC TV documentary strand broadcast on BBC Two between 1981 and 1994. The documentaries could be on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes. Some documentaries in the original series were revisited and updated in a 2006 version, Forty Minutes On.

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Episodes

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  1. 1 1. The Thawing of a Cold War Warrior1990-10-25 · 40m
  2. 2 2. Fit to Drop1990-11-01 · 40m
  3. 3 3. It's Eileen1990-11-08 · 40m
  4. 4 4. A Summer in the Country1990-11-15 · 40m
  5. 5 5. Battleship Beach1990-11-22 · 40m
  6. 6 6. Brief Encounters1990-11-29 · 40m
  7. 7 7. Malika's Hotel1990-12-06 · 40mMalika Shawa is an old girl of Cheltenham Ladies College. She's also a Palestinian aristocrat, who owns the only hotel in the Gaza Strip. In the refugee camp next door, the Palesti
  8. 8 8. Chocolate!1990-12-20 · 40m
  9. 9 9. Whatever Happened to Susi?1991-01-03 · 40m
  10. 10 10. Clever Trevor1991-01-10 · 40mThe BBC 40 Mins documentary team follow Trevor Smith, owner of Trevor Smith's Animal World, a company that supplies animals for film and television.
  11. 11 11. Around Midnight1991-01-24 · 40m
  12. 12 12. Where There's Hope1991-01-31 · 40m
  13. 13 13. The Prisoner1991-02-07 · 40m
  14. 14 14. Welcome to Surbiton1991-02-14 · 40m
  15. 15 15. A Cruel Ritual1991-02-21 · 40m'I was born and brought up in Britain. I was 8 years old when I was circumcised. I really thought I was going to die, because of the pain, having no anaesthetic. You have a lady ho
  16. 16 16. Children of the Fire1991-02-28 · 40mFive young Russian survivors of the Soviet Union's worst rail disaster arrive in Manchester for medical treatment. Badly burned in the explosion in 1989, they hope plastic surgeon
  17. 17 17. The Big Game1991-03-07 · 40m
  18. 18 18. Our Brilliant Careers1991-03-14 · 40m
  19. 19 19. Battered Men1991-03-21 · 40m
  20. 20 20. The Entertainers1991-03-28 · 40m
  21. 21 21. Video Vultures1991-04-04 · 40m
  22. 22 22. Beyond the Crystal Ball1991-04-11 · 40m
  23. 23 23. Suburbs in the Sky1991-04-18 · 40m
  24. 24 24. Fly Me to Dunoon1991-04-25 · 40m

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