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40 Minutes

40 Minutes

1981 - 1994

Rough Justice

1st October 1981
Episode 1
Portrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil.

Sister Genevieve

8th October 1981
Episode 2
Portrait of a Comprehensive School in the heart of the Falls Road, Belfast.

Hijack

15th October 1981
Episode 3
Story of a Hijack on Independence Day 1977 in New York.

Give Us the Vote

22nd October 1981
Episode 4
Test case for inmates of mental hospital to get the vote.

Lol: A Bona Queen of Fabularity

29th October 1981
Episode 5
Life style of Quentin Crisp-esque 'Queen'.

Marathon Man

5th November 1981
Episode 6
Attempt to beat record run from John o' Groats to Land's End.

Rocky Circus

12th November 1981
Episode 7
Gary Glitter stars in Gerry Cottle's Circus.

Gorilla G Gorilla

19th November 1981
Episode 8
Gorilla N'Pongo gives birth to Kumi in Jersey Zoo.

The Harrisons Don't Go to School

26th November 1981
Episode 9
Hereford family educating children at home.

Alison

3rd December 1981
Episode 10
Spastic girl's struggle to live a normal life.

Sex, Drugs and the Vicar

10th December 1981
Episode 11
Backstage at the News of the World.

Children's Parties

17th December 1981
Episode 12
An anthology of various children's parties.

The Great Cover-up

14th January 1982
Episode 13
The bald facts revealed: What men will do to counter hair loss.

Brighton or Bust

21st January 1982
Episode 14
The London to Brighton vintage car rally.

The Last Resort

28th January 1982
Episode 15
Glenthorne high security prison for youngsters.

The George Formby Story

4th February 1982
Episode 16
Biopic of renowned comedian and ukulelist.

Burgled

11th February 1982
Episode 17
Burglary - Britain's fastest growing industry.

Bomber and Brendan

18th February 1982
Episode 18
Sheffield's Herol 'Bomber' Graham and Brendan Ingle his trainer in bid for boxing glory.

Mutiny

25th February 1982
Episode 19
1943 Mutiny of British soldiers in Salerno.

Saved in the Nick of Time

4th March 1982
Episode 20
Artefacts saved from demolished buildings.

Birth Reborn

11th March 1982
Episode 21
Michel Odent and 'natural' childbirth at his clinic in Pithiviers France

Hunt Saboteurs

18th March 1982
Episode 22
Cameras follow shock troops of anti-hunt demonstrators disrupting hunt.

Heart Transplant

25th March 1982
Episode 23
Magdi Yacoub and his surgical team at work at Harefield Hospital.

Heart Transplant: 2 - A Fight for Life

1st April 1982
Episode 24
No overview available.

Heart Transplant: 3

8th April 1982
Episode 25
No overview available.

Heart Transplant: 4 - Bruce Anderson, New Heart

15th April 1982
Episode 26
No overview available.

Heart Transplant: 5 - Recovery

22nd April 1982
Episode 27
No overview available.

Heart Transplant: 6 - A Matter of Life and Death

29th April 1982
Episode 28
No overview available.

Heart Transplant: 7

6th May 1982
Episode 29
No overview available.
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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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