40 MinutesTemporada 3

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.

Where to Watch 40 Minutes • Temporada 3

26 Episodes

  • Mistress
    E1
    MistressInterviews with three mistresses.
  • Bodyline
    E2
    BodylineThe M.C.C. Cricket tour of Australia in 1931 and the controversial tactics of the M.C.C. Captain Douglas Jardine.
  • Something for the Ladies
    E3
    Something for the LadiesMr Universe, Bachelor of the Year and others competitions for men.
  • House of Love
    E4
    House of LoveThe religious cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
  • Innocent Until Proved Guilty
    E5
    Innocent Until Proved GuiltyThe remand system in the UK and the lives of untried prisoners.
  • Jail Within a Jail
    E6
    Jail Within a JailThe maximum security unit at Maidstone Prison.
  • Who's a Pretty Girl, Then?
    E7
    Who's a Pretty Girl, Then?Finding Miss Pears 1983.
  • Pranks
    E8
    PranksProfessional pranksters and singing telegrams.
  • 1984 Voices in a City
    E9
    1984 Voices in a CityComparison between life in Orwell's novel and the reality of life in 1984.
  • Health Farm
    E10
    Health FarmA week at a health farm.
  • Swiss Finishing School
    E11
    Swiss Finishing SchoolThree English girls at Institut Villa Pierrefeu in Switzerland.
  • Divorce: Unreasonable Behaviour
    E12
    Divorce: Unreasonable BehaviourThe effect of a divorce on a couple and their children
  • Divorce: The Law... and After
    E13
    Divorce: The Law... and AfterHow parents' access to children of a broken marriage is determined.
  • The Mating Season
    E14
    The Mating SeasonThe annual 'crack' at Lisdoonvarna in Ireland visited by a group of Chicagoan women in search of romance.
  • Skiffle
    E15
    SkiffleThe history of Skiffle and the development of 'home-made' music.
  • Pigeons: Queer Facts
    E16
    Pigeons: Queer FactsAttitudes to pigeons.
  • Educating Michael
    E17
    Educating MichaelWorking class children in assisted places at public schools.
  • Delmelza's Baby
    E18
    Delmelza's BabyAttitudes in a small Cornish community to two lovers and their baby.
  • A Problem with Sex
    E19
    A Problem with SexThe work of the sex therapist.
  • The School on the Hill
    E20
    The School on the HillLagan College in Belfast, a school planned for the integration of protestants and Roman Catholics.
  • Animal Antiques
    E21
    Animal AntiquesRare breeds of farm animals.
  • Travelling Hopefully
    E22
    Travelling HopefullyProfessional political lobbyists.
  • Sun City
    E23
    Sun CityThe African Las Vegas.
  • Bertie and the Bomb
    E24
    Bertie and the BombBertrand Russell and the founding of CND.
  • Oh Alien
    E25
    Oh AlienHow the world would look to a being from another planet.
  • Boycott
    E26
    BoycottThe career of cricketer Geoffrey Boycott.

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