40 Minutes
40 Minutes: Season 2

Air Date

October 7, 1982

Episodes

25 episodes

40 Minutes

Season 2

Episodes

1. Roedean

October 7, 1982
40 min

The leading girls' public school.

2. Skinheads

October 14, 1982
40 min

Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.

3. Rabbits Don't Cry

October 21, 1982
40 min

Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.

4. An Emotional Matter

October 28, 1982
40 min

The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.

5. Lost in a Crowd

November 4, 1982
40 min

Problems of loneliness. Five people who are trying to find their own ways to deal with overcome loneliness are in a compartment in a train. They tell their stories to us, but do not communicate with each other, despite their shared problem.

6. The Cruelty Man

November 11, 1982
40 min

A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.

7. Miners

November 25, 1982
40 min

Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.

8. Mr. Moonlight

December 2, 1982
40 min

The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.

9. The Lads' Night Out

December 9, 1982
40 min

The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.

10. How Do I Look?

December 16, 1982
40 min

Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.

11. Mister Perks

January 13, 1983
40 min

Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.

12. Package Tour

January 20, 1983
40 min

Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.

13. Something to Do with Video

January 27, 1983
40 min

The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.

14. The Rovers

February 3, 1983
40 min

Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season

15. Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

February 10, 1983
40 min

Children who have to look after their elderly parents.

16. Freshers

February 17, 1983
40 min

New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.

17. English Lesson

February 24, 1983
40 min

Nine Polish seamen who sought political asylum in the Falklands where they were caught up in the war and their later stateless existence in London.

18. Female Circumcision

March 3, 1983
40 min

Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.

19. A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont

March 10, 1983
40 min

Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.

20. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1

March 17, 1983
40 min

The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.

21. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2

March 24, 1983
40 min

22. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3

March 31, 1983
40 min

23. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4

April 7, 1983
40 min

24. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5

April 14, 1983
40 min

25. A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6

April 21, 1983
40 min
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