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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 2

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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 2

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...

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    #1 - Roedean

    S2:E1

    The leading girls' public school.

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    #2 - Skinheads

    S2:E2

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

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    #3 - Rabbits Don't Cry

    S2:E3

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

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    #4 - An Emotional Matter

    S2:E4

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

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    #5 - Lost in a Crowd

    S2:E5

    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.

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    #6 - The Cruelty Man

    S2:E6

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

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    #7 - Miners

    S2:E7

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

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    #8 - Mr. Moonlight

    S2:E8

    The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.

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    #9 - The Lads' Night Out

    S2:E9

    The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.

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    #10 - How Do I Look?

    S2:E10

    Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.

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    #11 - Mister Perks

    S2:E11

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

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    #12 - Package Tour

    S2:E12

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

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    #13 - Something to Do with Video

    S2:E13

    The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.

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    #14 - The Rovers

    S2:E14

    Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season

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    #15 - Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother

    S2:E15

    Children who have to look after their elderly parents.

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    #16 - Freshers

    S2:E16

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

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    #17 - English Lesson

    S2:E17

    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.

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    #18 - Female Circumcision

    S2:E18

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

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    #19 - A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont

    S2:E19

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

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    #20 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1

    S2:E20

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

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    #21 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2

    S2:E21

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    #22 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3

    S2:E22

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    #23 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4

    S2:E23

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    #24 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5

    S2:E24

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    #25 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6

    S2:E25

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Roedean" is the best rated episode of "40 Minutes" season 2. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/7/1982. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Skinheads".