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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 4

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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 4

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 - Gigolo

    S4:E1

    Gigolos and the different types.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - The Happy Medium

    S4:E2

    About the medium Doris Stokes.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - The Grendon Experiment

    S4:E3

    Grendon prison in Buckinghamshire, Britain's only voluntary psychiatric prison.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - Love in Exile

    S4:E4

    The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in self-imposed exile.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - On the Throne

    S4:E5

    The history of lavatories.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #6 - Rent Boys

    S4:E6

    Young male prostitutes in Manchester and Birmingham.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - Asylum

    S4:E7

    The mental asylum in Choroszcz in Poland where patients work in the community.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - The Loved Ones

    S4:E8

    The Animal Medical Centre in New York.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - The Promised Land

    S4:E9

    Britain forty years ago, contrasted with present day Britain.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - Talking Proper

    S4:E10

    Accents and dialects provoke strong prejudices and reactions. In a 40 Minutes film that examines why this should be, broadcaster Janet Street-Porter, Radio 4 announcer Susan Rae and actor Peter Bowles are among those who have suffered because of the way they speak. Meet the Queen's English Society, which keeps a candle burning for the purity of the spoken word, and the Devon Dialect Society, which has very different ideas about how vowels should sound. Eavesdrop on an elocution class, hear from Scottish schoolchildren whose accents might affect their job prospects, and go behind the scenes at the BBC Pronunciation Unit and the northern auditions for the Speaking Clock. See how fashions have changed over the years, and how trends are likely to develop in the future as we enter a world of talking robots and computers.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #11 - Sweet F.A.

    S4:E11

    The group 'Fascinating Aida' and the making of their first pop record.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - The End of the Pier Show

    S4:E12

    The problems of putting on a show in the old style of pier entertainments at Cromer, Norfolk.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - The Outcasts

    S4:E13

    A group of 'Hell's Angels' in East Anglia.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - Love Story

    S4:E14

    A film for St Valentine's Day.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #15 - Free!

    S4:E15

    Old Victorian mental hospitals are being closed down and the former patients face problems.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #16 - Whose House Is It Anyway?

    S4:E16

    A local Council has a compulsory purchase order on the home of two elderly men.

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    #17 - The Eternal Triangle: The Mistress

    S4:E17

    The first film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.

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    #18 - The Eternal Triangle: The Wife

    S4:E18

    The second film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.

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    #19 - The Eternal Triangle: The Husband

    S4:E19

    The third film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #20 - Union Street

    S4:E20

    Plymouth, the area near the docks.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #21 - Whatever Happened to Baby Paul?

    S4:E21

    The story of a woman who took her baby to hospital where he was found to have several fractures. She denied having caused the injuries but he was taken from her care.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #22 - Matters of Life and Death

    S4:E22

    The effects of government cuts leading to the closure of a ward in Guy's Children's Hospital.

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    #23 - Star Paws

    S4:E23

    Animals used in advertising.

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    #24 - Laughter in Gabrovo

    S4:E24

    The biennial festival of humour in Bulgaria. Can humour cross national boundaries?

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    #25 - Dear Mr President

    S4:E25

    The story of a family whose daughter is handicapped because of a drug taken by her mother during pregnancy. The American drug company claims the drug is safe.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Gigolo" is the best rated episode of "40 Minutes" season 4. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/1/1984. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Happy Medium".