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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 7

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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 7

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 - Terror

    S7:E1

    How three people's lives were permanently affected by the TWA plane hi-jack.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #2 - Girls Apart

    S7:E2

    Two South African school-girls, one black, one white - their contrasting attitudes and lives.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #3 - Love at First Sight

    S7:E3

    Five couples describe what happened when they first met - and the long-term consequences.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - Poor Man's Eton

    S7:E4

    The only inner London Education Authority boarding school, in a Suffolk country house.

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    #5 - East Side Story

    S7:E5

    Two contrasting 26-year-olds in London's newly-developing Docklands.

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    #6 - The Case of Sherlock Holmes

    S7:E6

    Tim Piggot-Smith investigates the famous sleuth of 221b Baker Street.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - Party Time

    S7:E7

    Seven entertaining parties.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Catch a Fallen Star

    S7:E8

    A portrait of the once-famous British singer, dancer and film star, Jesse Matthews.

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    #9 - Convictions

    S7:E9

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - If You Love Him, Let Him Go

    S7:E10

    Dilemmas faced by parents of mentally handicapped offspring who reach childhood and independence.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Jackpot

    S7:E11

    Three young adults addicted to gambling on fruit machines, with disastrous results.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - Scarfe's Follies

    S7:E12

    Scarfe's Follies with Bob Geldof, Jane Asher, Terry Jones, Ian McKellen, Robin Bailey, Julian Glover, Marcia Warren, John Bird, John Challis, John Watts, Nellie the elephant and Ivy the camel. Gerald Scarfe records the follies of man in his cartoons. Now he wants to create his own folly. But what are follies - and why did eccentrics build them? Surrounded by high-kicking follies girls and borne by noble beasts, Scarfe sets off on a quest of discovery. He encounters a naughty vicar who built a folly garden for his gypsy girlfriend; a Welshman who burned his own son; a politician who got voters drunk; a man whose house resembles a jungle; and 'Mad Jack' Fuller, who built a steeple overnight to win a wager, and was buried in a pyramid with a bottle of port and a cold chicken. And as all the best follies contained a resident hermit, Scarfe advertises for one in the Times - with startling results.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - Thames Wallah

    S7:E13

    A specialist with the Thames Water Authority attempts to clean up the Ganges.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - Changing Places

    S7:E14

    Ten pupils from an independent public school (Rugby) and a state comprehensive school (Ruffwood) exchange places and lives.

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    #15 - Diary of a Frontliner

    S7:E15

    A self-operated video camera was set up in Peter Tilson's home to record a personal diary in his battle with AIDS.

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    #16 - Annie Doesn't Work Here Any More

    S7:E16

    Annie, a nurse from Manchester, leaves the NHS to set up a new life as a nurse in Los Angeles.

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    #17 - The Great North Road

    S7:E17

    Lucinda Lambton travels along the Great North Road, the backbone of Britain that links London to Edinburgh, discovering many weird and wonderful delights en route.

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    Director:Unknown
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    #18 - I, Alison...

    S7:E18

    The story of a remarkable young woman. It's Alison French's wedding day. She's 24 - vivacious, candid, attractive, with a warm smile and a lively sense of humour. Alison, professionally qualified as a youth worker, is marrying Mark John. What makes her wedding different is that she's an athetoid spastic - her body's never still, and she has difficulty with her speech. Seven years ago, 40 Minutes made an acclaimed film about Alison, telling of her bid to gain independence in the able-bodied world. Tonight's follow-up is a passionate love story. But in marrying the man she loves, Alison has to leave her family in Watford, set up a new home in South Wales, and adapt to being a clergyman's wife. Her heart is still set on finding an independent job. The harsh reality is that despite her skills and rare qualities, she may face rejection. But Alison doesn't give up easily...

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    #19 - Children of the Open Road

    S7:E19

    Catrine Clay presents the disturbing story of gypsy children abducted from their parents in clean and ordered Switzerland.

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    #20 - Five Go to Florida

    S7:E20

    Perhaps the last holiday for a group of children, some of whom are gravely ill. They fulfil their dream of visiting Disney World.

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    #21 - Who Will Love Billy?

    S7:E21

    A 13-year-old boy hopes to be adopted by Dave, a single man of 42 - but things go wrong.

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    #22 - Who Needs a Machine Gunner?

    S7:E22

    Long-term unemployment in rural Herefordshire.

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    #23 - Women in Black

    S7:E23

    Three widows at different stages of their recovery.

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    #24 - My African Farm

    S7:E24

    An old white woman colonial settler staying on in up-country Kenya.

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    #25 - Separate Tables

    S7:E25

    An old-fashioned sea-side hotel, with many retired residents, is to be refurbished. The residents must go.

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    Director:Unknown
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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Terror" is the best rated episode of "40 Minutes" season 7. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/5/1987. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Girls Apart".