40 Minutes – Season 2
Episodes
Roedean
The leading girls' public school.
Skinheads
Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.
Rabbits Don't Cry
Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.
An Emotional Matter
The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.
Lost in a Crowd
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.
The Cruelty Man
A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.
Miners
Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.
Mr. Moonlight
The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.
The Lads' Night Out
The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.
How Do I Look?
Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.
Mister Perks
Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.
Package Tour
Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.
Something to Do with Video
The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.
The Rovers
Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season
Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
Children who have to look after their elderly parents.
Freshers
New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.
English Lesson
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.
Female Circumcision
Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.
A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont
Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.
A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1
The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.