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40 Minutes: Season 4
November 1, 1984
25 Episodes
~40 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
25
1
Gigolo
Nov 1, 1984
40 min
Gigolos and the different types.
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2
The Happy Medium
Nov 8, 1984
40 min
About the medium Doris Stokes.
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3
The Grendon Experiment
Nov 15, 1984
40 min
Grendon prison in Buckinghamshire, Britain's only voluntary psychiatric prison.
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4
Love in Exile
Nov 22, 1984
40 min
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in self-imposed exile.
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5
On the Throne
Nov 29, 1984
40 min
The history of lavatories.
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6
Rent Boys
Dec 6, 1984
40 min
Young male prostitutes in Manchester and Birmingham.
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7
Asylum
Dec 13, 1984
40 min
The mental asylum in Choroszcz in Poland where patients work in the community.
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8
The Loved Ones
Dec 20, 1984
40 min
The Animal Medical Centre in New York.
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9
The Promised Land
Jan 10, 1985
40 min
Britain forty years ago, contrasted with present day Britain.
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10
Talking Proper
Jan 17, 1985
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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11
Sweet F.A.
Jan 24, 1985
40 min
The group 'Fascinating Aida' and the making of their first pop record.
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12
The End of the Pier Show
Jan 31, 1985
40 min
The problems of putting on a show in the old style of pier entertainments at Cromer, Norfolk.
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13
The Outcasts
Feb 7, 1985
40 min
A group of 'Hell's Angels' in East Anglia.
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14
Love Story
Feb 14, 1985
40 min
A film for St Valentine's Day.
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15
Free!
Feb 21, 1985
40 min
Old Victorian mental hospitals are being closed down and the former patients face problems.
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16
Whose House Is It Anyway?
Feb 28, 1985
40 min
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
Mar 7, 1985
40 min
The first film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.
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18
The Eternal Triangle: The Wife
Mar 14, 1985
40 min
The second film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.
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19
The Eternal Triangle: The Husband
Mar 21, 1985
40 min
The third film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.
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20
Union Street
Mar 28, 1985
40 min
Plymouth, the area near the docks.
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21
Whatever Happened to Baby Paul?
Apr 4, 1985
40 min
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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22
Matters of Life and Death
Apr 11, 1985
40 min
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
Apr 18, 1985
40 min
Animals used in advertising.
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24
Laughter in Gabrovo
May 2, 1985
40 min
The biennial festival of humour in Bulgaria. Can humour cross national boundaries?
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25
Dear Mr President
May 9, 1985
40 min
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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