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40 Minutes

TV series / 1981

40 Minutes

Episode directors Adam CurtisJohn AlexanderRussell EnglandMichael Darlow

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Witold StareckiChris PetitJohn Hay

Documentary

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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 only connection being that they last forty minutes. Some documentaries in the original series were revisited and updated in a 2006 version, Forty Minutes On.

The story

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 only connection being that they last forty minutes.

Some documentaries in the original series were revisited and updated in a 2006 version, Forty Minutes On.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1981 · 29 episodes Season details

Oct. 1, 1981

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Season 2 Season 2 1982 · 25 episodes Season details

Oct. 7, 1982

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Season 3 Season 3 1983 · 26 episodes Season details

Oct. 30, 1983

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Season 4 Season 4 1984 · 25 episodes Season details

Nov. 1, 1984

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Season 5 Season 5 1985 · 26 episodes Season details

Oct. 10, 1985

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Season 6 Season 6 1986 · 27 episodes Season details

Oct. 9, 1986

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Season 7 Season 7 1987 · 27 episodes Season details

Nov. 5, 1987

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Season 8 Season 8 1988 · 27 episodes Season details

Oct. 20, 1988

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Season 9 Season 9 1989 · 26 episodes Season details

Oct. 19, 1989

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Season 10 Season 10 1990 · 24 episodes Season details

Oct. 25, 1990

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Season 11 Season 11 1991 · 24 episodes Season details

Oct. 17, 1991

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Season 12 Season 12 1993 · 15 episodes Season details

Feb. 16, 1993

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Season 13 Season 13 1993 · 21 episodes Season details

Nov. 16, 1993

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Season 14 Season 14 1 episode Season details

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