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40 Minutes

Season 1985 1985

  • 1985-01-10T00:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 40m
  • 18h 40m (28 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Documentaries on any possible subject, the only connection being that they last forty minutes.

28 episodes

Season Premiere

1985-01-10T00:00:00Z

1985x01 The Promised Land

Season Premiere

1985x01 The Promised Land

  • 1985-01-10T00:00:00Z40m

1985-01-17T00:00:00Z

1985x02 Talking Proper

1985x02 Talking Proper

  • 1985-01-17T00:00:00Z40m

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.

1985-01-24T00:00:00Z

1985x03 Sweet FA

1985x03 Sweet FA

  • 1985-01-24T00:00:00Z40m

1985x04 The End of the Pier Show

  • 1985-01-31T00:00:00Z40m

1985-02-07T00:00:00Z

1985x05 The Outcasts

1985x05 The Outcasts

  • 1985-02-07T00:00:00Z40m

Roaring through the streets in dirty denims and leather, The Outcasts present a menacing appearance to the respectable folk of East Anglia. Theirs is an alternative world of wild parties, arrest and sudden death. This film shows a group most people would cross the street to avoid. It's a life which borders on the edge of society and the law, but one which is governed by strict rules and traditions. There are two faces to The Outcasts. One exists in the pounding of heavy metal music and the exhaust fumes of powerful customised motorbikes. The other lies in the day-to-day grind, where even Outcasts have livings to earn, children to feed and bills to pay.

1985-02-14T00:00:00Z

1985x06 Love Story

1985x06 Love Story

  • 1985-02-14T00:00:00Z40m

1985-02-21T00:00:00Z

1985x07 Free

1985x07 Free

  • 1985-02-21T00:00:00Z40m

1985x08 Whose House is it Anyway?

  • 1985-02-28T00:00:00Z40m

1985-03-07T00:00:00Z

1985x09 The Eternal Triangle

1985x09 The Eternal Triangle

  • 1985-03-07T00:00:00Z40m

1985-03-28T00:00:00Z

1985x12 Union Street

1985x12 Union Street

  • 1985-03-28T00:00:00Z40m

1985x14 Matters of Life and Death

  • 1985-04-10T23:00:00Z40m

1985-04-17T23:00:00Z

1985x15 Star Paws

1985x15 Star Paws

  • 1985-04-17T23:00:00Z40m

1985x16 Sex, Drugs and the Vicar

  • 1985-04-24T23:00:00Z40m

1985-05-01T23:00:00Z

1985x17 Laughter in Gabrovo

1985x17 Laughter in Gabrovo

  • 1985-05-01T23:00:00Z40m

1985-05-08T23:00:00Z

1985x18 Dear Mr President

1985x18 Dear Mr President

  • 1985-05-08T23:00:00Z40m

1985-06-21T23:00:00Z

1985x19 Bodyline

1985x19 Bodyline

  • 1985-06-21T23:00:00Z40m

1985-10-09T23:00:00Z

1985x20 In Between Days

1985x20 In Between Days

  • 1985-10-09T23:00:00Z40m

1985-10-16T23:00:00Z

1985x21 Fifty Years On

1985x21 Fifty Years On

  • 1985-10-16T23:00:00Z40m

1985-10-23T23:00:00Z

1985x22 Schoolgirl Mom

1985x22 Schoolgirl Mom

  • 1985-10-23T23:00:00Z40m

1985-10-31T00:00:00Z

1985x23 Johnny Oddball

1985x23 Johnny Oddball

  • 1985-10-31T00:00:00Z40m

1985-11-07T00:00:00Z

1985x24 Forget-Me-Not

1985x24 Forget-Me-Not

  • 1985-11-07T00:00:00Z40m

1985x25 Searching for a Miracle

  • 1985-11-14T00:00:00Z40m

1985-11-21T00:00:00Z

1985x26 Page 3 Girls

1985x26 Page 3 Girls

  • 1985-11-21T00:00:00Z40m

1985x27 Keep Taking the Rose Petals

  • 1985-11-28T00:00:00Z40m

1985-12-05T00:00:00Z

1985x28 Animal Crackers

1985x28 Animal Crackers

  • 1985-12-05T00:00:00Z40m

All over Britain are strange and delightful buildings with one thing in common - they were created for animals.

Lucinda Lambton is your guide to such follies. Castles, temples, palaces, obelisks and pyramids, they are a happy by-product of the British passion for animals.

1985-12-12T00:00:00Z

1985x29 Our Man in Shanghai

1985x29 Our Man in Shanghai

  • 1985-12-12T00:00:00Z40m

1985x30 Pilsdon: A House of Hope

  • 1985-12-19T00:00:00Z40m
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