40 Minutes

40 Minutes(1981–1994)

Ended
October 1, 1981

14

Seasons

322

Episodes

TMDB5.54

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 1

29 episodes • 1981

Season 2

25 episodes • 1982

Season 3

26 episodes • 1983

Season 4

25 episodes • 1984

Season 5

26 episodes • 1985

Season 6

27 episodes • 1986

Season 7

27 episodes • 1987

Season 8

27 episodes • 1988

Season 9

26 episodes • 1989

Season 10

24 episodes • 1990

Season 11

24 episodes • 1991

Season 12

15 episodes • 1993

Season 13

21 episodes • 1993

Season 14

0 episodes

Networks

BBC Two

Details

Original Language

en

Country of Origin

GB

Type

Documentary

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