40 Minutes Poster

40 Minutes (1981)

4.7/10 Ended Oct 01, 1981 14 Seasons
Documentary

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.

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Show Details

Original Title 40 Minutes
Original Language EN
Status Ended
Type Documentary
Total Episodes 322
Total Seasons 14
Popularity 6.7

Networks

BBC Two
GB

Cast

Jessie Matthews
Jessie Matthews
1 episodes
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Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
1 episodes
Ian Holm
Ian Holm
Narrator
1 episodes
Ernie Wise
Ernie Wise
1 episodes
George Formby
George Formby
1 episodes
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
1 episodes
Gary Glitter
Gary Glitter
1 episodes
No Photo" alt="Brendan Ingle" class="cast-photo">
Brendan Ingle
1 episodes
No Photo" alt="Michel Odent" class="cast-photo">
Michel Odent
1 episodes
Frankie Vaughan
Frankie Vaughan
1 episodes
No Photo" alt="Bertrand Russell" class="cast-photo">
Bertrand Russell
1 episodes
No Photo" alt="Geoffrey Boycott" class="cast-photo">
Geoffrey Boycott
1 episodes

Seasons

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Season 1
29 episodes 1981
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Season 2
25 episodes 1982
No Poster" alt="Season 3" class="season-poster">
Season 3
26 episodes 1983
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Season 4
25 episodes 1984
No Poster" alt="Season 5" class="season-poster">
Season 5
26 episodes 1985
No Poster" alt="Season 6" class="season-poster">
Season 6
27 episodes 1986
No Poster" alt="Season 7" class="season-poster">
Season 7
27 episodes 1987
No Poster" alt="Season 8" class="season-poster">
Season 8
27 episodes 1988
No Poster" alt="Season 9" class="season-poster">
Season 9
26 episodes 1989
No Poster" alt="Season 10" class="season-poster">
Season 10
24 episodes 1990
No Poster" alt="Season 11" class="season-poster">
Season 11
24 episodes 1991
No Poster" alt="Season 12" class="season-poster">
Season 12
15 episodes 1993
No Poster" alt="Season 13" class="season-poster">
Season 13
21 episodes 1993
No Poster" alt="Season 14" class="season-poster">
Season 14
0 episodes

Networks

BBC Two
GB

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Rating
4.7
/10

Based on 3 votes

Details
First Air Date October 1, 1981
Last Air Date April 19, 1994
Country GB
Language EN
Status Ended
Popularity 6.7
Links
IMDb

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