40 Minutes - Season 1
1 - Rough Justice
Air Date: October 1, 1981
Portrait of a fractious Welsh village near Merthyr Tydfil.
2 - Sister Genevieve
Air Date: October 8, 1981
Portrait of a Comprehensive School in the heart of the Falls Road, Belfast.
3 - Hijack
Air Date: October 15, 1981
Story of a Hijack on Independence Day 1977 in New York.
4 - Give Us the Vote
Air Date: October 22, 1981
Test case for inmates of mental hospital to get the vote.
5 - Lol: A Bona Queen of Fabularity
Air Date: October 29, 1981
Life style of Quentin Crisp-esque 'Queen'.
6 - Marathon Man
Air Date: November 5, 1981
Attempt to beat record run from John o' Groats to Land's End.
7 - Rocky Circus
Air Date: November 12, 1981
Gary Glitter stars in Gerry Cottle's Circus.
8 - Gorilla G Gorilla
Air Date: November 19, 1981
Gorilla N'Pongo gives birth to Kumi in Jersey Zoo.
9 - The Harrisons Don't Go to School
Air Date: November 26, 1981
Hereford family educating children at home.
10 - Alison
Air Date: December 3, 1981
Spastic girl's struggle to live a normal life.
11 - Sex, Drugs and the Vicar
Air Date: December 10, 1981
Backstage at the News of the World.
12 - Children's Parties
Air Date: December 17, 1981
An anthology of various children's parties.
13 - The Great Cover-up
Air Date: January 14, 1982
The bald facts revealed: What men will do to counter hair loss.
14 - Brighton or Bust
Air Date: January 21, 1982
The London to Brighton vintage car rally.
15 - The Last Resort
Air Date: January 28, 1982
Glenthorne high security prison for youngsters.
16 - The George Formby Story
Air Date: February 4, 1982
Biopic of renowned comedian and ukulelist.
17 - Burgled
Air Date: February 11, 1982
Burglary - Britain's fastest growing industry.
18 - Bomber and Brendan
Air Date: February 18, 1982
Sheffield's Herol 'Bomber' Graham and Brendan Ingle his trainer in bid for boxing glory.
19 - Mutiny
Air Date: February 25, 1982
1943 Mutiny of British soldiers in Salerno.
20 - Saved in the Nick of Time
Air Date: March 4, 1982
Artefacts saved from demolished buildings.
21 - Birth Reborn
Air Date: March 11, 1982
Michel Odent and 'natural' childbirth at his clinic in Pithiviers France
22 - Hunt Saboteurs
Air Date: March 18, 1982
Cameras follow shock troops of anti-hunt demonstrators disrupting hunt.
23 - Heart Transplant
Air Date: March 25, 1982
Magdi Yacoub and his surgical team at work at Harefield Hospital.
24 - Heart Transplant: 2 - A Fight for Life
Air Date: April 1, 1982
25 - Heart Transplant: 3
Air Date: April 8, 1982
26 - Heart Transplant: 4 - Bruce Anderson, New Heart
Air Date: April 15, 1982
27 - Heart Transplant: 5 - Recovery
Air Date: April 22, 1982
28 - Heart Transplant: 6 - A Matter of Life and Death
Air Date: April 29, 1982
29 - Heart Transplant: 7
Air Date: May 6, 1982