40 Minutes - Season 2
1 - Roedean
Air Date: October 7, 1982
The leading girls' public school.
2 - Skinheads
Air Date: October 14, 1982
Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.
3 - Rabbits Don't Cry
Air Date: October 21, 1982
Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.
4 - An Emotional Matter
Air Date: October 28, 1982
The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.
5 - Lost in a Crowd
Air Date: November 4, 1982
Problems of loneliness. Five people who are trying to find their own ways to deal with overcome loneliness are in a compartment in a train. They tell their stories to us, but do not communicate with each other, despite their shared problem.
6 - The Cruelty Man
Air Date: November 11, 1982
A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.
7 - Miners
Air Date: November 25, 1982
Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.
8 - Mr. Moonlight
Air Date: December 2, 1982
The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.
9 - The Lads' Night Out
Air Date: December 9, 1982
The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.
10 - How Do I Look?
Air Date: December 16, 1982
Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.
11 - Mister Perks
Air Date: January 13, 1983
Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.
12 - Package Tour
Air Date: January 20, 1983
Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.
13 - Something to Do with Video
Air Date: January 27, 1983
The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.
14 - The Rovers
Air Date: February 3, 1983
Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season
15 - Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
Air Date: February 10, 1983
Children who have to look after their elderly parents.
16 - Freshers
Air Date: February 17, 1983
New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.
17 - English Lesson
Air Date: February 24, 1983
Nine Polish seamen who sought political asylum in the Falklands where they were caught up in the war and their later stateless existence in London.
18 - Female Circumcision
Air Date: March 3, 1983
Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.
19 - A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont
Air Date: March 10, 1983
Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.
20 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1
Air Date: March 17, 1983
The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.
21 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2
Air Date: March 24, 1983
22 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3
Air Date: March 31, 1983
23 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4
Air Date: April 7, 1983
24 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5
Air Date: April 14, 1983
25 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6
Air Date: April 21, 1983