40 Minutes - Season 7

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Terror

1 - Terror

Air Date: November 5, 1987

How three people's lives were permanently affected by the TWA plane hi-jack.

Girls Apart

2 - Girls Apart

Air Date: November 12, 1987

Two South African school-girls, one black, one white - their contrasting attitudes and lives.

Love at First Sight

3 - Love at First Sight

Air Date: November 19, 1987

Five couples describe what happened when they first met - and the long-term consequences.

Poor Man's Eton

4 - Poor Man's Eton

Air Date: November 26, 1987

The only inner London Education Authority boarding school, in a Suffolk country house.

East Side Story

5 - East Side Story

Air Date: December 3, 1987

Two contrasting 26-year-olds in London's newly-developing Docklands.

The Case of Sherlock Holmes

6 - The Case of Sherlock Holmes

Air Date: December 10, 1987

Tim Piggot-Smith investigates the famous sleuth of 221b Baker Street.

Party Time

7 - Party Time

Air Date: December 17, 1987

Seven entertaining parties.

Catch a Fallen Star

8 - Catch a Fallen Star

Air Date: December 23, 1987

A portrait of the once-famous British singer, dancer and film star, Jesse Matthews.

Convictions

9 - Convictions

Air Date: January 7, 1988

If You Love Him, Let Him Go

10 - If You Love Him, Let Him Go

Air Date: January 14, 1988

Dilemmas faced by parents of mentally handicapped offspring who reach childhood and independence.

Jackpot

11 - Jackpot

Air Date: January 21, 1988

Three young adults addicted to gambling on fruit machines, with disastrous results.

Scarfe's Follies

12 - Scarfe's Follies

Air Date: January 28, 1988

Scarfe's Follies with Bob Geldof, Jane Asher, Terry Jones, Ian McKellen, Robin Bailey, Julian Glover, Marcia Warren, John Bird, John Challis, John Watts, Nellie the elephant and Ivy the camel. Gerald Scarfe records the follies of man in his cartoons. Now he wants to create his own folly. But what are follies - and why did eccentrics build them? Surrounded by high-kicking follies girls and borne by noble beasts, Scarfe sets off on a quest of discovery. He encounters a naughty vicar who built a folly garden for his gypsy girlfriend; a Welshman who burned his own son; a politician who got voters drunk; a man whose house resembles a jungle; and 'Mad Jack' Fuller, who built a steeple overnight to win a wager, and was buried in a pyramid with a bottle of port and a cold chicken. And as all the best follies contained a resident hermit, Scarfe advertises for one in the Times - with startling results.

Thames Wallah

13 - Thames Wallah

Air Date: February 4, 1988

A specialist with the Thames Water Authority attempts to clean up the Ganges.

Changing Places

14 - Changing Places

Air Date: February 11, 1988

Ten pupils from an independent public school (Rugby) and a state comprehensive school (Ruffwood) exchange places and lives.

Diary of a Frontliner

15 - Diary of a Frontliner

Air Date: February 18, 1988

A self-operated video camera was set up in Peter Tilson's home to record a personal diary in his battle with AIDS.

Annie Doesn't Work Here Any More

16 - Annie Doesn't Work Here Any More

Air Date: February 25, 1988

Annie, a nurse from Manchester, leaves the NHS to set up a new life as a nurse in Los Angeles.

The Great North Road

17 - The Great North Road

Air Date: March 3, 1988

Lucinda Lambton travels along the Great North Road, the backbone of Britain that links London to Edinburgh, discovering many weird and wonderful delights en route.

I, Alison...

18 - I, Alison...

Air Date: March 10, 1988

The story of a remarkable young woman. It's Alison French's wedding day. She's 24 - vivacious, candid, attractive, with a warm smile and a lively sense of humour. Alison, professionally qualified as a youth worker, is marrying Mark John. What makes her wedding different is that she's an athetoid spastic - her body's never still, and she has difficulty with her speech. Seven years ago, 40 Minutes made an acclaimed film about Alison, telling of her bid to gain independence in the able-bodied world. Tonight's follow-up is a passionate love story. But in marrying the man she loves, Alison has to leave her family in Watford, set up a new home in South Wales, and adapt to being a clergyman's wife. Her heart is still set on finding an independent job. The harsh reality is that despite her skills and rare qualities, she may face rejection. But Alison doesn't give up easily...

Children of the Open Road

19 - Children of the Open Road

Air Date: March 17, 1988

Catrine Clay presents the disturbing story of gypsy children abducted from their parents in clean and ordered Switzerland.

Five Go to Florida

20 - Five Go to Florida

Air Date: March 24, 1988

Perhaps the last holiday for a group of children, some of whom are gravely ill. They fulfil their dream of visiting Disney World.

Who Will Love Billy?

21 - Who Will Love Billy?

Air Date: April 7, 1988

A 13-year-old boy hopes to be adopted by Dave, a single man of 42 - but things go wrong.

Who Needs a Machine Gunner?

22 - Who Needs a Machine Gunner?

Air Date: April 14, 1988

Long-term unemployment in rural Herefordshire.

Women in Black

23 - Women in Black

Air Date: April 21, 1988

Three widows at different stages of their recovery.

My African Farm

24 - My African Farm

Air Date: April 28, 1988

An old white woman colonial settler staying on in up-country Kenya.

Separate Tables

25 - Separate Tables

Air Date: May 5, 1988

An old-fashioned sea-side hotel, with many retired residents, is to be refurbished. The residents must go.

Waiting

26 - Waiting

Air Date: May 12, 1988

Two people are waiting on an NHS hospital waiting list - one for a minor operation, the other for a major one.

Mixed Blessings

27 - Mixed Blessings

Air Date: May 19, 1988

The story of a mix-up in a Nottingham nursing-home. Margaret Wheeler and Blanche Rylatt each gave birth to a baby girl on the same day. Margaret is convinced that she was given the wrong baby.