40 Minutes
Documentary
★ 6.4/101981–199414 Seasons
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.
Status
Ended
Language
English
First Aired
Oct 1, 1981
Last Aired
Apr 19, 1994
Seasons
14
Episodes
323
Status
Ended
Language
English
First Aired
Oct 1, 1981
Last Aired
Apr 19, 1994
Seasons
14
Episodes
323
Episodes
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