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Season 4

Season 4

November 1, 1984·25 épisodes·16h
Épisodes · 25
E1

Gigolo

Gigolos and the different types.

40min·Nov 1, 1984
E2

The Happy Medium

About the medium Doris Stokes.

40min·Nov 8, 1984
E3

The Grendon Experiment

Grendon prison in Buckinghamshire, Britain's only voluntary psychiatric prison.

40min·Nov 15, 1984
E4

Love in Exile

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in self-imposed exile.

40min·Nov 22, 1984
E5

On the Throne

The history of lavatories.

40min·Nov 29, 1984
E6

Rent Boys

Young male prostitutes in Manchester and Birmingham.

40min·Dec 6, 1984
E7

Asylum

The mental asylum in Choroszcz in Poland where patients work in the community.

40min·Dec 13, 1984
E8

The Loved Ones

The Animal Medical Centre in New York.

40min·Dec 20, 1984
E9

The Promised Land

Britain forty years ago, contrasted with present day Britain.

40min·Jan 10, 1985
E10

Talking Proper

Accents and dialects provoke strong prejudices and reactions. In a 40 Minutes film that examines why this should be, broadcaster Janet Street-Porter, Radio 4 announcer Susan Rae and actor Peter Bowles are among those who have suffered because of the way they speak. Meet the Queen's English Society, which keeps a candle burning for the purity of the spoken word, and the Devon Dialect Society, which has very different ideas about how vowels should sound. Eavesdrop on an elocution class, hear from Scottish schoolchildren whose accents might affect their job prospects, and go behind the scenes at the BBC Pronunciation Unit and the northern auditions for the Speaking Clock. See how fashions have changed over the years, and how trends are likely to develop in the future as we enter a world of talking robots and computers.

Jan 17, 1985
E11

Sweet F.A.

The group 'Fascinating Aida' and the making of their first pop record.

40min·Jan 24, 1985
E12

The End of the Pier Show

The problems of putting on a show in the old style of pier entertainments at Cromer, Norfolk.

40min·Jan 31, 1985
E13

The Outcasts

A group of 'Hell's Angels' in East Anglia.

40min·Feb 7, 1985
E14

Love Story

A film for St Valentine's Day.

40min·Feb 14, 1985
E15

Free!

Old Victorian mental hospitals are being closed down and the former patients face problems.

40min·Feb 21, 1985
E16

Whose House Is It Anyway?

A local Council has a compulsory purchase order on the home of two elderly men.

40min·Feb 28, 1985
E17

The Eternal Triangle: The Mistress

The first film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.

40min·Mar 7, 1985
E18

The Eternal Triangle: The Wife

The second film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.

40min·Mar 14, 1985
E19

The Eternal Triangle: The Husband

The third film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.

40min·Mar 21, 1985
E20

Union Street

Plymouth, the area near the docks.

40min·Mar 28, 1985
E21

Whatever Happened to Baby Paul?

The story of a woman who took her baby to hospital where he was found to have several fractures. She denied having caused the injuries but he was taken from her care.

40min·Apr 4, 1985
E22

Matters of Life and Death

The effects of government cuts leading to the closure of a ward in Guy's Children's Hospital.

40min·Apr 11, 1985
E23

Star Paws

Animals used in advertising.

40min·Apr 18, 1985
E24

Laughter in Gabrovo

The biennial festival of humour in Bulgaria. Can humour cross national boundaries?

40min·May 2, 1985
E25

Dear Mr President

The story of a family whose daughter is handicapped because of a drug taken by her mother during pregnancy. The American drug company claims the drug is safe.

40min·May 9, 1985