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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 2

Every episode of 40 Minutes Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 12 - Package Tour
    8.8/10(5 votes)

    S2:E12

    Holiday makers on a flight from Manchester to Spain, their impression of their holidays in Benidorm and their return to Manchester.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 1 - Roedean
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E1

    The leading girls' public school.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 2 - Skinheads
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E2

    Four 'skins' in 1982 London; their lifestyle and the skinhead culture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 3 - Rabbits Don't Cry
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E3

    Looks at the increasing militancy of activists protesting at experiments on animals.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 4 - An Emotional Matter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E4

    The senior education officer in Durham County and his difficult decisions to close certain schools.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 5 - Lost in a Crowd
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 6 - The Cruelty Man
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E6

    A typical week for Howard Wolfenden, one of 250 NSPCC inspectors who investigate child cruelty cases.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 7 - Miners
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E7

    Looks at the lives and beliefs of miners in a small Yorkshire mining community.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 8 - Mr. Moonlight
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E8

    The life and career of Frankie Vaughan, the entertainer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 9 - The Lads' Night Out
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E9

    The charity dinner for the Stable Lads Welfare Trust.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 10 - How Do I Look?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E10

    Extreme slimming remedies including wiring jaws together and surgery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 11 - Mister Perks
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E11

    Bernard Perks, who has spent 15 of his 20 adult years in prison, is about to be released and his problem in combating alcoholism.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 13 - Something to Do with Video
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E13

    The domestic and commercial uses of video including surveillance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 14 - The Rovers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E14

    Tranmere Rovers FC, fighting for survival in their centenary season

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 15 - Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E15

    Children who have to look after their elderly parents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 16 - Freshers
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E16

    New arrivals at Liverpool University coping with their first time away from home, especially the problems of a blind student, Gillian Wake.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 17 - English Lesson
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 18 - Female Circumcision
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E18

    Female circumcision in the Sudan and the evidence that it is practiced in the western world.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 19 - A Minor Incident at the Berlaymont
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E19

    Fishermen from the North-East attempt to lobby the EEC on the issue of fishing rights.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 20 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E20

    The first of 6 films on the work of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 21 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E21

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 22 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 3
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 23 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 4
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E23

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 24 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 5
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E24

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. 40 Minutes Season 2 Episode 25 - A Gentle Way with Cancer: Part 6
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S2:E25

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Package Tour" is the best rated episode of 40 Minutes season 2. It scored 8.8/10 from 5 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on January 20, 1983. This episode is rated 8.8 points higher than the second-best, "Roedean".