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The Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 7

Every episode of 40 Minutes Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 40 Minutes Season 7!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 27 - Mixed Blessings
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    S7:E27

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 8 - Catch a Fallen Star
    7.9/10(10 votes)

    S7:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 25 - Separate Tables
    7.4/10(7 votes)

    S7:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 24 - My African Farm
    6.9/10(12 votes)

    S7:E24

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 1 - Terror
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 2 - Girls Apart
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 3 - Love at First Sight
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 4 - Poor Man's Eton
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 5 - East Side Story
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 6 - The Case of Sherlock Holmes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 7 - Party Time
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E7

    Seven entertaining parties.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 9 - Convictions
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 10 - If You Love Him, Let Him Go
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 11 - Jackpot
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E11

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 12 - Scarfe's Follies
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 13 - Thames Wallah
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 14 - Changing Places
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 15 - Diary of a Frontliner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E15

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 16 - Annie Doesn't Work Here Any More
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 17 - The Great North Road
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 18 - I, Alison...
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E18

    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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 19 - Children of the Open Road
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E19

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 20 - Five Go to Florida
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E20

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 21 - Who Will Love Billy?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. 40 Minutes Season 7 Episode 22 - Who Needs a Machine Gunner?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E22

    Long-term unemployment in rural Herefordshire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Mixed Blessings" is the best rated episode of 40 Minutes season 7. It scored 8.4/10 from 6 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on May 19, 1988. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Catch a Fallen Star".