Season 4
25 episodes · Nov 1, 1984
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- S4E3
The Grendon Experiment
Nov 15, 198440mGrendon prison in Buckinghamshire, Britain's only voluntary psychiatric prison.
- S4E7
Asylum
Dec 13, 198440mThe mental asylum in Choroszcz in Poland where patients work in the community.
- S4E9
The Promised Land
Jan 10, 198540mBritain forty years ago, contrasted with present day Britain.
- S4E10
Talking Proper
Jan 17, 1985Accents 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.
- S4E11
Sweet F.A.
Jan 24, 198540mThe group 'Fascinating Aida' and the making of their first pop record.
- S4E12
The End of the Pier Show
Jan 31, 198540mThe problems of putting on a show in the old style of pier entertainments at Cromer, Norfolk.
- S4E15
Free!
Feb 21, 198540mOld Victorian mental hospitals are being closed down and the former patients face problems.
- S4E16
Whose House Is It Anyway?
Feb 28, 198540mA local Council has a compulsory purchase order on the home of two elderly men.
- S4E17
The Eternal Triangle: The Mistress
Mar 7, 198540mThe first film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.
- S4E18
The Eternal Triangle: The Wife
Mar 14, 198540mThe second film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.
- S4E19
The Eternal Triangle: The Husband
Mar 21, 198540mThe third film in a trilogy which examines the Eternal Triangle.
- S4E21
Whatever Happened to Baby Paul?
Apr 4, 198540mThe 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.
- S4E22
Matters of Life and Death
Apr 11, 198540mThe effects of government cuts leading to the closure of a ward in Guy's Children's Hospital.
- S4E24
Laughter in Gabrovo
May 2, 198540mThe biennial festival of humour in Bulgaria. Can humour cross national boundaries?
- S4E25
Dear Mr President
May 9, 198540mThe 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.