The Thawing of a Cold War Warrior

S10 E01 • Thursday, Oct 25, 1990 • Oct 25 • 40m

Fit to Drop

S10 E02 • Thursday, Nov 1, 1990 • Nov 1 • 40m

It's Eileen

S10 E03 • Thursday, Nov 8, 1990 • Nov 8 • 40m

A Summer in the Country

S10 E04 • Thursday, Nov 15, 1990 • Nov 15 • 40m

Battleship Beach

S10 E05 • Thursday, Nov 22, 1990 • Nov 22 • 40m

Brief Encounters

S10 E06 • Thursday, Nov 29, 1990 • Nov 29 • 40m

Malika's Hotel

S10 E07 • Thursday, Dec 6, 1990 • Dec 6 • 40m

Malika Shawa is an old girl of Cheltenham Ladies College. She's also a Palestinian aristocrat, who owns the only hotel in the Gaza Strip. In the refugee camp next door, the Palestinian intifada - an uprising against Israeli occupation - began three years ago this week. Today, Malika's guests are a strange collection of journalists, diplomats and foreigners on fact-finding tours. For them, her hotel is 'an oasis from the filth, smells and violence that surrounds it'.

Chocolate!

S10 E08 • Thursday, Dec 20, 1990 • Dec 20 • 40m

Whatever Happened to Susi?

S10 E09 • Thursday, Jan 3, 1991 • Jan 3 • 40m

Clever Trevor

S10 E10 • Thursday, Jan 10, 1991 • Jan 10 • 40m

The BBC 40 Mins documentary team follow Trevor Smith, owner of Trevor Smith's Animal World, a company that supplies animals for film and television.

Around Midnight

S10 E11 • Thursday, Jan 24, 1991 • Jan 24 • 40m

Where There's Hope

S10 E12 • Thursday, Jan 31, 1991 • Jan 31 • 40m

The Prisoner

S10 E13 • Thursday, Feb 7, 1991 • Feb 7 • 40m

Welcome to Surbiton

S10 E14 • Thursday, Feb 14, 1991 • Feb 14 • 40m

A Cruel Ritual

S10 E15 • Thursday, Feb 21, 1991 • Feb 21 • 40m

'I was born and brought up in Britain. I was 8 years old when I was circumcised. I really thought I was going to die, because of the pain, having no anaesthetic. You have a lady holding your mouth so you cannot scream, you have two ladies on your chest and the other two holding the legs.'. Seven years ago, 40 Minutes' first film on female circumcision led to the law which banned it in this country. Today's film reveals that the practice of genital mutilation of young girls is still flourishing in Britain today.

Children of the Fire

S10 E16 • Thursday, Feb 28, 1991 • Feb 28 • 40m

Five young Russian survivors of the Soviet Union's worst rail disaster arrive in Manchester for medical treatment. Badly burned in the explosion in 1989, they hope plastic surgeon Stewart Watson can help. Bewildered, without a word of English, they face major surgery and the unfamiliar west. Immediately they're the centre of attraction, with a press conference on their first day in hospital and an invitation to Downing Street before they leave.

The Big Game

S10 E17 • Thursday, Mar 7, 1991 • Mar 7 • 40m

Our Brilliant Careers

S10 E18 • Thursday, Mar 14, 1991 • Mar 14 • 40m

Battered Men

S10 E19 • Thursday, Mar 21, 1991 • Mar 21 • 40m

The Entertainers

S10 E20 • Thursday, Mar 28, 1991 • Mar 28 • 40m

Video Vultures

S10 E21 • Thursday, Apr 4, 1991 • Apr 4 • 40m

Beyond the Crystal Ball

S10 E22 • Thursday, Apr 11, 1991 • Apr 11 • 40m

Suburbs in the Sky

S10 E23 • Thursday, Apr 18, 1991 • Apr 18 • 40m

Fly Me to Dunoon

S10 E24 • Thursday, Apr 25, 1991 • Apr 25 • 40m