As of July 2026, 40 Minutes Season 9 aired in 1989 with 26 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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40 Minutes Season 9

1989 26 Episodes Documentary ⭐ 6/10

40 Minutes Season 9 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it treats its subject with more rigour than the format usually demands. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. A 6/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. The storytelling serves the subject rather than the other way around. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

40 Minutes Season 9 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. 40 Minutes Season 9 resists the urge to oversimplify a subject that deserves better. Season 9 of 40 Minutes includes 26 episodes. It aired from October 1989 to May 1990. Episodes include "Danger Men", "Me and My Bike", "Crack Doctors". It was aired in 1989. 40 Minutes Season 9 lets its subjects speak for themselves rather than shaping them into a predetermined narrative. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

40 Minutes Season 9 is the kind of documentary you immediately want to recommend to someone else. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Rigorous in a way documentary work does not always commit to. Not background viewing — it rewards your full attention.

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🎬 40 Minutes Season 9 — Episode Guide

E1
Danger Men
1989-10-19
Ten of the most dangerous and disruptive men in the prison system have been brought together in an experimental unit at Hull Jail. A new softly-softly regime is being tested on inmates like Fred Low, who is serving three life sentences - one for killing a fellow prisoner - and Patrick Mackay, servin...
E2
Me and My Bike
1989-10-26
A eulogy to the joy of cycling.
E3
Crack Doctors
1989-11-02
E4
City Parish
1989-11-09
E5
Best Friends
1989-11-16
E6
The Heart of the Angel
1989-11-23
This film documents one day in the life of Angel station on the Northern Line of the London Underground in the days before its refurbishment. We see the ticket collectors, station manager and other staff as they cope with angry passengers, lift failures and cancelled trains.
E7
Bullies
1989-11-30
At least one in every five children in Britain suffer from bullying. In our schools the problem is worse than anywhere else in Europe. 40 Minutes reveals what's really going on in the playground.
E8
Out of the Ruins
1989-12-07
E9
All About Ambridge
1989-12-14
E10
Stage Struck
1990-01-04
E11
A Place for Tom
1990-01-11
E12
Darling, Let's Start Up an Airline
1990-01-18
E13
He's Playing Our Song
1990-01-25
E14
Hilary's in Hiding
1990-02-01
E15
S.A. Blues
1990-02-15
E16
Adventures in the Skin Trade
1990-02-22
John Pitman meets a selection of women to ascertain their views on the wearing of coats made of fur.
E17
A Safe Sex for a Safe Seat
1990-03-01
E18
Green Police
1990-03-08
In New Jersey, USA, a team of cops and scientists is 'busting' polluters. For the first time a film crew has been given total access to their operations. 40 Minutes follows the trail - the surveillance. the 'sting', the raid. Whether it's one small operator dumping chemicals on the street or the pre...
E19
The Burny Mob Go Wild
1990-03-15
E20
Many Happy Returns!
1990-03-22
Two children who feel sure they died terrible deaths and have been born again tell their extraordinary stories. Nicola, aged 12, lives in Keighley, Yorkshire, near to the railway tracks where she played in the 19th century in another life. Then, she says, she was a boy. Parish records suggest that i...

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