42 Up (2 Parts)
- Synopsis
- People who were originally interviewed in 1964 as seven-year-olds have been followed up every seven years and are now revisited at the age of 42. In two parts: 1) Features Tony, a taxi driver who had hoped to be a jockey; Susie, who had been to boarding school at seven, and now does bereavement counselling; Symon, who started out in a children’s home; Andrew, who was at a smart prep school and is now a successful lawyer; and Nick, the son of a farmer in a remote Yorkshire village, who is now working on nuclear fusion in America. 2) Bruce, who was also at boarding school because his parents were abroad, and became a teacher; Jackie and her friends Lynn and Sue, with their families and problems; Paul, who was also in a children’s home and emigrated to Australia; and Neil, who had mental health problems, and works for the Liberal Democrat party in London.
- Series
- 7 Up, Series
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 60, 73 min.
- Year of production
- 1998
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £40.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part
- Notes
- Broadcast on ITV from 21/7/98. Apart from 21 UP which is available in the UK for hire and sale from Concord, the other programmes in the series are at present only available from the USA via Amazon.com - the first 6 in the series (7 UP to 42 UP) on DVD, entitled THE UP SERIES, and individual programmes on VHS
- Subjects
- Psychology; Sociology
- Keywords
- child development; social history
Credits
- Director
- Michael Apted
Production Company
- Name
Granada Television
- Web
- http://www.granadamedia.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7734 8080
- Fax
- 020 7494 6280
- Address
- Non-Theatric Sales
36 Golden Square
London
W1R 4AH
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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