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

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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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