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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 332526" data-attributes="member: 23">This has been on my viewing radar for quite some time.
<img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffirstrunfeatures.com%2Fpresskits%2Fboxart%2Fupseries_flat.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 776px" />Apart from being a wonderful social documentary of England of earlier decades, I&#039;m also fascinated by what the series has become. The first documentary, Seven Up!, was made in 1964 as a one-off episode of Granda TV&#039;s World In Action interviewing and studying seven year olds from very different socio-economic backgrounds for reasons explained this way:At the end of Seven Up!, it&#039;s implied there&#039;ll be a follow-up in the year 2000. As it turned out, the first update came seven years after Seven Up! with 7 Plus Seven, where they revisited the same group of kids in 1970, aged fourteen. In 1977 came 21 Up, then 28 Up, continuing every seven years until the most recent, 63 Up which aired in 2019.Last night I finally cracked open the Blu-ray and watched the first two films. I&#039;ll share some thoughts here. If anyone&#039;s watched (or even if not) I&#039;d be glad of some views.This may sound strange with a documentary, but I&#039;m trying to avoid spoilers. I&#039;ve only met the participants as seven and fourteen year olds, so I&#039;m making a point of not looking to see what happens to them in future films. I did see a few potted histories when I was looking into the series a while back, but it meant nothing as I didn&#039;t know who was who.I&#039;m still very muddy on the names, so I&#039;ll pin this here, as much for my benefit as anything else:<img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LlHIm1npYYA%2FUl1kwImYqnI%2FAAAAAAAAn1c%2FNFmU88v4EBA%2Fs1600%2F525d1d63.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 332526, member: 23"] This has been on my viewing radar for quite some time. [CENTER] [IMG width="776px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffirstrunfeatures.com%2Fpresskits%2Fboxart%2Fupseries_flat.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG][/CENTER] Apart from being a wonderful social documentary of England of earlier decades, I'm also fascinated by what the series has become. The first documentary,[I] Seven Up![/I], was made in 1964 as a one-off episode of Granda TV's [I]World In Action[/I] interviewing and studying seven year olds from very different socio-economic backgrounds for reasons explained this way: At the end of [I]Seven Up![/I], it's implied there'll be a follow-up in the year 2000. As it turned out, the first update came seven years after [I]Seven Up! [/I]with [I]7 Plus Seven[/I], where they revisited the same group of kids in 1970, aged fourteen. In 1977 came [I]21 Up[/I], then [I]28 Up[/I], continuing every seven years until the most recent, [I]63 Up[/I] which aired in 2019. Last night I finally cracked open the Blu-ray and watched the first two films. I'll share some thoughts here. If anyone's watched (or even if not) I'd be glad of some views. This may sound strange with a documentary, but I'm trying to avoid spoilers. I've only met the participants as seven and fourteen year olds, so I'm making a point of not looking to see what happens to them in future films. I did see a few potted histories when I was looking into the series a while back, but it meant nothing as I didn't know who was who. I'm still very muddy on the names, so I'll pin this here, as much for my benefit as anything else: [CENTER][IMG]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LlHIm1npYYA%2FUl1kwImYqnI%2FAAAAAAAAn1c%2FNFmU88v4EBA%2Fs1600%2F525d1d63.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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