Seven Up

Seven Up was made as a one-off documentary by Granada's flagship current affairs series 'World in Action' in 1964. It featured fourteen seven-year-olds who were interviewed about their lives and what they wanted to be when they grew up. The children were selected to provide a representative cross-section of British society, and the program's intention was to test the Jesuit maxim - 'give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man' - in the context of the British belief in the overriding and determining importance of class origins. The series developed into subsequent programs, filmed at seven-year intervals, the most recent being '49 Up, 'broadcast in 2005.

Product details

• Authors: Stella Bruzzi, Stella (University of Warwick University o Bruzzi, Stella (University of Warwick University of Warwick Bruzzi
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2007
• EAN: 9781844571970
• ISBN: 978-1-84457-197-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: BFI TV Classics; BFI TV Classics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV