42 Up

United Kingdom, 1999

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Episode number 5 of Series “World in action”.
In 1964 a team from Granada Television set out to test the following theory - are children’s lives already mapped out for them by the age of seven? This was the start of a remarkable series which documents groups of children from childhood through puberty to adulthood. Of the original 14 subjects, 11 remain. Now halfway through their lives, how close are they to realising their dreams and ambitions? This enthralling film also starts asking grander questions common to all humans - what is love, what is character, what is success?

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Credits

producer/director

Michael Apted

production company

Granada Media

Duration

02:20:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1999

Appears in

The Seven up series

Group of items

The Seven up series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

312375

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Children - Great Britain

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain - Social life and customs

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Great Britain - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social classes

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social groups

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social structure - Great Britain

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education - Great Britain

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Great Britain

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Conduct of life

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Nature and nurture

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nature and nurture

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology

History → History

Television

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q104535421

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