Seven Up

by Bruzzi, Stella

• ISBN13: 9781844571963
• ISBN10: 1844571963
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-31
• Publisher: British Film Institute

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Stella Bruzzi is Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Production History	p. 6
The Place of Seven Up within British Documentary History	p. 21
Textual Analysis	p. 44
Conclusion	p. 115
Notes	p. 118
Bibliography	p. 120
Credits	p. 122
Index	p. 124
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