Seven up / Stella Bruzzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruzzi, Stella, 1962-

Series:

BFI TV classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

7 up (Television program).

Documentary television programs--Great Britain--History.

Documentary television programs.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vi, 126 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : BFI, 2007.

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.

Contents:

1 Production History 6

2 The Place of Seven Up within British Documentary History 21

3 Textual Analysis 44.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121) and index.

ISBN:

9781844571963

1844571963

OCLC:

137313572