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7 years Up since the 60's documentary on UTV 9.00 tonight

thecommietommy · 2012-05-14 11:57:05

Don't miss this for those of you who have been following this remarkable series which is been shown for 3 episodes now they are 50. For those of you who haven't - Nearly 50 years since viewers first met a group of British seven-year-olds in Granada TVs 7 Up documentary, Now in their mid-50s, the participants - who include…

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Don't miss this for those of you who have been following this remarkable series which is been shown for 3 episodes now they are 50. For those of you who haven't -
Nearly 50 years since viewers first met a group of British seven-year-olds in Granada TVs 7 Up documentary, Now in their mid-50s, the participants - who include Andrew, Bruce, Jackie, Lynn, Neil, Paul, Sue, Symon and Tony - discuss the highs and lows of getting older, reveal whether they have achieved their ambitions and reflect on their appearances in previous instalments of the landmark series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_series

Any thoughts on how their lives turned out ?

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#2 14-05-2012 12:58pm

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thecommietommy wrote: »

Now in their mid-50s, the participants - who include Andrew, Bruce, Jackie, Lynn, Neil, Paul, Sue, Symon and Tony

Ack sure, I know them well!

:rolleyes:

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#3 14-05-2012 1:00pm

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chin_grin wrote: »

Ack sure, I know them well!

:rolleyes:

Millions know them as their lives have been featured on TV every 7 years since the mid sixties

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#4 14-05-2012 1:02pm

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thecommietommy wrote: »

Millions know them as their lives have been featured on TV every 7 years since the mid sixties

"Unfortunately" I'm not one of those.

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#5 14-05-2012 1:23pm

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I started watching this last week and it's really fascinating, it's on Netflix (US). I'm only up to when they are 21, all the rich kids are more miserable than the ones that had nothing.

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chin_grin wrote: »

"Unfortunately" I'm not one of those.

Stop posting then:rolleyes:

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#7 14-05-2012 1:24pm

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thecommietommy wrote: »

Don't miss this for those of you who have been following this remarkable series which is been shown for 3 episodes now they are 50. For those of you who haven't -
Nearly 50 years since viewers first met a group of British seven-year-olds in Granada TVs 7 Up documentary, Now in their mid-50s, the participants - who include Andrew, Bruce, Jackie, Lynn, Neil, Paul, Sue, Symon and Tony - discuss the highs and lows of getting older, reveal whether they have achieved their ambitions and reflect on their appearances in previous instalments of the landmark series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_series

Any thoughts on how their lives turned out ?

I don't care.

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#8 14-05-2012 1:26pm

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MagicMarker wrote: »

I don't care.

:rolleyes: Well don't watch it Einstein.

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#9 14-05-2012 1:27pm

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Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

Stop posting then:rolleyes:

Make me.

Also this thread is in the wrong forum, should be in TV as far as I know.

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#10 14-05-2012 1:33pm

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MagicMarker wrote: »

I don't care.

I don't care that you don't care.

Cue your reply:
I don't care that you don't care that I don't care.

Cue my reply:
I don't care that you don't care that I don't care that you don't care.

General formula for the series:
"I don't care that you don't care" = X
[LATEX]\sum \limits_{x=1}^\infty X + "that" + X + "that" +...[/LATEX]

/Maths exam tomorrow.

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#11 14-05-2012 1:34pm

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partyatmygaff wrote: »

I don't care that you don't care.

Cue your reply:
I don't care that you don't care that I don't care.

Cue my reply:
I don't care that you don't care that I don't care that you don't care.

General formula for the series:
"I don't care that you don't care" = X
[LATEX]\sum \limits_{x=1}^\infty X + "that" + X + "that" +....[/LATEX]

/Maths exam tomorrow.

Mind. Blown.

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#12 14-05-2012 1:36pm

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I missed the last episode so no point trying to catch up now

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#13 14-05-2012 1:37pm

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partyatmygaff wrote: »

I don't care that you don't care.

Cue your reply:
I don't care that you don't care that I don't care.

Cue my reply:
I don't care that you don't care that I don't care that you don't care.

General formula for the series:
"I don't care that you don't care" = X
[LATEX]\sum \limits_{x=1}^\infty X + "that" + X + "that" +...[/LATEX]

/Maths exam tomorrow.

haha

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#14 14-05-2012 1:38pm

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Use Television forum thanks.

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