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'56 up (7up) due in 2012

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YuleingFanjo · 17/02/2012 22:00

Anyone else really looking forward to this?

I always remember, of course, the guy who was living in the scottish islands but then became a politician.

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QuickLookBusy · 14/05/2012 21:51

I wonder if something awful happened to him as a teenager which made him as he is now. Neil is always the one I think and worry about between programmes.

difficultpickle · 14/05/2012 21:52

21 Up here too. I think you may be deluding yourself Edith!

ImperialBlether · 14/05/2012 21:53

Schizophrenia starts most commonly in the very early twenties. I wondered whether he suffered from that.

difficultpickle · 14/05/2012 21:53

Quick, same here. Didn't someone say his parents got divorced and that affected him?

SwedishEdith · 14/05/2012 21:55

True bisjo

Peter has aged well

sailorsgal · 14/05/2012 21:55

bisjo I have just had exactly the same thoughts as you. Found it quite sad really.

BiscuitNibbler · 14/05/2012 21:56

So shocking to see how much more Neil has aged than the others.

Think I started watching at 28 Up, but over the last few weeks I've watched the entire thing on YouTube. It really is a phenomenal piece of work.

difficultpickle · 14/05/2012 21:57

I'm impressed at how insightful they are. I think I'd be absolutely rubbish if I appeared in this series.

SwedishEdith · 14/05/2012 22:00

I suppose if you know you're going to be on it you have 7 years to rehearse your lines

ImperialBlether · 14/05/2012 22:01

It's amazing, isn't it?

I must have watched it in my mid twenties. My ex was a sociology teacher and used to show 7, 14 and 21 Up to his students. I just loved it.

Yes, I felt that, that they'd aged more than I had!

Does anyone else look back, when they watch this, and think of their own life at those times? Actually I don't think my life would bear such close examination and I would hate people I know to hear what I had to say. I could talk openly if I thought nobody I knew would hear me, but the thought of some people hearing it would really put me off.

I think the people who participate are fantastic to do so.

Does anyone remember the girl who was well off who came across as a real pain and she said later her parents were divorcing and she had had a terrible time? She was incredible taking part like that.

difficultpickle · 14/05/2012 22:01

True but I'm not sure that even then I'd have as much to say about my life.

ImperialBlether · 14/05/2012 22:02

I think it would make me do something with my life. I'm always amazed they are leading quite ordinary lives when there's that programme popping up every seven years.

QuickLookBusy · 14/05/2012 22:03

I didn't here that bit bisjo. Very sad.

difficultpickle · 14/05/2012 22:08

Quick, sorry I meant someone on MN not on the programme.

QuickLookBusy · 14/05/2012 22:13

Sorry hear

Thanks bisjo. I heard him say he'd suffered from nerves from about 16, but he obviously doesn't want to talk about why.

He did look much stronger than he did in the last programme, which is good.

BiscuitNibbler · 14/05/2012 22:14

Agree completely, Imperial, I just don't understand how they can be so frank when people they know will be watching. Really good of them to let us into their lives like this.

Already, just watching it tonight, I am sad that my little glimpse into the lives of the first four is over for another 7 years. and I'm really hoping that they are all well and agree to participate next time.

Seven years is a good jump too, I think that it is an easy period of time to not notice in our own daily lives, but then when you look back it is long enough to have brought significant changes. In the last seven years I've moved house twice, got married and had a baby, but it has gone in the blink of an eye.

ImperialBlether · 14/05/2012 22:14

Just reading on Wikipedia that Bruce (the religious guy who became a teacher) had Neil living in his apartment around the time when 42 UP was on. I always liked Bruce and thought he put his money where his mouth was.

Hassled · 14/05/2012 22:15

I've never watched any of the others but had a bit of a YouTube catch up over the weekend - it was absolutely enthralling. Such good TV.

BiscuitNibbler · 14/05/2012 22:17

Neil did a reading at Bruce's wedding. I love Bruce. He was heartbreaking as a seven year old missing his daddy.

ASillyPhaseIAmGoingThrough · 14/05/2012 22:25

I have never watched this before. I felt so sad for the single man who was a lay preacher, I felt better at the end for him as he seemed to be in a hapier more settle place in his life.

The lady at the beginning looked fantastic for her age.

The Australian chap seemed to have a supportive wife.

The last man said he wanted to be in the show for his band, fair enough at least he was honnest for his reasons.

edam · 14/05/2012 22:39

Really glad I caught this. Think it's a three parter - does anyone know when the other episodes are broadcast? (Weirdly ITV website doesn't seem to be terribly clear...)

Paul, the one who went to Australia, seems to be happy. And Sue seems really sorted too - I'm glad she found fulfilling work, life was really hard for her for a long time. Neil still seems rather troubled but a lot better than he has been at other points. But participation has clearly been difficult for him over the years, he said something about disliking the way people told him 'ooh, I know just how you feel'.

Will be interested to see how the posh kids fared. Apparently all but one of the original group took part in 56 up - I can't wait to see the others! (The one who has dropped out and stayed out is the one who became a film-maker. Which tells you a lot about TV...)

NadiaWadia · 15/05/2012 04:01

Agree about Neil.

The first one I watched was 35 up I think - it showed how he had been homeless etc. Just before showing that they showed the original 7 up, and he was such a lovely child - intelligent, imaginative and happy, and then to see him become such an unhappy adult.

Very very sad and makes you think.

Nancy66 · 15/05/2012 09:27

Paul has the loveliest eyes.

That footage of him as a lost little boy is so sad - i'm glad he found himself a lovely wife and has a big family.

MissM · 15/05/2012 09:30

I can't stop thinking about Neil since last night. I remember watching him in 28 up - I was only about 16 - and being so moved by his plight and by the contrast with him at 7. What a struggle he's had with his mental health, but he seems to be relatively at peace with himself.

I thought Sue was fantastic, and what a different woman now to earlier. A real inspiration (and she looked fab!)

MissM · 15/05/2012 09:30

Meant to say - I haven't stopped thinking about Neil from time to time since first seeing 28 up really. That image of him walking in the rain to his caravan is one of the most powerful television images I think I've ever seen.

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