{"id":524,"date":"2007-10-12T22:55:09","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T02:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/10\/12\/the-original-reality-television\/"},"modified":"2007-10-12T22:59:41","modified_gmt":"2007-10-13T02:59:41","slug":"the-original-reality-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2007\/10\/12\/the-original-reality-television\/","title":{"rendered":"The Original Reality Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prompted by the recent US airing of the most recent episode, I&#8217;ve started re-watching Michael Apted&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seven_Up!\">7 Up series<\/a>.  It follows the lives of a dozen or so Brits from the age of 7 through 49.  The first episode (7 Up) was filmed in 1964, and since then, Apted has attempted to include all of the original participants in an episode every seven years (e.g., Plus 7 (age 14), 21 Up (age 21), etc.) since then.  It&#8217;s not only fascinating as a number of period pieces, it&#8217;s heartbreaking, as we watch the inevitable narrowing of life&#8217;s choices.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine that the 49 Up episode will be available as a rerun on your local PBS station, but if it&#8217;s something that sounds interesting to you, you can find <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FUp-Seven-Plus-21-28%2Fdp%2FB000SAGGLO%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid%3D1192242588%26sr%3D8-1&#038;tag=blacknellnet-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\">it at Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=blacknellnet-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>(or, as always, on the <a href=\"http:\/\/demonoid.com\">Internets<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prompted by the recent US airing of the most recent episode, I&#8217;ve started re-watching Michael Apted&#8217;s 7 Up series. 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