In 1964, a film crew interviewed seven-year-old English kids: five or six from privilege, a Yorkshire farm lad, East-End girls, and boys from a children's home. Every seven years, Michael Apted re-interviews those willing (two declined this time). At 42, careers are stuck or flourishing; marriages are strong, shaky, or over (and Bruce recently married for the first time). They're dealing with parents' dying, and children coming-of-age. One is a single mom with young sons. One is remarried, but how are the five children from his first marriage? Lyn and Jackie face health problems with down-to-earth lucidity. Neil, on the margin at 28 and 35, has a glorious story of friendship at 42.

Starring:

Andrew Brackfield, Bruce Balden, Charles Furneaux, Jacqueline Bassett, John Brisby, Lynn Johnson, Michael Apted, Neil Hughes, Nicholas Hitchon, Paul Kligerman, Peter Davies, Susan Sullivan, Suzanne Dewey, Symon Basterfield, Tony Walker

Genre:

Biography, Documentary