Britainology 55: Seven Up!

another vote for more in the Up vein

100% would love to see a britanology series on the rest of the up series

I knew abt/had seen a lot about the Up series before hearing this ep, and 100% would like to hear more via the Britainolory lens. I feel much less alone hearing the "British Pathe voice" interpretation layered with the "Boomer generation" interpretation.

I remember my PC liberal teacher showing us clips of these in middle school to convince us that, after teaching us Howard Zinn-lite American history for 9 months and class doesn't determine success and if anything, Apted was a poor documentarian who tried in vain to guide it toward his pre-concieved conclusion.

Gimme more of this boomer dissection.

this was really interesting, keep em coming

Glad to have representation for me, the kid who was big for Ralph Nader.

Ultra Scotland would still have the original irn bru

It would be hard to do the whole series, but it would be interesting to cover because it does end up tracking a lot of political/cultural changes in Britain.

loyal hog logging on to say, "please do more of the UP series"; this was a fantastic episode

I'd like to hear more about this series.

Lmaooo I was one of those kids repeating what their parents said in 2004... I would have been about 9, and my parents were Daily Show style liberals, so I would be getting into arguments with other kids about it. On the other hand, in 2000, my kindergarten class held a mock election for some reason, asking us to choose between Bush and Gore, and we all chose Bush because we could spell that word.

Unanimous acclaim for Britainology Through Time

100% down for more cursed boomer shit.

Please do this whole cursed series

Keen for more exploration of this series

More of this, please!

Would you say one might call this series... Years and Years?

I would definitely enjoy more of these

Enjoyed the seven up britainology episode

I was at a pub earlier and heard the Blur song thats the intro for Britainology on the speaker and did a double take frantically thinking my phone was playing this out loud accidentally Also I would love to hear more about geezer Tony and his boomer friends

yeah I mean you yourself perfectly laid down the groundwork on how this series could serve as a framing device to explain the live of the Boomer so ... you know what to do

Would love to have an Seven Up miniseries

Just adding my voice to wanting to hear more of this series! Mate going off script and telling anecdotes is also always appreciated :D

I've been meaning to watch the series for a while so I'd love more episodes on it.

Parts of the south island also get super hot in the summer. Central otago and Northern southland quite often get 38°c

More please!

Would love to hear more Up

PLEASE keep doing this series

In the next instalment or the one after, Tony says “Good ol’ Enoch” with a cheeky wink and NO ONE EVER MENTIONS THIS. I had to rewind it several times to make sure.

I'd definitely like to hear more about later episodes of Up, especially as it moves into the 70s and 80s. I watched a few episodes of the series back in high school, and I remember my girlfriend at the time saying that Neil reminded her of me. Then, of course, Neil spiralled into depression and homelessness and then I think we stopped watching.

I oink hungrily at the thought of future slop

I enjoyed

The hogs demand The UP Series Miniseries Within a Miniseries

Re: accents - it could be that the producers of the show specifically chose kids whose accent wasn’t too thick, so that they could be understood by all viewers

I'd love to hear more about this series

I remember watching UP in undergrad along with one of it’s American counterparts in the mid 2000’s. It also bring to mind the This American Life series about kids from a poor high school in the Bronx being bussed to Horace Mann Day School for special programs. The smart kids from the poor school immediately became disillusioned when they realized they couldn’t compete with the well-resourced rich kids.

absolutely want more of the Up series! I remember being told about it in like Psychology GCSE over a decade ago and was always v intrigued by it (but not enough to actually watch it)

For a second I thought this was about the soft drink 7Up, which my uncle insisted on pronouncing "Zup" for some reason

Let's see what happens in the 1970s! I think it'll be fine 🤞

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