Monday, May 14, 2012

56 Up is a reassuring reminder of what real life actually looks like

56 Up feels like a genuine snapshot of British life (Picture: ITV)
When the Up series started just a year short of half a century ago, reality TV was just a twinkle in Endemol’s in-tray. But in the wake of Big Brother and the fame-crazed wannabes now clogging up the screens, how does this experiment in charting a random group of individuals over the course of their lives fare under scrutiny?
The answer is, pretty well, actually. The show is a reassuring reminder of what real life

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