“And so the great experiment begun by Granada Television in 1964 is over. That year, Seven Up! introduced the viewing public to 14 primary school children – 10 boys and four girls from a range of backgrounds – who would become part of an ongoing documentary project…”. – Lucy Mangan of the guardian Towards the end of 70up there is archive footage of the 7 year olds as they play in 1964 . Douglas Keay narrates “At the end of our special day in London we took our children to an adventure playground where they could do just what they liked. Those from the childrens home set about building a house: Paul”. The film moves to Paul in the playground and then cuts to Paul as a man living in Australia, aligning bricks and building a house. The voice over returns and the film returns to the archive in the playground of a boy digging a trench “and Symon” The film cuts to Symon Basterfield as an adult laughing with his wife and some of the one hundred and twenty children they have fostered over the years. At the end Symon speaks to the film “My story is special because it’s been seen”. Is being seen is what family is all about?