John Brisby

Now they are aged thirty five, the programme looks at the effects on the 'children' of being featured in a film project such as this. How, if at all, have their lives been affected? How do they feel about so much media exposure?

The original seven year olds are now forty two. Careers are stuck or flourishing, marriages are strong, shaky, or over. They're dealing with parents' dying, and children coming-of-age. One is a single mum with young sons and one has remarried - but how are the five children from his first marriage? Lynn and Jackie face up to health problems, and Neil has a glorious story of friendship.