The Captured Years
The Captured Years is an ITV schools TV series from the 1970s, covering Social History for secondary school pupils.
A documentary series using original newsreel and documentary film, photographs and cinema films to show how people's lives have changes during the Twentieth Century.
This included some use of historical reconstructions in feature films, and the first episode set out the potential dangers of using film for historical research, if you don't know its context. Although there were episodes looking at the rise of trades unions (Who's the Boss?) and the influence of government in people's everyday lives (The Controllers), the series focussed entirely on economic and social history, and did not seek to cover political history at all.
The series was made in colour, and still exists complete in Granada TV's archives, but obviously because of the nature of the old film and photographs used a lot of it was actually in black and white.
Episode List
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | In the Picture | 21 Sep 1970 |
| 2. | Family Portraits | 28 Sep 1970 |
| 3. | Working Lives 1 | 5 Oct 1970 |
| 4. | Working Lives 2 | 12 Oct 1970 |
| 5. | Women! | 19 Oct 1970 |
| 6. | High Street | 2 Nov 1970 |
| 7. | Getting Around | 9 Nov 1970 |
| 8. | Time to Spare | 16 Nov 1970 |
| 9. | Putting It Across 1 | 23 Nov 1970 |
| 10. | Putting It Across 2 | 30 Nov 1970 |
| 11. | Country Life | 11 Jan 1971* |
| 12. | The Crowded City | 18 Jan 1971 |
| 13. | Message from America | 25 Jan 1971 |
| 14. | Out of War... | 1 Feb 1971 |
| 15. | Who's the Boss? | 8 Feb 1971 |
| 16. | The Controllers | 15 Feb 1971 |
| 17. | Off-Shore Island | 1 Mar 1971 |
| 18. | The Young and the Old | 8 Mar 1971 |
| 19. | Believe It or Not? | 15 Mar 1971 |
| 20. | Facing the Future | 22 Mar 1971 |
- Country Life was first broadcast as an Out of School preview programme on ITV at 12:16pm on Wednesday 30th December 1970
Broadcasts
| Year | Term | Day | Time | Channel | Dates | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-71 | Autumn 1970 & Spring 1971 | Mon | 14:00 | ITV | 21 Sep to 30 Nov (rpt of ep5 on 26 Oct) 11 Jan to 22 Mar (rpt of ep16 on 22 Feb) |
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| Thu | 11:40 | ITV | 24 Sep to 3 Dec (rpt of ep5 on 29 Oct) 14 Jan to 25 Mar (rpt of ep16 on 25 Feb) |
Repeat
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| 1971-72 | Autumn 1971 & Spring 1972 | Mon | 14:00 | ITV | 20 Sep to 29 Nov (rpt of ep5 on 25 Oct) 10 Jan to 20 Mar (rpt of ep0 on 21 Feb) |
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| Thu | 11:40 | ITV | 23 Sep to 2 Dec (rpt of ep5 on 28 Oct) 13 Jan to 23 Mar (rpt of ep16 on 24 Feb) |
Repeat
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| 1974-75 | Spring 1975 | Mon | 11:40 | ITV | 13 Jan to 17 Mar | |
| Fri | 09:48 | ITV | 17 Jan to 21 Mar | Repeat |
Credits
| Narrator | Brian Trueman |
| Original treatment | Robin Reeve |
| Film research | Graham Murray |
| Film editor | Fred Massey |
| Dubbing mixer | Frank Griffiths |
| Producer | Julia Spark |
Links
- TV Producers Impressed By Film-Maker's WorkAn article from the archive of Burnley Civic Trust showing producer Julia Spark meeting a local teacher whose films were being considered for The Captured Years
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