Just Fiona and Sana and we've gone a little bit existential! It turns out that when you leave these two alone, they get reflective. This episode we're discussing two programs that have more in common than we expected: Youth, Sharon Horgan's new comedy series about a divorced, early-50s woman determined to have as much sex as possible before she doesn't want to anymore (Cillian Murphy's son is in it, which we mention approximately once and then cannot stop thinking about); and 70 Up, the bittersweet finale of the world's longest running documentary series — the one that started by asking seven-year-olds what they wanted from life, then checked back in every seven years for over six decades. We get into what Youth gets right about being a woman at this particular age, whether Sharon Horgan's heels are aspirational or terrifying, and what it means that this latest instalment of 7 Up is truly the last one. Class, privilege, the passage of time, the choices you make at seven that shape the rest of your life — we didn't plan to go this deep, but here we are.
70 Up is streaming on SBS On Demand in Australia. Youth is now available to watch on HBO Max.
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