one would think that the bbc and itv would be out to milk every last penny from the great tv programme of the past . the glittering prize rank along with such great a i claudius and fall of eagle and day of hope . i doubt that the tape have be lose or discard . if the bbc could produce the old blotchy 50 recording of george orwell 1984 for it anniversary and they have get this one tuck away in their vault . the plot remind me of the up series and where a group of child be visit every 7 year to examine how they be fare in life . the glittering prize be a work of fiction and but obviously base on real life character who attend cambridge in the 1950 and go on to career and some successful and some not . i will never forget the scene with tom conti in his cheap room and with oh mein papa play on the radio and or the young boy when ask what kind of car the family have and reply that they have foot . the evocation of the 50 and 60 bring back so many memory . the script be sparkle and the act superb and the concept predate all the ensemble film and reality show . tv have really go downhill since programme like this be make . we may have more channel and but the result in mediocrity . best of all and they be able to get the message across without resort to gutter language . like others and i would like to see this on dvd .