Up Series
| Up Series | |
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| Genre | Longitudinal study Documentary |
| Directed by |
Paul Almond (Seven Up!) Michael Apted (all subsequent films) |
| Starring | Bruce Balden Jackie Bassett Symon Basterfield Andrew Brackfield John Brisby Peter Davies Susan Davis Charles Furneaux Nicholas (Nick) Hitchon Neil Hughes Lynn Johnson (died 2013) Paul Kligerman Suzanne (Suzy) Lusk Tony Walker |
| Narrated by | Douglas Keay Michael Apted (all subsequent films) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 (in 13 parts) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 40–135 mins. per film 769 mins. total |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ITV (Granada Television) (1964–1991, 2005–) BBC One (1998) |
| Original release | 5 May 1964-present |
The Up Series is a series of documentary films produced by Granada Television that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old. So far the documentary has had eight episodes spanning 49 years (one episode every seven years) and the documentary has been broadcast on both ITV and BBC. In a 2005 Channel 4 programme, the series topped the list of The 50 Greatest Documentaries. The children were selected to represent the range of socio-economic backgrounds in Britain at that time, with the explicit assumption that each child's social class predetermines their future. Every seven years, the director, Michael Apted, films material from those of the fourteen who choose to participate. The aim of the series is stated at the beginning of 7 Up as: "Why do we bring these children together? Because we want to get a glimpse of England in the year 2000. The shop steward and the executive of the year 2000 are now seven years old."
56 Up premiered on British TV on 14 May 2012; its release in the USA came on 4 January 2013.
Apted has said: "I hope to do 84 Up when I’ll be 99."
The first film in the series, Seven Up!, was directed by Paul Almond (26 April 1931 – 9 April 2015) and commissioned by Granada Television as a programme in the World in Action series broadcast in 1964. From 7 Plus Seven onward the films have been directed by Michael Apted, who had been a researcher on Seven Up! and chose the original children with Gordon McDougall. The premise of the film was taken from the Jesuit motto "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man", which is based on a quotation by Francis Xavier. The 1998 programme was commissioned by BBC One, although still produced for them by Granada Television.
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