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70 Up review – ITV’s invaluable study of the human experience airs its final chapter

4/5 The series that began 63 years ago comes to a moving, contemplative close

The Independent UK · Sep 15

70 Up review – a deeply moving conclusion for the 63-year-long TV experiment

The landmark documentary series looked like it was done for good – until one participant was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Asif Kapadia takes the helm for its most elegiac, thoughtful outing ever

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15

‘It’s the Bayeux tapestry of TV!’ After six decades, the seminal series bows out with 70 Up

The ‘hugely important artefact’ that’s followed 14 children since they were seven is set to air its final instalment. The now-septuagenarians and director Asif Kapadia talk about breaking new ground for 63 years – and changing TV for ever

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7

TV tonight: finalists make the biggest cake in Bake Off history

Jasmine, Aaron and Tom compete for the ultimate prize. Plus: huge news for the church lavatory in Murder Before Evensong. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

Kenny Dalglish review – Liverpool’s everyman football hero who took the city’s woes on his shoulders

Asif Kapadia’s film draws an absorbing portrait of the Liverpool legend whose career was blighted by the Heysel stadium and Hillsborough disasters

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

‘It’s what’s in your heart that counts’: Kenny Dalglish on his love for Liverpool and the long shadow of Hillsborough

Donald McRae talks to Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia, who has made a film about the Scot’s remarkable career in football

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025

Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem and Emma Stone among 1,300 filmmakers to boycott Israeli film companies

The new campaign comes amid a growing number of entertainment industry initiatives to protest Israel’s war in Gaza. The pledge says Israeli film institutions are playing their part in "genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people."

Euronews · Sep 9, 2025

2073 review – Asif Kapadia’s harrowing vision of a post-apocalyptic world

Samantha Morton plays a mute survivor in the near future in a bold blend of sci-fi and nonfiction inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 film La Jetée

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025

From Nosferatu to Patience: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment in the UK

The classic 1922 exsanguination enthusiast gets a creepy 2024 makeover, and there’s a new supercop in town in Channel 4’s crime drama

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2025

Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia was on US watch list for a decade after he was reported by limo driver

Filmmaker said he got used to ‘being watched and paranoid’

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2024