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What if the Seven Up! series started today?

Letters: Gordon McDougall recalls finding the original children to feature in the documentary strand that started in 1964

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28

The makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound

The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

‘I find myself weeping after almost every scene’: how seminal show 7 Up has touched your lives

It’s inspired careers, moved you deeply and helped you reevaluate your own journeys. As the series that began in 1964 comes to an end with 70 Up, Guardian readers explain the impact of the decades-spanning tale

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23

Asif Kapadia to direct 70 Up, last chapter of influential ITV documentary series

Film-maker says it is ‘incredible honour’ to pick up baton from Michael Apted who died in 2021

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17

7 Up was the soul of Britain – without it, we might be doomed

COMMENT: The long-running documentary series – chronicling 14 Brits from age seven to now – celebrated our shared commonality despite our material differences. And now it’s ending, despite a fractured Britain needing its messaging more than ever. It’s an enormous shame, writes Adam White

The Independent UK · Apr 17

‘Greatest’ documentary series ever 7 Up ending after 62 years

The show has been hailed as a distinctive landmark piece of filmmaking

The Independent UK · Apr 16

Seven Up! changed British TV – and how we see ourselves. Here’s why the series is still unmissable

The Up documentaries, voted the most influential TV show of the past 50 years, shone a unique light on our national character, says the BPG’s Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024

The generous spirit at the heart of the Up television series

Letter: Their lives illustrated so clearly the significance of early experience and access to opportunity, writes Prof Kate Purcell

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2023

What links Cate Blanchett’s new film Tár to Sissy Spacek and hot sauce?

A composer and conductor opens the door to Loretta Lynn, Wings of Desire and classic 90s rock from Goo Goo Dolls

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2023