'7 Up' UK documentary series about to start filming its 9th edition

[BritVic]

'63 Up' the 9th edition in the documentary series originally shown as part of the ITV series World In Action, is about to start filming, according to cabbie Tony Walker, one of the group of children from wildly different socio-economic backgrounds who have been filmed every seven years during their lives since the age of 7. Director Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas In The Mist) is again on board, he is now in his late 70's and boasts that he would love to be filming '84 Up' when he is 99 !

If you haven't seen these documentaries, they are all on YouTube '7 Up Full Documentary' will get you started. Can't recommend them highly enough, funny, heartbreaking in places and very moving.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

1. Damn!! I'd forgotten about those. I remember renting a couple of them in college. nt

[LanternWaste]

2. It's a weird series of documentaries.

Weird in a good way. Weird to see how potential can often play out when coerced by nature and nature.

[bettyellen]

3. Wow. Grew up watching these guys.

[OnDoutside]

4. Great, they are fascinating programs.

[4now]

5. I am looking forward to seeing the new episode

I was just wondering when they would make this.

[IcyPeas]

6. I remember the one man who became a recluse...

I think some sort of mental illness. It's an interesting study.

thanks.

[blaze]

8. I found this brief overview at wiki

"Neil Hughes, from a Liverpool suburb, turned out to be perhaps the most unpredictable of the group. At seven he was funny and full of life and hope. By the time of 21 Up he was living in a squat in London, having dropped out of Aberdeen University after one term, and was finding work as he could on building sites. During the interview he was in an agitated state. At 28 he was still homeless, although now in Scotland; by 35 he was living in a council house on the Shetland Islands off the north coast of Scotland, writing and appearing in the local pantomime. By the time of 42 Up he was living in Bruce's apartment in London and Bruce had become a source of emotional support. He was involved in local council politics, as a Liberal Democrat in the London Borough of Hackney, and had completed a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Open University. By the time of 49 Up, he was a District Councillor in the Eden district of Cumbria, in North West England.[17] Neil stood in the 2010 general election as the Liberal Democrat candidate for Carlisle where he finished third, receiving 6,567 votes.[18]"

Interesting journey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Series

[IcyPeas]

10. I may not have seen the last one,

so great they are on YouTube. I will have to catch up. This would be a great binge watch.

[blaze]

7. I forgot all about these!

I think I've only seen two of them and I thought the project was a brilliant idea. Don't know why I lost track of them.

I'm about the same age as this group so I think it'll be fun to back up and watch the whole series and reflect on where I was at each of those stages.

Thanks for the post BritVic!

[renate]

9. Wonderful news!!!

I absolutely love these!!! They’re fascinating.