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The Up Series

Season 1
In this seminal documentary series spanning decades, filmmaker Michael Apted examines the lives of fourteen British children as they mature into adulthood. Experience their lives in entirety with an unconventional and life-affirming binge.
38201913 episodes
16+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - 7 Up
    May 4, 1964
    31min
    TV-14
    Documentary which takes a group of 7-year-olds, and re-interviews them over the years.
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  2. S1 E2 - 7 Plus Seven
    December 14, 1970
    52min
    TV-14
    Seven years after the first film, the children have all now reached the age of 14.
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  3. S1 E3 - Twenty One Up
    May 8, 1977
    1 h 39 min
    TV-14
    The 'children' are now aged twenty-one and, although some of them have realised their seven year old ambitions, others are leading quite different lives from those suggested seven years earlier.
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  4. S1 E4 - Twenty Eight Up (Part 1)
    November 19, 1984
    39min
    TV-14
    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait.
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  5. S1 E5 - Twenty Eight Up (Part 2)
    November 20, 1984
    1 h 1 min
    TV-14
    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait, part 2.
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  6. S1 E6 - Twenty Eight Up (Part 3)
    November 20, 1984
    1 h 13 min
    TV-14
    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait, part 3.
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  7. S1 E7 - 35 Up
    May 21, 1991
    1 h 55 min
    TV-14
    Documentary taking a look at the children now aged 35 from the Seven Up programme.
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  8. S1 E8 - 42 Up
    July 20, 1998
    2 h 13 min
    TV-14
    The original seven-year-olds are now forty-two. Careers are stuck or flourishing, marriages are strong, shaky, or over.
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  9. S1 E9 - 49 Up
    September 14, 2005
    2 h 15 min
    TV-14
    This programme examines how the group has progressed in the last seven years and finds there are some unexpected changes - including one of the original characters who's back after a long absence.
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  10. S1 E10 - 56 Up: Part 1
    May 14, 2012
    46min
    TV-14
    Director Michael Apted is back to revisit his original subjects from 1964 and sees how their lives are progressing now that they are 56 years old.
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  11. S1 E11 - 56 Up: Part 2
    May 14, 2012
    46min
    TV-14
    At the age of 56, how are they facing up to getting older? How many of the original children are still taking part?
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  12. S1 E12 - 56 Up: Part 3
    May 14, 2012
    49min
    TV-14
    The group are once more brought together and, assess whether their lives have been ruled by circumstance or self-determination.
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  13. S1 E13 - 63 Up
    June 4, 2019
    2 h 17 min
    TV-14
    We return to visit the people whose lives have been followed since they were seven while featuring more of the original line-up than ever before.
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Michael Apted
Studio
BritBox
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