The Up Series
1964 · 10 seasons · 16 eps · Documentary
In Production Next episode: Sep 15, 2026
A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.
Directed by Michael Apted
Network: BBC One
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Jacqueline Bassett Self -
Symon Basterfield Self -
Neil Hughes Self -
Nicholas Hitchon Self -
Bruce Balden Self -
Susan Sullivan Self -
Peter Davies Self - L Lynn Johnson Self
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Andrew Brackfield Self -
Tony Walker Self -
Suzanne Dewey Self -
Paul Kligerman Self
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