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The Up Series comprises (at present) nine television documentaries following 14 English people's lives from the age of 7 upward. Beginning as an episode of the Granada Television World In Action series in 1964, "Seven Up!" aimed to show the different attitudes and prospects of children from different social classes. It proved so popular that the children were revisited seven years later, and every seven years after that. Michael Apted was involved with the original programme as a young researcher and chose the child participants, and made every subsequent instalment over the decades. With Apted having passed away in 2021, it remains to be seen whether the series will continue.The films so far are: Seven Up! (1964) 7 Plus Seven (1970) 21 Up (1977) 28 Up (1984) 35 Up (1991) 42 Up (1998) 49 Up (2005) 56 Up (2012) 63 Up (2019)The people featured are: Three upper-class boys from a posh pre-preparatory school in Kensington: John Brisby, Charles Furneaux and Andrew Brackfield. Suzanne (Suzy) Lusk, also from a wealthy family, attended a posh private school Bruce Balden, also privately educated Two middle-class boys from Liverpool, Neil Hughes and Peter Davies Nicholas (Nick) Hitchon, who grew up on a small farm in Yorkshire Three girls from working-class London: Jackie Bassett, Lynn Johnson (died in 2013) and Susan (Sue) Davis Tony Walker, from the East End of London Symon Basterfield and Paul Kligerman, from a children's home in London. Symon was the only non-white person featured; he had a black father and white mother. | |
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Boisterous Bruiser | |
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Boisterous Bruiser: Tony and Symon, aged 7 at least. | |
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London Gangster | |
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London Gangster: Apted suspected that Tony would become one, and filmed him driving around "rough" areas in 21 Up for use in later films. However, Tony went on to achieve law-abiding success. | |
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Funny Background Event: Seven Plus 7 has perhaps the most memorable shot of the whole series, where Suzy's dog chases down and kills a rabbit in the middle of her interview, then presents her with it. Complete with Apted saying "I think your dog has something for you." | |
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Porn Stache: Paul, from 28 Up onwards. | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: The upper-class Suzy is quite stoic and somber even in the original film, but becomes more relaxed as she enters into middle age. It still doesn't change her generally negative view toward the series, though, and by 63 Up, she finally chooses not to participate. | |
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Disappeared Dad | |
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Disappeared Dad: Symon had one, leading to him being determined to be present in his own kids' lives even after his first wife divorced him. | |
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Walking the Earth | |
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Walking the Earth: Neil, to an extent, in 28 Up, where he has no permanent residence and thus is constantly moving from place to place. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: At 7, Symon and Paul were in a children's home; Symon's mother was clinically depressed; Paul's father's reasons are not given. | |
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Sequel Escalation | |
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Sequel Escalation: The films get noticeably longer with each entry, as a natural consequence of the children growing and developing more complex characters and lives. | |
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First-Name Basis | |
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First-Name Basis: The participants' surnames are never mentioned, except for Neil, who mentions his full name in 7 Up while talking about a teacher who often gets "cross" with him. | |
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LongRunner | |
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Long Runner: The first film debuted in 1964 and it has returned in some form every seven years since then. | |
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Irregular Series | |
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Irregular Series: Each release comes seven years after the previous one. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: In 7 Up and Seven Plus 7, Nick (William Nicholas Hitchon) is referred to by his complete middle name. Meanwhile, Sue (Susan) and Lynn (Lindsay) are likewise called by their complete first names in the first two films. Also, in 7 Up, the narrator calls Jackie by her nickname, but Sue and Lynn both call her Jacqueline. | |
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Wise Beyond Their Years | |
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Wise Beyond Their Years: Bruce has had an uncanny ability to sound incredibly profound as far back as age 7. | |
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British Brevity | |
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British Brevity: Probably the best example: ten episodes in 42 years... | |
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Token Minority | |
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Token Minority: Symon is the only non-white (although, in fairness, 1 in 14 is far higher than the actual proportion of non-whites in 1960s England). To a lesser degree, the female participants fit here as well. Only 4 of the 14 children were girls — while the programme aimed to show children from different class backgrounds, equal gender representation was not particularly considered in 1964. Apted has stated since that one of his regrets is that they did not take feminism into account, and consequently included fewer girls and did not select them on the basis of any possible careers they might choose. | |
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Driver of a Black Cab: Tony | |
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The Bus Came Back | |
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The Bus Came Back: John didn't appear in 28 Up but returned for later editions to publicise his Bulgarian charities. Symon missed 35 Up as he was going through a messy divorce; he returned for the later versions. Peter dropped out after 28 Up after his comments about Margaret Thatcher cost him his job. He's finally returning in 56 Up. | |
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Bus Crash | |
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Bus Crash: Apted would often talk about how he hoped to die before any of the participants, so the series wouldn't have to deal with their deaths. Sadly it didn't happen, as Lynn died a year after 56 Up. | |
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Wild Card | |
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Wild Card: Neil counts as this to a degree. While for the most part all of the children followed through with Apted's expectation that they would remain within the boundaries of their social classes throughout their lives, he ended up going completely Off the Rails and turning his back on his middle-class suburban upbringing to live as a squatter. As a result, he tends to be found in entirely new and unexpected circumstances each time the documentary returns to check up on him. | |
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My Nayme Is | |
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My Nayme Is: Symon | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
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Precision F-Strike: Bruce, of all people, drops a minor version in Seven Plus 7 when he talks about most TV programs being "crap." Later, in a scene toward the end of 21 Up, Lynn drops an actual F-bomb while quoting one of her teachers. | |
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Used to Be a Sweet Kid | |
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Used to Be a Sweet Kid: A rather tragic example with Neil, who, at age 7, was the picture of a Cheerful Child. In Seven Plus 7, he was noticeably more reserved, but still ostensibly an average 14-year-old — a fact he lampshades a few installments later. By 21 Up he had become a disillusioned young adult who had dropped out of college to live as a squatter. He continued to spiral in and out of self-destructive depression for many years before finally finding some fulfillment in local politics by 42 Up. | |
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome | |
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Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Charles dropped out after 21 Up and never returned. He attempted to sue Apted for using some of the footage of him in later films. Since then, any photos showing him with the other children have his face blurred out. Nick's wife refused to be interviewed after 28 Up after many fans said she didn't deserve him. | |
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The Napoleon | |
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The Napoleon: A non-malicious example can be found in Tony, who remains noticeably short throughout his life and is infallibly scrappy and talkative. | |
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Must Have Nicotine | |
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Must Have Nicotine: Suzy, in 21 Up. | |
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Ambiguous Disorder | |
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Ambiguous Disorder: Neil shows signs of suffering from depression and anxiety. | |
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Britain Is Only London | |
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Britain Is Only London: Ten of the 14 were Londoners or boarding in London when the show was made. | |
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Shrinking Violet | |
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Shrinking Violet: Nick and Suzy in Seven Plus 7 make almost no eye contact with the camera. | |
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One-Steve Limit | |
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One-Steve Limit: Averted by Susan "Sue" Davis and Suzanne "Suzy" Lusk (and Susan Kligerman, Paul's wife), and again by Sue Davis and Peter Davies. Also averted in 28 Up, where Nick is married to a woman named Jackie. (They eventually divorced, however, and Jackie Hitchon chose not to appear in 35 Up and 42 Up due to negative fan feedback toward her.) | |
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The Good Old British Comp | |
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The Good Old British Comp: Jackie and Susan attend one. | |
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Follow the Leader | |
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Follow the Leader: Many versions followed, in the USSR, USA, South Africa, Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Netherlands... | |
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