Up documentary series

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The Up documentary series is a groundbreaking British longitudinal documentary project that follows the lives of a group of individuals from childhood into adulthood, revisiting them every seven years to explore social class, change, and personal development.

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instanceOf documentary television series
longitudinal study
awardReceived Peabody Award
basedOn Seven Up!
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Granada Television
director Michael Apted
Paul Almond
distributor ITV Studios
filmingLocation United Kingdom
firstAired 1964
follows group of British individuals born in 1956
genre documentary
longitudinal documentary
social documentary
hasInfluenced longitudinal documentary filmmaking
reality television formats
hasPart 21 Up
28 Up
35 Up
42 Up
49 Up
56 Up
63 Up
7 Plus Seven
Seven Up!
hasParticipant Jackie Bassett
Lynn Johnson
Neil Hughes
Sue Davis
Tony Walker
inspiredBy Jesuit motto "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man"
mainSubject life course
personal development
social class in Britain
social mobility
network ITV
notableFor exploration of British class system
following same participants over decades
long-term observational approach
notableWorkOf Michael Apted
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ITV
producer Granada Television
productionCompany Granada Television
releaseInterval 7 years
startTime 1964
subjectOf academic studies in media studies
academic studies in sociology

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