We've just watched all of these through from the beginning. I'm a bit younger than the participants. I'm not sure what it tells us, I've said previously it's very obvious the difference in the types of questions that were asked based on MA's perception and pigeonholing of each individual. Nick says in an interview they they always wanted to film him on the farm to emphasise his rurality and at one point were shooing sheep behind him!
MA says somewhere that he accepts that he was wrong in the gender balance and that he hadn't expected the girls lives to amount to anything or be interesting. I imagine to those of us who remember those times that won't be a surprise and helps to show the progression that has been made in the intervening years.
It became apparent in the 70 up episode that there is more footage that we haven't seen and that there were other stories we didn't know (not unsurprisingly) like barrister John's father dying, leaving his mother in financial difficulty, a year in the army before a full scholarship to Oxford. Whilst it's absolutely right that the family had privacy, the truth also wouldn't have suited the "posh boy with silver spoon" narrative.
I'm hoping there might be more after these episodes as I suspect different editing of the original footage (if it all exists), may bring value.
Like others I'm grateful to those who took part.
The bunny murder was in at 14 but then the clip was cut short in later episodes so it wasn't so apparent. I'm surprised they put the whole thing back in now.
The 3 x 63 up episodes are worth watching, they have the feel that they all thought they might be the last and there is an element of closure around some of the interviews, plus more openness around the participants frustrations with the questioning and portrayal over the years.