70 UP

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Starts 15th September on ITV. Can't wait!!

If you have not seen 63 Up it is all on Youtube for free.

Thank you for the heads up, really excited. I hope they do it all again as it has been a fascinating documentary to watch.

Wow I thought they had stopped making them.

Asif Kapadia is doing the final one isn’t he? It feels very emotional for lots of reasons.

This is the last one I believe.

Thanks for this. I am slightly younger than 70, but I have watched them all and I can totally relate to them growing up at a similar time.
Looking forward to watching it.

Oh wow, can’t believe they are 70!

Thanks for posting. This is a great documentary. Cant wait. This will be the last one unfortunately

I was only thinking about this the other day. I think it’s been a wonderful series.

Your never going to see anything like that from ITV again, once ComCast get's its grubby mitts on it.

All the previous series are on itvx

I'm a little bit younger than the subjects, and have followed the series since we were shown the first few on my first day at teacher training college. I think it's one of the most impactful TV programmes ever made.

And it's so interesting to see how the world has changed, especially the expectations of women.

DH and I have been watching from the beginning on ITVx.

I’m so looking forward to it.

A fantastic series.

I’m watching the first one having never seen before - such a range of classes

I'm also a little bit younger and watched them all, looking forward to it. I think I might have a rewatch of them

They are all on ITVX - I’m starting them all again. One of the best documentaries I have ever seen.

There won’t be anything like this anyway. Child of our Time was similar but it becomes too close to reality TV in today’s world (and remembering Parys who had mental health struggles).

Just watched 7 up. Wonderful. Watching again tomorrow with my two teens. Correction to my earlier post - think it’s the best documentary I have ever seen.

I am so looking forward to it. I’n a bit younger than them- I randomly saw 21 Up when I was about 15/16 and have been hooked ever since. A family member worked with one of the participants!

I have started rewatching them with my dc ahead of 70up. It is a really uncomfortable watch now. I remember enjoying them as a child, but not so, now.
The children in the programme themselves are quite perceptive, but the interviewer and the production are obviously so outdated.
It is not representative as a huge % of those chosen go to university, or even Oxbridge. The questions are terrible, making the children in the series so uncomfortable. There is such a lot of stereotyping. The interviewing style is bizarre, with so many leading questions. Even how they choose to present the kids - chanting Latin and asking about which papers they read they read to the public school boys, against asking the boys from the children's home about fighting etc.
I've got to 21, not sure how much more I can stomach!

My Mum is the same age as the subjects and I’ve been watching it with her since 35 up when I was about six or seven. Feel quite emotional about this being the last one.

I have watched them all so far. This will be the first (and last) one without the original director Michael Apted. I'll miss seeing Nick who also sadly died 😥

I don’t think it’s stereotyping. That’s what life was actually like back then. I was there.

I'm younger and DH is close to their ages. We've been rewatching on ITVX.

It has a huge amount of unconscious or even conscious bias in terms of the selection of the children (only 4 girls) and the questions they were asked. I found an article with quotes from Nick where he said he was frustrated in the stereotyping of him as the "farmer's son" and lots of focus on whether he was successful.

It is reflective of it's time though in terms of the expectations and opportunities open to girls especially. Given the intro talks about "the executives and shop stewards of the year 2000" they clearly didn't expect girls to be doing that and that reflected many society views.

It's really interesting but I'm not sure it demonstrates very much. In another time the participants would have been asked consistent questions which would have allowed comparisons but again it's a product of it's time which is in itself interesting.

I think both can be true, it was stereotyping but that was reflective of the time, the programme leant into it.

There are some really interesting interviews with Michael Apted on Youtube about the 'Up' project. He actually became a big Hollywood producer but gave up his time every 7 years to do the Up series.