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The Guardian view on the last instalment of the Seven Up! series: growing up in public

Editorial: The compelling documentary series is drawing to a close. But following people from childhood raises difficult ethical questions

The Guardian - UK

70 Up review – ITV’s invaluable study of the human experience airs its final chapter

4/5 The series that began 63 years ago comes to a moving, contemplative close

The Independent UK

70 Up review – a deeply moving conclusion for the 63-year-long TV experiment

The landmark documentary series looked like it was done for good – until one participant was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Asif Kapadia takes the helm for its most elegiac, thoughtful outing ever

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‘It’s the Bayeux tapestry of TV!’ After six decades, the seminal series bows out with 70 Up

The ‘hugely important artefact’ that’s followed 14 children since they were seven is set to air its final instalment. The now-septuagenarians and director Asif Kapadia talk about breaking new ground for 63 years – and changing TV for ever

The Guardian - UK

Asif Kapadia to direct 70 Up, last chapter of influential ITV documentary series

Film-maker says it is ‘incredible honour’ to pick up baton from Michael Apted who died in 2021

The Guardian - UK

7 Up was the soul of Britain – without it, we might be doomed

COMMENT: The long-running documentary series – chronicling 14 Brits from age seven to now – celebrated our shared commonality despite our material differences. And now it’s ending, despite a fractured Britain needing its messaging more than ever. It’s an enormous shame, writes Adam White

The Independent UK

‘Greatest’ documentary series ever 7 Up ending after 62 years

The show has been hailed as a distinctive landmark piece of filmmaking

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Seven Up! changed British TV – and how we see ourselves. Here’s why the series is still unmissable

The Up documentaries, voted the most influential TV show of the past 50 years, shone a unique light on our national character, says the BPG’s Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

The generous spirit at the heart of the Up television series

Letter: Their lives illustrated so clearly the significance of early experience and access to opportunity, writes Prof Kate Purcell

The Guardian - UK

What links Cate Blanchett’s new film Tár to Sissy Spacek and hot sauce?

A composer and conductor opens the door to Loretta Lynn, Wings of Desire and classic 90s rock from Goo Goo Dolls

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