63 Up

The Up Series is a landmark British documentary project that has followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when director Michael Apted began filming them as seven-year-olds for Granada Television's 'Seven Up!' A new installment has been released approximately every seven years, creating one of the longest-running longitudinal documentary projects in film history.

63 Up was directed by Michael Apted, who had been the driving force behind the series since its second installment, '7 Plus Seven,' in 1970. 63 Up proved to be one of Apted's final directorial works, as he passed away in January 2021 at the age of 79.

63 Up aired in 2019 on the ITV network in the United Kingdom, marking the ninth installment in the series. The participants were 63 years old at the time of filming, continuing the seven-year interval that has defined the series since its inception in 1964.

The original 1964 film featured fourteen children, and while several participants dropped out or returned over the decades, a core group of around a dozen have appeared in most installments. By 63 Up, the majority of the original participants continued to take part, though the series has always been transparent about those who chose not to appear in specific editions.