A series of documentaries that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old.
Where to watch
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Britbox
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- Seasons
- 10
- Episodes aired
- 16
- Latest aired
- S09E03
- Total runtime
- 16h 10min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 May 1964 1 episode
- the show was away for 6 years and 7 months
- Season 2 December 1970 1 episode
- the show was away for 6 years and 4 months
- Season 3 May 1977 1 episode
- the show was away for 6 years and 9 months
- Season 4 February 1984 2 episodes
- the show was away for 7 years
- Season 5 February 1991 1 episode
- the show was away for 7 years
- Season 6 February 1998 2 episodes
- the show was away for 7 years and 7 months
- Season 7 September 2005 2 episodes
- the show was away for 6 years and 7 months
- Season 8 May 2012 3 episodes
- the show was away for 7 years
- Season 9 June 2019 3 episodes
- the show was away for 7 years and 3 months
- Season 10 September 2026 2 episodes
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S07E01 49 Up, Part 1
September 15 · 67min find the promo
Show synopsis
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49.In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.
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S07E02 49 Up, Part 2
September 22 · 67min find the promo
Show synopsis
49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49.In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.