Bruce's father watched the programme when he retired to the UK. Pictured left in 49 Up and right ahead of 63 Up. Bruce's father watched the programme when he retired to the UK, and Bruce said he was proud of it.
His sons also love it, though his wife merely accepts it and he said he would pull out if she ever objected. Speaking to The Telegraph on whether there is any truth in the programme's main concept, which is 'give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man,' Bruce said: 'There's something from the seven-year-old in all of us, you can see that. Neil Hughes. None of the children confounded viewers' predictions more than Neil; he began the series as a bright-eyed pupil at a Liverpool school who played chess and hoped to go to Oxford - and the Moon.
By 7 Plus Seven 14 Up , Neil was a nervous, anxious shadow of his former self, after being tormented by bullies. By 21 Up he'd dropped out of Aberdeen University after one term and was living in a London squat working on building sites. Neil spent much of his twenties and early thirties a homeless drifter; after moving to Scotland he eventually moved into a council house in the Shetland Islands, where he wrote and appeared in a local pantomime.
None of the children confounded viewers' predictions more than Neil; he was a bright-eyed pupil at a Liverpool school who played chess and hoped to go to Oxford - and the Moon. By 21 Up Neil had dropped out of Aberdeen University after one term and was living in a London squat working on building sites. Neil, pictured on the Isle of Orkney when he was He spent much of his twenties and early thirties a homeless drifter. By the time of 42 Up he was back in London and stayed temporarily in Bruce's flat.
Despite Neil's eccentricities during his stint, they remained friends and Neil later did a reading at Bruce's wedding. Neil became involved in local council politics as a Liberal Democrat in the London Borough of Hackney, and completed a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Open University.
He was first elected to Wick ward on Hackney London Borough Council in , and resigned his seat in By 49 Up he had found a sort of peace in Cumbria, was active in local politics and in stood for the Lib Dems in Carlisle, finishing third. By 63 Up, Neil had married; however, he and his wife separated due to unspecified difficulties.
He is also a lay preacher and has a home in France. His journey somewhat disproves the notion of destiny underlying the series; Neil previously said: 'I think it was Albert Camus who said that life is what happens while you're waiting for something else. By 63 Up right , Neil left in 49 Up had married; however, he and his wife have separated due to unspecified difficulties.
Peter Davies. Peter went to the same middle-class Liverpool suburban school as Neil and also had aspirations of becoming an astronaut. He drifted through university and by age 28 he was an underpaid and seemingly uninspired school teacher in Leicester.
He dropped out of the series after 28 Up, when he came under fire in the tabloid press for expressing his views about the education system during Margaret Thatcher's era in government. Neil Hughes left and Peter Davies in 14 Up. The pair went to the same middle-class Liverpool suburban school.
Peter left in 28 Up returned to the series in 56 Up right to promote his band, the Liverpool-based country-influenced The Good Intentions, and also appeared in 63 Up. He said in 'They decided they were going to portray me as the angry young Red in Thatcher's England.
The director's commentary in 42 Up revealed he later divorced, took up study of the law, became a lawyer, remarried, had children and moved back to Liverpool. He returned to the series in 56 Up to promote his band, the Liverpool-based country-influenced The Good Intentions, and also appeared in 63 Up.
Tony Walker. Tony, a lively seven-year-old from Bethnal Green in east London, spent most of the first programme getting into scraps with the posh boys. Tony dreamed of being a jockey and did manage to fulfil his ambition, albeit briefly, when he raced against Lester Piggott. He dreamed of being a jockey and did manage to fulfil his ambition, albeit briefly, when he raced against Lester Piggott before becoming a taxi driver.
Apted admitted Tony defied his expectations; he previously said: 'When Tony was 21 he was hanging out at the dog track I was convinced he'd be in the slammer by To exaggerate his 'cheeky chappy' personality, during 21 Up Apted asked him to drive around the East End pointing out notorious haunts, including the pub where the Kray twins murdered a rival. Tony, pictured in 28 Up, become a London taxi driver. To exaggerate his 'cheeky chappie' personality, during 21 Up Apted asked him to drive around the East End pointing out notorious haunts, including the pub where the Kray twins murdered a rival.
Tony's later dream of becoming an actor saw him achieve modest success, with small extra parts - usually playing a cabbie - in The Bill and EastEnders. Pictured in 63 Up. Tony became a devoted family man, going on to marry Debbie, who was pregnant with their third child in 28 Up.
She revealed candidly in 35 Up that they lost that baby, which put a tremendous strain on their relationship, but they went on to have another.
In that same show, Tony - who had moved to Essex - admitted he struggled being in a monogamous relationship, and seven years later in 42 Up he made the shocking confession that he'd committed adultery, though he and Debbie managed to work through it. By 49 Up Tony owned two houses, including a holiday home in Spain, and in the last show, 63 Up, he and Debbie had settled in the countryside.
Charles Furneaux. Charles Furneaux,one of three well-to-do boys followed from a Kensington prep school pictured in 7 Up , participated in the first three Up documentaries before cutting ties with the project.
Charles later attended Oxford as a post-graduate student and went on to pursue a career in journalism. Pictured in 21 Up. Charles, one of three well-to-do boys followed from a Kensington prep school, participated in the first three Up documentaries before cutting ties with the project.
He wanted to attend Oxford, but declared in 21 Up that he was glad to have avoided the 'prep school—Marlborough—Oxbridge conveyor belt' by going to Durham University instead. He declined to take part in 28 Up; Apted previously admitted he 'went beserk' during a subsequent phone call which ruined their relationship to the point where Charles attempted to force Granada to remove archive images of him from the films in which he did not appear. Ironically he now makes documentaries of his own, most successfully as a producer of 'Touching the Void'.
Charles now makes documentaries of his own, most successfully as a producer of 'Touching the Void'. Andrew Brackfield. Andrew was one of Charles' prep-school classmates, though unlike his disenchanted friend, he has appeared in every single Up documentary. He famously claimed he read the Financial Times when he was seven - though later revealed he was repeating what his father told him to say - and went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge. He subsequently became a solicitor, married Jane and had two sons.
Andrew has previously admitted appearing in the programme every seven years is 'not something I look forward to'. In '56 Up' Andrew's wife Jane talks of wanting a career after raising their boys. Andrew was one of Charles' prep-school classmates, though unlike Charles he has appeared in every single Up documentary. Pictured middle with Charles right and John left. Andrew famously claimed he read the Financial Times when he was seven - though later revealed he was repeating what his father told him to say - and went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Andrew, pictured left in 49 Up and right in 63 Up, has previously admitted appearing in the programme every seven years is 'not something I look forward to'. John Brisby QC. John is the third of the Kensington prep school trio, and has subsequently taken issue with his portrayal in the documentaries.
In 56 Up, he criticised Apted's decision to originally portray him as part of the 'privileged upper class'. In so far as the programme touches me I think it's a complete fraud; it all appeared part of some indestructable birth right. John is the third of the Kensington prep school trio, and has subsequently criticised his portrayal in the documentaries.
Brisby said in 35 Up that he only does the films to give more publicity to his chosen charities. Pictured ahead of 63 Up.
John has nevertheless appeared in all the Up shows bar two, 28 Up and 42 Up. He became a barrister and married Claire, the daughter of Sir Donald Logan, a former ambassador to Bulgaria, where his mother was from. Almost six decades later, the 7 Up series is one of the longest running real-life programmes on television, thanks to its dedicated director, Michael Apted.
Now the show has returned for its latest installment, 63 Up, to catch up with the people a whole generation have grown up with — that original group of seven-year-olds, who are now Led by director Apted throughout the decades, this unique, acclaimed series has now reached 63 Up , allowing it to gain further illuminating insight into its original premise of asking whether or not our adult lives are pre-determined by our earliest influences and the social class in which we are raised — an issue as relevant to our society now as it was when the series first aired.
Across three films, 63 Up reveals more life-changing decisions, more shocking announcements and joy and tears in equal measure. As members of the generation who would be running the country by the year , what did they think they would become?
The result was ground-breaking television and the follow-up films — made at seven year intervals — have won an array of awards. London cabbie Tony told 7 Up that he wanted to be a jockey. By 21 he was on the knowledge and at 28 he owned his own cab. The films followed Tony as he married Debbie and started a family.
At 49 they were filmed at their holiday home in Spain and at 56 Tony said he wanted to open a bar there. When the series last saw Tony, he and his wife were looking after one of their grandchildren for their daughter.
The couple talked about their marriage and their hopes for the future. When Andrew was just seven, he told the series that he read the Financial Times. The public schoolboy went on to become a solicitor with a wife, Jane, and two sons. When the series last saw Andrew, a successful lawyer, he spoke about his marriage to Jane and his second home and family life.
Sue first appeared in the series with her two East End school friends, Jackie and Lynn. Since then Sue has shared details about her marriage, her divorce and raising her two children. In 42 Up, Sue was living as a single mum and spoke about her life and the fulfilment she got from her children.
By 56 Up, Sue and her partner Glenn had been engaged for 14 years and Sue laughed about their long engagement and how they were in no hurry to marry. At 56 Up, Sue spoke about her work at the university, her relationship with Glenn and how proud she was of her son and daughter. She also talked about her new hobby, amateur dramatics.
In 14 Up the shy teenager made the same comment. At 42 Up the couple had a son but by 49 Up they were divorced and Nick had a new wife, Cryss. In 56 Up, Nick took Cryss back to the Yorkshire Dales, where he grew up, and he talked about taking part in the films and living in America.
After the first two episodes, no viewer could have anticipated that Neil, the charismatic would-be astronaut, would develop chronic mental-health problems by twenty-one, or that, by twenty-eight, he would be homeless. Nor could viewers have predicted the dignified and moving way in which he has rebuilt his life in the decades since. As my husband put it, after we left the theatre the other night, the series began like Zola, but, half a century in, it touches Proust.
The series has been described as a precursor to reality television, but its participants were too young to give reliable consent at the outset, and they did not seek celebrity. Most, if not all, seem to regard their participation—permitting viewers to see their lives, judge their accomplishments, and witness their insecurities and failures—as a sacrifice for the greater good. No one watching is likely to envy them their calling.
But the series also obliquely reveals another evolution, that of Apted himself. In episodes from the seventies and eighties, his questions about political conditions in England sometimes seem crudely ideological. He can be unbearably patronizing toward his subjects, particularly the working-class women, while he sets his more affluent participants up to look ludicrous, as in a scene showing John foxhunting at twenty-one.
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