Up New Generation is a new version of the Up series of documentary films, following the lives of a group of individuals who were seven years old at the turn of the millennium.
The series is directed by Julian Farino and began with 7Up 2000, first broadcast in April 2000. The second instalment, 14 Up 2000, aired in two parts on BBC One in September 2007.
21 Up New Generation was broadcast in September 2014 in two parts, while 28 Up was broadcast on BBC One from 29 September 2021 with the new subtitle Millennium Generation. Also in 2021, the five previous programmes were added to the BBC iPlayer for viewers of the new episodes to watch.
28 Up: Millennium Generation 28 Up: Millennium Generation is a two-part documentary made by ITV for the BBC via their factual programming division Multistory Media, the company behind Michael Apted's 63 Up from 2019. Both episodes are 60 minutes in length, with the first episode featuring five participants from the original 2000 documentary.
Episode 1 was broadcast on BBC One on 29 September 2021 and featured Oliver, Ben from Mull, Gemma, BMX biker John and radio DJ Sanchez.Radio Times 25 Sept – 1 Oct 2021, pages 95/96 Episode 2 was broadcast the following week and featured Ryan from Bolton, songwriter Orala, Talan from Cornwall and Stacey, who has been teaching in China for eight years.Radio Times 2–8 Oct 2021, pages 92/94
List of films and premiere dates No. Title Director Original air date Channel Length17Up 2000Julian Farino13 April 2000 BBC 89 minutes214 Up 2000Julian Farino16 September 2007 BBC 118 minutes321 Up New GenerationJulian Farino7 September 2014 BBC 119 minutes428 Up: Millennium GenerationJulian Farino29 September 2021 BBC 119 minutes
Participation record Age(Year) 7 (2000) 14(2007) 21(2014) 28(2021) 1 Alexandra 2 Asif 3 Ben 4 Courtney 5 Gemma 6 Hannah 7 Henna 8 Jamie 9 John 10 Oliver 11 Orala 12 Owen 13 Rosie 14 Ryan 15 Sanchez 16 Sophie 17 Stacey 18 Taime 19 Talan
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