Granada’s long-running documentary experiment reaches its conclusion with 70 Up, a thoughtful farewell to the children first filmed at London Zoo in 1963
Selected to represent different social backgrounds, the participants have since navigated careers, marriages, parenthood and retirement while Britain transformed around them
The series, created by Michael Apted, now feels less like a study of class and more like a remarkable time capsule
From changing language and fashions to greater diversity and shifting expectations for women, the final chapter shows just how dramatically post-war Britain has evolved.