Asif Kapadia to direct final chapter of influential ITV documentary series Up

70 Up to conclude long-running show following group of children into adulthood, revisiting them every seven years

Asif Kapadia will bring the long-running and influential ITV documentary series Up to an end, with a concluding instalment that will air later this year.

The series, which began in 1964, was voted the most influential UK TV show of the last 50 years in 2024, followed a group of children from infancy via their teen years to adulthood, and now revisits them as they approach old age.