Creation
What is the title of the UP series' first film?
Up Series
The first film in the series, "Seven Up! ", was directed by Paul Almond and commissioned by Granada Television as a programme in the "World in Action" series broadcast in 1964. From "7 Plus Seven" onward the films have been directed by Michael Apted, who had been a researcher on "Seven Up!" and chose the original children with Gordon McDougall. The premise of the film was taken from the Jesuit motto "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man", which is based on a quotation by Francis Xavier. The 1998 programme was commissioned by BBC One, although still produced for them by Granada Television.