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Following the death of Nick Hitchon - who started life as the son of a farmer before rising to become a respected scientist - MailOnline examines what happened to the 13 other participant.
Nick Hitchon originally appeared in Seven Up! - the first iteration of the programme - in 1964. The series charted the lives of a group of seven-year-old children who had contrasting backgrounds.
Director Michael Apted has died at the age of 79 (Ian West/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Filmmaker Michael Apted was no stranger to a Hollywood blockbuster, but his enduring legacy will be the Up documentary series – an intimate, profound insight into Britain’s social history. Originally planned as a one-off for Granada Television, producers in the early 1960s plucked a group of children from various backgr...
Tony Walker, an actor and London taxi driver, was selected for the project from an East End primary school in 1963 and went on to become one of its best-known characters.
Up participant pays tribute to late director Michael Apted Faith Ridler For Mailonline © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo A cast member whose life featured in Michael Apted's Up documentary series has paid tribute to the director as a 'beacon of light' following his death aged 79. Tony Walker, an actor and London taxi driver, was selected for the project from an East End primary school in 1963 and went on to become one of its best-known characters. The Up series, which was initially directed by Paul Almond before being taken over by Apted in 1970, followed 14 childr...