Up New Generation

Up New Generation
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Julian Farino
Starring	Talan Gordon Orala Johnson Sanchez Payne Gemma Roberts Ryan Sheridan
Narrated by	Alun Armstrong
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	13 April 2000 (2000-04-13)

Up New Generation^[1] is a new version of the Up Series, 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.^[2]

21 Up New Generation was broadcast in September 2014 in two parts,^[3] while 28 Up was broadcast on BBC One from 29 September 2021 with the new subtitle Millennium Generation.^[4] Also in 2021, the five previous programmes were added to the BBC iPlayer for viewers of the new episodes to watch.^[5]

28 Up: Millennial Generation

28 Up: Millennial 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.^[6][7] Both episodes are 60 minutes in length, with the first episode featuring five participants from the original 2000 documentary.

Episode one went out on BBC One at 9pm on 29 September 2021 and featured Oliver, Ben from Mull, Gemma, BMX biker John and radio DJ Sanchez.^[8] Episode two is due to be broadcast by the BBC at 9pm on 6 October 2021 and will feature Ryan from Bolton, songwriter Orala, Talan from Cornwall and Stacey, who has been teaching in China for eight-years.^[9]

List of films and premiere dates

No.	Title	Director	Original air date	Channel	Length
1	7Up 2000	Julian Farino	13 April 2000	BBC	89 minutes
2	14 Up 2000	Julian Farino	16 September 2007	BBC	118 minutes
3	21 Up New Generation	Julian Farino	7 September 2014	BBC	119 minutes
4	28 Up: Millennial Generation	Julian Farino	29 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

References

1. "Up New Generation". BBC. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
2. "14 Up 2000 – Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
3. "21 Up New Generation – Episode guide". BBC. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
4. "BBC Confirm the Return of '...Up' This Autumn with 28Up: Millennium Generation". 12 September 2021.
5. "BBC One – 28 up: Millennium Generation – Available now".
6. "63UP".
7. "28 up: Millennial Generation starts tonight – everything you need to know". 29 September 2021.
8. Radio Times 25 Sept – 1 Oct 2021, pages 95/96
9. Radio Times 2–8 Oct 2021, pages 92/94

External links

• Up New Generation at IMDb
• 14 Up 2000 at IMDb