Brother's role in groundbreaking TV show 7 Up'

“70 Up” marks the end of the Up Series’ decades-long journey, with two parts set to air on ITV1 on Sept. 15 and 22. The program returns to the original 1964 documentary “Seven Up!”, made by Granada Television’s current-affairs show “World in Action,” which followed 14 seven-year-olds and was later revisited every seven years. The piece says one voice expected in “70 Up” is that of Nick Hitchon, whose appearance in “63 Up” in 2019 came amid news that he had cancer. It recounts that production filmed an interview in 2023 in America, but Hitchon died shortly afterward. The article also traces how Hitchon, initially thought to be a farmer’s son, was recruited for the series even though he was younger than expected.