56 Up returns to ITV 1

Michael Apted’s groundbreaking documentary, which has interviewed a group of Britons every seven years since they were seven years old, is now half a century in the making.

The show, called Seven Up!, was never designed as a long-running venture, but it proved so popular that the programme makers returned to the subjects when they were 14, again when they were 21, and so on. And now they’re 56.

Tonight sees the return of the series at 9pm on ITV1. We'll hear from Peter and Neil, both from Liverpool who featured in the original Seven Up! programme.