Iconic TV series 7 Up slapped with trigger warning by woke ITV bosses for reason ‘that will surprise no one’

WOKE ITV bosses have slapped a trigger-warning on the most celebrated documentary series in British television history. Viewers are warned the original 7 Up episode from 1964 “contains outdated attitudes”. The film followed 14 seven-year-olds discussing class, money, schools and their futures. It returned to them every seven years, and ends this year with 70 Up. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! The ITVX platform files it under Documentaries & Lifestyle with a parental controls link to block child viewers. Director Michael Apted, who died in 2021, insisted the project was a mirror held up to the nation and should not be filtered. READ MORE ON WOKE BRITAIN He said: “The series was an attempt to do a long view of English society… The class system needed a kick up the backside. “I love it, it’s the most important thing I’ve ever done.” A TV insider said: “The whole purpose of 7 Up was to capture how Britain thought in 1964 and then watch it change. “Warning people that a documentary about attitudes contains attitudes is like warning them that a nature programme contains animals. Most read in TV “These are seven-year-olds talking about girlfriends and boarding school.” The Free Speech Union’s Lord Toby Young said: “It can’t be a surprise to anyone that a 1964 documentary contains outdated attitudes.” Comment now