section: Creation
question: Give the name of the first film in the series.
article: Up Series
candidates: The first film in the series, "Seven Up! ", was directed by Paul Almond and commissioned by Granada Television as a programme in the "World in Action" series broadcast in 1964. From "7 Plus Seven" onward the films have been directed by Michael Apted, who had been a researcher on "Seven Up!" and chose the original children with Gordon McDougall. The premise of the film was taken from the Jesuit motto "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man", which is based on a quotation by Francis Xavier. The 1998 programme was commissioned by BBC One, although still produced for them by Granada Television.