Cambridge professor made impossible claim he was on Seven Up

Credit: University of Bath Race Equality TaskforceA Cambridge professor hailed as a diversity poster boy claimed that he had featured in the TV show Seven Up decades before he was born. Now footage of a talk Prof Arday gave in October 2022 has re-emerged, revealing his claim that he appeared as a child on Seven Up. Prof Jason Arday became a Cambridge professor at the age of 37Seven Up was the first episode in a decades-long TV series created by Granada Productions for ITV. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementA BBC spokesman confirmed that Prof Arday was not involved with the Up: Millennium Generation films. Prof Arday was hailed as the youngest-ever black professor at Cambridge when he was appointed at the age of 37.