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'I'm enjoying life more than I've ever done': 7 Up! star Bruce Balden reflects on life at 70 - and reveals poem from his soldier father who was posted to Africa when he was a child

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September 14, 2026

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'I'm enjoying life more than I've ever done': 7 Up! star Bruce Balden reflects on life at 70 - and reveals poem from his soldier father who was posted to Africa when he was a child

Bruce Balden was aged seven when he was first interviewed for the ITV series in 1964, saying that his dream was to see his father - a soldier posted in southern Africa.

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