The Tomorrow People (1970s) review
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- In this edition of The Channel I take a look at the first incarnation of The Tomorrow People. The show's original line-up included Nicholas Young, Sammie Winmill, Stephen Salmon, and Peter Vaughan-Clarke.
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I definitely wanted to be one of the Tomorrow People in 1973.
Now I am over 60 and realise that I am now a Yesterday Person😢
I too am over 60. My kids thought I was mad to make this video. But 30,000 views so far. We have a lot to offer. 😊
Same here but feel fortunate to have such great memory's !
@@TheChannel-001 have another one on me, a quirky series
@@newforestpixie5297 I love it when I've never heard of contemporary artists. "Who?". "what?". That and starting and/or ending sentences with the words "these days" are the best things about senile decrepitude. 🍾🍷to old coot-ism. 🛌💤 Time for a nap. 👍
@@TheChannel-001 What a great trip down memory lane, I remember watching this show back in the day. As for the movie, 'Jumper' as far as I know there was meant to have been a sequel but due to it not doing very well at the box office it was canned.
Wow there's a blast from the past! I used to watch this as a kid and the opening credits used to creep me out for some reason...
I only just discovered The Tomorrow People in the last decade. That made it all the more interesting to learn about after knowing similarly themed SF with X-Men, Heroes and Push.
Definitely, a really haunting theme tune.
I used to watch this when I'd come home from school. I guess it replaced the Time Tunnel when that stopped
Ha! Same. 😂
same here that hand for some reason. still watch it now
I remember this fondly, always rushing home from school to catch it. The innocence of childhood 😊
The best show on children's tv during the 70's. LOVED IT!!!
Rose tinted glasses. I also loved it as a kid and tried to revisit it, Couldn't do it.
I was one of those 1970s UK school kids that watched this stuff
Me too 😂
Me too. Happy times.
Curiously, whenever people of my age discuss the programs we used to watch as kids, the Tomorrow People usually gets a mention. It was really enjoyed by my generation (we're all mid 50's and above now). Always interesting, a bit surreal and futuristic. Great !
The intro music and titles grabbed me as a kid scary at its time thanks for posting
I used to love this show as a kid along with Catweazle.😀👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Catweazle was brilliant
I thought Catweazel could have much funnier than it was.
Lizzie Dripping!
@@KarenG.-qs7wc I found it too hard to understand, the same with Sapphire And Steel.
To Catweazle the world was full of Tomorrow People.
Remember this as a kid growing up in the 70s. Loved it, even the theme tune grabbed you
Watched it here in Australia in the 1970's, it was on TV just after school hours and I thought it was great! I really enjoyed this retrospective, thanks!
I was a teenager in the 70s and loved this show. It was ahead of its time. It brings back fond memories.
That theme tune is absolutely timeless. It still works in the 21st century.
the theme tune has been my ring tone on my phones for over 20 years
Same
Same with,Blake’s 7, Robinson Crusoe,hairbaer bunch,Dr Who and loads more,I rotate ring tones,alarms,messages etc
composed by the brilliant Dudley Simpson…
@@zombiebiker5581 Robinson Crusoe was an amazing series and the theme was just so inspiring. I also used to enjoy The Flashing Blade.
@@NomaddUK I have DVD of flashing blade and Robinson Crusoe
This was one of my favourite TV shows in the 1970's. The stories; the theme tune; and the graphics that went with them, all made for a memorable experience. I believe the first episode that I watched involved Stephen's school teacher, Elizabeth, coming into her powers. (I seem to recall it was referred to as "breaking out"). From there, I watched it religiously until the series finale.
I loved that series. As a child i thought it was extraordinary. Thanks for this.
@@josephdevlin7528 It feels all the more special nowadays when a sci-fi favourite like The Tomorrow People, classic Doctor Who or Blake’s 7 was so easily enjoyable despite the underwhelming visual effects that they had.
@@mikebasil4832 What does that say? Good dramatic storylines.
@@josephdevlin7528 Exactly. British television has always had a most unique gift in that regard.
Born 1963. I watched this after school . The theme tune was definitely scary .
The Blue & The Green is an excellent 4 parter , atmospheric , menacing and creepy in an almost Sapphire & Steele way 👍🏾
Look-In magazine was the ITV tie-in mag which I used to get and I remember an issue early in the TP series that had a free sticker "I'm a Tomorrow Person", and my best friend and I both stuck ours to cardboard and cut them out and put a safety pin on the back to make them more sturdy and long lasting.
That reminds me of 1976-my Dad wouldn't let us put posters up-so I put my poster of Bay City Rollers on cardboard and hung it on the doorknob. Simple times.
I loved this series, I used run home from school in time to watch it. When I moved to high school my journey was too long involving multiple buses, so I missed most of the episodes after the first series. If only VCRs had been affordable sooner but that said we didn't get colour TV until 1979.
Another great series was Children of the Stones, filmed in Avebury. Absolutely superb.
i loved The Tomorrow People. i recently treated myself to the DVD box set of the entire series, so looking forward to remembering my childhood
How strange, I just randomly thought of this show for the first time in decades and I get home and this video comes up. Loved it as a pre-teen in the 7o’s…
Funny how it goes like that. Thanks for watching.
There was also Blake’s 7, Catwesel, Luke King, Manimal…. just showing my age ;)
As a 5/6yr old in 1973 I think this was possibly one of my first tastes of sci-fi along with Dr Who. I always wanted one of their Jaunt belts, I'd still be using it today.
jaunting ! belt ...
@@ickleshouse Yes, originally they had belts and later moved on to a watch like device.
Loved The Tomorrow People and that theme tune was the best part.
I can remember being scared stupid by the theme sequence for The Tomorrow People. Great series.
Thank you for this. The Tomorrow People was one of my favorite shows in the '70s.
@@Shan_Dalamani I used to enjoy it too. Cheers, Steve.
I loved the Tommorow People, I couldn't wait to get home from school to watch it, if we had double maths I knew I'd miss the start.
Absolute fantastic series brings back some great memories of the 70s used to watch it every time it was on brilliant 13:29
Seeing a photo of Jon Pertwee and the cast of The Tomorrow People is the best validation.
@@kevinshea7547 Jon Pertwee’s Doctor Who era (Tom Baker’s too) and The Tomorrow People were symbols of how the 70s would most significantly validate the best in British sci-fi television.
Lucky they never decided to put T.P. on at the same time as Doctor Who, that would have been even more cruel than putting it on at the same time as Blue Peter. (Long before people started getting video recorders!)
Excellent contents , thanks for your concise video production, time and effort .
Nice review, one of my 'watch when you get home from school' shows. Timeslip was great too.
@@martinn4031 many thanks. I never saw Timeslip as a child so will need to hunt it out. Up next is Children of the Stones. Steve.
There were so many British shows that never made it across the pond when I was a kid, The Tomorrow People being one of them. But I've been having fun discovering them now.
Children of the Stones, Sapphire and Steel, The Demon Headmaster, Ace of Wands, The Ghosts of Motley Hall, The Tripods are all on my radar now
@@TheUluxian Same. Particularly Sapphire & Steel and Children Of The Stones for how atmospherically driven they were for their times.
As I was watching this I was thinking, I never see or hear The Tripods mentioned anywhere. In the eighties, there was a public NJ station that ran Doctor Who from beginning to end, then repeated. Before DW came on, they ran The Tripods. I thought it was an interesting show back then and often wonder whether I'd still think so. All those old shows have such a dated look. I'm glad to see someone remembers that show.
@@ExplodingPsyche So am I.
Good list. I might be inclined to add Phoenix and the Carpet to that and the Georgian House. The Georgian House was also a time travelling one.
One of best was a spy adventure serial tightrope. I have it on DVD.
Steve that was excellent and it prompted memories of my childhood, cheers.
Fantastic series, so far ahead of its time, loved watching it.
One of my favorite programs of my childhood, even played it at school play times. I remember the skins were large latex balloons. In adulthood I even bought the series dvds. In the loft somewhere.
The titles were indeed haunting and unsettling.
I loved this show. I bought the DVD set a while ago and re-watched everything, then re-re-watched it with the DVD commentary. Best opening credits and music ever!
I remember walking to school in my snorkel parka in a snow storm wishing I could jaunt.😁Real winters then as well.
That theme tune still gives me chills and as a synth player its genius is evident!
I have never been able to precisely put my finger on the single element that makes it so dark.
The timpani and synth combo might well be a first?
Every single element of the music disturbs me like a bad dream that delights to recall. 🇬🇧
Do you think it was an ARP synth?
Still remember the blue and the green from my primary school days!
The Blue and the Green was great. I've got it on DVD somewhere.
Nice one, Steve. I remember this as a pre-teen, slightly more cerebral than Dr Who, a lot less scary than Sapphire and Steel, and more enjoyable than the news. The opening titles are right up there. Thank you, subb'd.
Went to a special afternoon at the BFI . They showed episodes of The Tomorrow People and a Q&A with Nicholas Young and author Andy Price. It was a lovely nostalgic afternoon
Peak high weirdness TV, at the peak of British TV inventiveness and creativity. With the peak of TV opening titles and theme music. TV anywhere around the world will never hit this period or golden age again, and thanks for showing The Sea Devils - 1973 again, peak TV. How good we had it then with entertainment creativity, although we couldn’t tell it at the time.
I used to love coming home from school to watch this ,I shall resist all temptations to find episodes on youtube just to find out how bad it really was .
I grew up in the 70s and like many TV series back then I watched on 3 channels to me The Tommorrow People was head of it's time
"head of it is time" - doesn't make sense.
What a time to be a kid in the 70s,great review.
@@trevk9619 yes it was. Great days. Cheers.
Used to love this back in the day, thanks
It was showed in Australia and I love it
Damn, there are some great shows in there! Sure some of the special effects were frankly hilarious, even for the time, but we didn't care because they were just props for great stories - fancy that! Remember all those wobbly sets on Blakes' Seven? Sure, but what fantastic characters and stories. Good times, sadly long gone.
THE TOMORROW PEOPLE BLAKE'S 7 plus Jon Pertwee then Tom Baker in DOCTOR WHO made the 70s latter half ---CHEAP but BRILLIANT!!!
loved this series.....opening credits were great)
I loved this as a kid, it was a great show. This and Sapphire and Steel were my must-watch shows.
The main thing I remember about the Tomorrow People is the theme tune/opening credits used to scare the life out of me as a kid in the 1970s. Judging by the comments below, I was not the only one!
Great stuff, thank you. I am 57 and the Tomorrow People theme tune still freaks me out!
I think it's a great theme tune and title sequence. It's haunted me in a sense for 50 years
I absolutely loved The Tomorrow People ❤
I loved this show!
This is a trip down memory lane. 👍
Didn't remember it until I saw the picture of them wearing wristbands and boom it all came flooding back ...thanks for the blast from the very distant past
This ran from when I was 8 until I was 14 and I loved it. Oh how I wished I could jaunt and would've loved a computer like Tim. So repeat after me - Heart of Soggoth, heart of Soggoth.
Absolutely loved this programme, used to arrange my day so I could be free to watch it (no video recorders or streaming back then) and the theme tune is the brilliant. I came across a DVD of some episodes a few years ago, still have it - really grea5 show
Great video Steve. The Tomorrow People was a bit before my time, but I've recently been enjoying the episodes on DVD.
Nostalgia for me growing up in the UK
@@lanceharvie6933 they were great days.
wow forgotten all about this series but watched it every week , brings back memories of childhood mates I've long since lost touch with and yes another time all together, a top programme though remember it fondly now I've been reminded of of it yes thanks for this happy memories.
Remember it well i watched it every week i like the tune i was listening to it a few weeks ago and bought back some memories
Fantastic review, thankyou. It brought my childhood right back. I couldn’t wait to get home from school and see the latest episode of The Tomorrow People, such a brilliant series. The fantastic theme tune always gave me goosebumps!
remember it well,who can ever forget that theme tune.
I grew up in the same road as PVC for 2 years I went to his house every day (his mum even set a place for me on Christmas Day) we played in a band together for a few years (the Mean Machine) we drifted apart in the 80’s we spoke sometimes on the phone I was really sad to hear he had died
Thank you for sharing your memories.
I enjoyed this as a kid and would never miss an episode. I thought it was cleverly constructed, well written and acted - well above the level of the normal fare for childrens television. An American friend mentioned to me years back that he used to watch it on Canadian tv as they lived near the border and it wasn't shown on US tv networks. Another sci-fi series of the time for teenagers I liked was 'Timeslip' made by ATV, another Independent television company.
Ah, the days when we had great TV.
Apparently an orange haired Rock Star once appeared in the canteen of the TV Studios and sat with the show's producer congratulating him that Tomorrow People was his typa thing. His name was David Bowie.
Watched it when I got home from school. Loved it.
@@Stabby_Dave think it was Mondays where I lived. Great show.
I used to have the entire series on DVD. Don't know what happened to it. Same with Ace of Wands.😞
I saw both shows during their original runs and loved them.
Another great show of the time was "Timeslip".
@@TheDavidPoole funny how things disappear.
I LOVED The Tomorrow People! I didn't watch a lot of tv when I was young but I always made sure to watch The Tomorrow People! I never saw the last 2 series though, as my dad (in the RAF) was posted to Germany for 4 years, in 1977. :)
My favourite show as a kid in 🇦🇺. I knew I was one of them.
Theme music to this, and armchair thriller, use to freak me out.
I remember watching this , about 13
I really liked this show as a child.
It seems I wasn't the only 70s child who was captivated by this series. Thanks for this.
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What I remember most about it now is having caught a couple episodes of The Tomorrow people somewhere recently and realizing how much they relied on gigantic cliffhanger endings for every episode ... that the next episode would immediately lampshade.
Yes, they were written well.
Great Video Steve of one of my favourite programs as a kid growing up in the 70's thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers.
@@TheChannel-001 I also forwarded your video to my friend Mike 👍🏼
wow met mike when he visited our local radio station (radio Tees) when I was a kid..loved that show...thanks for taking me back in time matey.
Remember watching the Tomorrow People, avidly when I was a kid , golden age of tv
I remember watching the 1st episode. Jeez, I feel old.
For those younger viewers, you have to remember that, back in the 70s, we only had 3 channels (BBC1, BBC2 and ITV) and no domestic recording facilities. If you watched one channel, you would miss whatever was broadcast on the others. I really liked the Tomorrow People but we were a 'BBC' family and I didn't see many of them in favour of Blue Peter, purely because Blue Peter was a great programme with a large variety of topics covered. I wish the remake was produced more like the original. It was disappointing.
I remember my ITT tv only had rotary tuning knobs.
@@AmigaA-or2hj Ha! The old 'Turret Tuners' Yes, we had one too :D
I used to love watching it it’s such a shame now that kids programmes are now so crap
The theme music was so futuristic.
Absolutely glued to the set when this was shown
I lived down the same road as PVC was my best friend for a number of years I used to go to Thames to watch filming we formed a band The Mean Machine with 2 other friends. PVC had a party at his house at the end of every season in 1976 we used all our wages to hire the most expensive guitars and Amps to play at his party but Flintlock asked to have a go first and played Jailhouse Rock so loud the police came and shut the live music down …. Now I look back and laugh they were better than us but at the time we were more than upset and (mainly PVC) wrote The Flintlock Song based on their song Thunderman that we recorded the next year basically a string of obscene things about the group, was never heard by anyone else! Happy days and great teenage memories R.I.P PVC we miss you
@@Iluvthe1960s thanks for sharing those wonderful memories. All the best, Steve.
Thanks, Steve. I was obsessed with this show in the 70's. The title sequence and music were mesmerising. I love how there is a shot of a green pepper cut in half in there. Of course back in the day, green peppers were somewhat exotic and not something recognisable in the average UK household shop.
Oh, that’s what it is. Funny.
Loved this when i was wee.
Well Done Steve - Some great memories there & snippets i didn't know
Thanks for that
That theme/intro still has an ominous 'aura' around it . . . . . . love it
Glad you enjoyed it.
Flintlock were the house band on The Pauline Quirke Show if I remember correctly.
Yes they were, I remember that too
And I love the idea that jumper is related to The Tomorrow people
I made myself a jaunt belt! Sadly it never worked. The story The Blues and the Greens was a great cautionary message for kids
Based on historic events - Roman chariot racing teams, 4th century football hooligans. Similar story in Babylon 5 "purple Drazi".
I used to think that this was on a par with Doctor Who. Some of the story lines were really good too. This and The Children of the Stones were indeed superb programmes.
Really wanted one of those belts!
Very nostalgic. A better review than I thought it was going to be.
@@realPromotememedia cheers, thanks for watching.
I was only thinking about this programme yesterday! Spooooookkyyy.
I was absolutely one of the target audience for this and have always been a little saddened that it never really got going, despite making quite an impact when it started. About the best thing I can say is that it did manage to get me and my mates 'jaunting' about playing our own version of The Tomorrow People :D
I've only just come across your channel so I don't know if you are already aware of it but there was a great BBC kids drama series around the same time. It was called The Changes and, like The Tomorrow People, it's stuck in my memory all these decades :)
I’ll have to look up The Changes. Not familiar with it. Cheers.
Just came across your channel,I’m in my 60s so remember the tomorrow people and I looked forward to each episode. Also there was an American show called time tunnel,loved watching that one.
I went to school with Peter Clarke in Putney , last see him in 2016 ,r,I.p Peter .