The Tomorrow People (1970s) review 

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😢

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 was one of those 1970s UK school kids that watched this stuff

The best show on children's tv during the 70's. LOVED IT!!!

I remember this fondly, always rushing home from school to catch it. The innocence of childhood 😊

I used to love this show as a kid along with Catweazle.😀👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

the theme tune has been my ring tone on my phones for over 20 years

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!

The intro music and titles grabbed me as a kid scary at its time thanks for posting

Remember this as a kid growing up in the 70s. Loved it, even the theme tune grabbed you

Seeing a photo of Jon Pertwee and the cast of The Tomorrow People is the best validation.

I loved that series. As a child i thought it was extraordinary. Thanks for this.

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

Still remember the blue and the green from my primary school days!

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.

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…

I can remember being scared stupid by the theme sequence for The Tomorrow People. Great series.

I was a teenager in the 70s and loved this show. It was ahead of its time. It brings back fond memories.

It seems I wasn't the only 70s child who was captivated by this series. Thanks for this.

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.

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!

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.

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. 🇬🇧

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

remember it well,who can ever forget that theme tune.

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.

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

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.

Absolute fantastic series brings back some great memories of the 70s used to watch it every time it was on brilliant 13:29

Fantastic series, so far ahead of its time, loved watching it.

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.

Remember watching the Tomorrow People, avidly when I was a kid , golden age of tv

Watched it when I got home from school. Loved it.

I made myself a jaunt belt! Sadly it never worked. The story The Blues and the Greens was a great cautionary message for kids

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.

My favourite show as a kid in 🇦🇺. I knew I was one of them.

Great Video Steve of one of my favourite programs as a kid growing up in the 70's thanks for sharing

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.

I watched the Tomorrow People as a lad in the '70's and also watched Sky which hardly any of my friends seem to remember.

Great video Steve. The Tomorrow People was a bit before my time, but I've recently been enjoying the episodes on DVD.

I remember The Tomorrow People and the story of the blue and the green.

I loved the original despite it being uber-cheap. Best stories were The Blue & the Green, Secret Weapon. The latter showed the range of Trevor Bannister who was playing Mr Lucas in are You Being Served at the time. Thought the US reboot was terrible, I hope it gets remade here in the UK, but with adults. Could be brilliant.

Nicholas Young was also a jobbing actor on the candid camera show, "Beadle's About", playing various figures (possibly even an insurance agent) as the hapless victim tried to get to the bottom of some ridiculous injustice. It always baffled me that nobody recognised him. But then, when you're trying to figure out why your car has been parked up a tree, perhaps spotting actors from lesser-remembered 1970s kids' shows wouldn't be at the forefront of your mind.

Oh yes, I remember running home all the way from school to make sure of seeing The Tomorrow People. I loved Blue Peter too, but that was on twice a week and one edition was on a day that didn't clash, so no problem really, but I was a very peeved at the schedulers. The DVDs of the series that were released a while back were a really poor transfer, I'd love to see it in good quality again.

I was still having nightmares about "skins" decades after watching it. Now you've reminded me of it I wonder if I'll sleep tonight. Cheers :/

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!

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.

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.

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.

Thank you for this. Used to watch it in Australia in the 70s, then found someone in the 80s who had recorded all the repeats and got to catch up on all the eps. One of my fave scenes is when they jaunt into an alternate present into a futuristic tunnel created by a civilisation where the Romans had invented the steam train. Memories are failing on the details but it seemed like a lot of money had been spent on that particular set. Great series. Well written, and it was also fun to spot the props they shared with Doctor Who and Blake's 7.

Another childrens series in the 70s was “The Children Of The Stones” I recently watched it back and it is just as weird as I’d remembered it. Give it a watch.

Loved the theme music and the opening titles, was my favourite show in the day. The blue and the green I found scary, was definitely a play on racism. Then the one where he goes to a Scottish school/university. Didn’t see much of the reboots,I just liked the original. It just seemed very plausible at the time, people amongst us being a little more developed breaking out etc.

I really liked this show as a child.

Brilliant. Still got the books from back in the mid-70s. Happy days 🙏

I had the worst teenage crush ever on Stephen ❤ Rest in power PVC.

Tim was one of the three best TV show computers of the 70's. The other two being Zen and Orac. In the 80's we got Holly of course.

The commentary by the cast on the DVDs is very enlightening and entertaining.

And I love the idea that jumper is related to The Tomorrow people

I was obsessed by this program, particularly PVC! I didn’t realise he’d left us until now. I think I lost interest after Tyso left. Thanks for the video, great memories!

I can’t remember any of the stories except the one about the Blue and Green groups. If I remember, it started as a fad about wearing either blue or green badges and descended into tribal rivalry and violence. For some reason it struck me as a very powerful and frightening storyline.

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 :)

This is a great video. I was glued to the screen as a 9-year-old.

I remember this, the belts they wore which enabled them to "jaunt" were so cool! I was seven, the theme tune alone scared the hell out of me!

I've always wondered why people like to claim that Star wars was the game changer for 70s sci-fi tv. It as if those people have never seen Space 1999

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.

Wow! Loved this as a teenager! A real blast from the past. Thanks for sharing!👍👏👏♥️

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

I loved this show, it sort of introduced me to Sci-fi even more than Dr Who in many ways and of course, made sure the Beeb had to keep Dr Who well-produced lol. I was around 8, I think, when the show first aired and fell in love with Elizabeth Adair! I had not known humans were available that beautiful! It was a shame Sammie Winmill left after one series, afraid of being typecast, a decision she has said she always regretted. Alas, being set in London caused all sorts of budget issues at a time inflation and the UK economy was in freefall: for a commercial station, they had less money than the BBC which was already low by most standards lol. The lack of budget, unfortunately, really....REALLY shows! I got fed up after a couple of years, as the cast kept changing! At least with Dr Who, you knew he was going to show up next week lol!

Very nice video. Thank you!

Thanks for making the effort to create this content, I really enjoyed your approach and the information you provided - Timeslip is another 70’s Sci-Fi effort that sometimes visits my ‘memory’ - I recently purchased Love thy neighbour on DVD and really enjoyed revisiting the material - might be an idea for me to try and pick up The Tomorrow People too for a rainy day…Thanks Again for publishing this content..!😇

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.

This show was my favourite as a child. What amazing nostalgia (just subscribed).

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

I used to try and watch the 'Yesterday People' but I would always miss it because it had always been on already.

This used to be a favourite of my (long gone) youth. Nice review.

loved this series.....opening credits were great)

Picked up the dvd set a couple of yours ago and thoroughly enjoyed revisiting my childhood.

Loved this as a kid, I had the book too. The effects got even cheaper and more cheesy later on! Also - talking computers - the first was probably on Star Trek, as long as you don’t count robots.

I rewatched some of these. Flaky was an understatement Much preferred Ace of Wands and the terrifying Timeslip

I remember this! Blast from the past, definitely.

Nice one Steve, really enjoyed watching that, took me right back to my junior school days where if you had almost any groovy looking belt you could be a "Tomorrow People" and jaunt at will 😉

Thanks for the video, it was nice to look back and get some background info. I used to watch this in the UK when I was a kid. The opening music alone would scare the crap pout of me. My mum knew the program gave me nightmares and would switch it over to another channel. Then mum would go and prepare dinner and I would quietly switch the channel back to The Tomorrow People. Lo and behold I would have nightmares again that very night

Fabulous review once more! Many thanks Steve!

I loved that series. Ok, the plots and special effects may have been a bit shaky, but I never missed an episode.

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

My favourite programme at the time! Loved it

wow! I had a copy of that visitor book, totally forgot about it until I saw it in your video!

That theme tune and the opening titles were always a tad creepy which was fab :)

I loved this as a kid but nobody else i knew did, who would have guessed that would be the theme of my life?

Ooh, I got weird flashback vibes from the opening credits there, I think the music must’ve weirded me out as a kid. Yes I was a watcher and fan in the 70s and I wanted to be the next evolution of humanity, so this was a heady dose of nostalgia. Cheers!

I loved this show and I had a major crush on Mike Holloway!!

Still available on DVD. I watch my copy regularly.

I went to school with Peter Clarke in Putney , last see him in 2016 ,r,I.p Peter .

I was only thinking about this programme yesterday! Spooooookkyyy.

Ah, the days when we had great TV.

Music and the intro was near all of it. Had us all spellbound... same with Dr Who~

Revived all my nightmares of the opening credits, theme and Bubbleskins !

Enjoyed that trip down memory lane! I had a bit of an early teenage crush on Elizabeth Adare's character.

The Tomorrow People was broadcast by Thames T.V. at 4.25 so I could never get home to see it unless it was the holidays, So the dent in Blue Peter's audience must have been won an hour before Blue Peter was broadcast. A great feature.

Excellent contents , thanks for your concise video production, time and effort .