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The Tomorrow People ''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979. The theme music was c ...
''. It was originally broadcast from 1973 to 1979, with a revival series airing from 1992 to 1995.
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broadcast the original series of ''The Tomorrow People'' in the 1970s.
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
broadcast the original 1970s version in the United States in the early 1980s, and broadcast all five stories from the 1990s series in the United States and Australia. The
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in Australia broadcast the original series, as did
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. Both shows were also seen in other parts of the World.


1970s series


Series 1 (1973)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (
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),
Peter Vaughan-Clarke Peter Vaughan-Clarke (born 11 June 1957, in Wandsworth, London) is a British actor. Vaughan-Clarke is best known for his portrayal of Stephen Jameson in the TV series ''The Tomorrow People'' in the 1970s, a character he returned to later in li ...
(
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),
Sammie Winmill Sammie Winmill (born Janice Winmill, 28 November 1948) is a British actress who had a number of roles in the 1970s, and is best known for portraying Carol in the Sci-fi series ''The Tomorrow People''. Career Her first noted appearance was alo ...
( Carol), Stephen Salmon (
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),
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(Voice of TIM), Michael Standing (Ginge) :Producer: Ruth Boswell


Series 2 (1974)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Stephen),
Elizabeth Adare Elizabeth Adare (born 3 June 1949 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) is a currently practising child psychologist but is better known as an English actress and television presenter during the 1970s and 1980s. Her most prominent role was as ...
(Elizabeth),
Chris Chittell Christopher John Chittell (born 19 May 1948) is an English actor, known for his role as Eric Pollard in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. He has portrayed the role since 1986, making him the longest-serving cast member in the soap's history. ...
(Chris), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) :Producer: Ruth Boswell


Series 3 (1975)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Stephen),
Elizabeth Adare Elizabeth Adare (born 3 June 1949 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) is a currently practising child psychologist but is better known as an English actress and television presenter during the 1970s and 1980s. Her most prominent role was as ...
(Elizabeth), Dean Lawrence (Tyso), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) :Producer: Ruth Boswell


Series 4 (1975)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Stephen),
Elizabeth Adare Elizabeth Adare (born 3 June 1949 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) is a currently practising child psychologist but is better known as an English actress and television presenter during the 1970s and 1980s. Her most prominent role was as ...
(Elizabeth), Dean Lawrence (Tyso), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM),
Mike Holoway Mike Holoway (born 28 January 1961 in Dagenham, Essex, England) is a British musician and actor. He was the drummer and percussionist in Flintlock and at the same time became an actor, notably in the cult TV series ''The Tomorrow People''. C ...
(Mike Bell) :Producer: Roger Price


Series 5 (1977)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John),
Elizabeth Adare Elizabeth Adare (born 3 June 1949 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) is a currently practising child psychologist but is better known as an English actress and television presenter during the 1970s and 1980s. Her most prominent role was as ...
(Elizabeth),
Mike Holoway Mike Holoway (born 28 January 1961 in Dagenham, Essex, England) is a British musician and actor. He was the drummer and percussionist in Flintlock and at the same time became an actor, notably in the cult TV series ''The Tomorrow People''. C ...
(Mike Bell), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) : Producer: Vic Hughes


Series 6 (1978)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Mike Holoway (Mike), Misako Koba (Hsui Tai), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) : Producer: Vic Hughes


Series 7 (1978)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Elizabeth Adare (Elizabeth), Mike Holoway (Mike), Misako Koba (Hsui Tai),
Nigel Rhodes ''The Tomorrow People'' is a British children's science fiction television series created by Roger Price. Produced by Thames Television for the ITV Network, the series first ran from 30 April 1973 to 19 February 1979. The theme music was ...
(Andrew Forbes), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) : Producer: Vic Hughes


Series 8 (1979)

:Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Elizabeth Adare (Elizabeth), Mike Holoway (Mike), Misako Koba (Hsui Tai), Nigel Rhodes (Andrew Forbes), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) : Producer: Vic Hughes


1990s series

:Tomorrow People:
Kristian Schmid Kristian Schmid (born 28 November 1974) is an Australian actor best known for his roles as Todd Landers in '' Neighbours'' and Leading Seaman Robert Dixon in '' Sea Patrol''. Early life Schmid was born in Geelong, Australia to Hungarian par ...
(Adam Newman),
Christian Tessier Christian Tessier (born January 1, 1978) is a Canadian actor and singer who began his career as a child actor on '' You Can't Do That On Television.'' He has since appeared in numerous TV and film roles. Early life Tessier was born in Toronto o ...
(Megabyte (Marmaduke Damon)), Adam Pearce (Kevin Wilson) (only until ''The Culex Experiment''), Kristen Ariza (Lisa Davies) (only in ''The Origin Story''),
Naomie Harris Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is a British actress. She started her career when she was a child, appearing in the television series ''Simon and the Witch'' in 1987. She portrayed Selena in the zombie film ''28 Days Later'' (2002 ...
(Ami Jackson) (from ''The Culex Experiment''), Alexandra Milman (Jade Weston) (''The Living Stones'' with a brief appearance in ''The Culex Experiment'') :Producer: Roger Damon Price (Series 1), Alan Horrox (Series 2 and 3)


Series 1 (1992)

:Note: A short test pilot version of the first episode entitled ''A Bad Dream Gets Real'' was created before full production began. Its content was roughly that of the first two episodes of ''The Origin Story''. This remains unaired, as it was an internal proof of concept only. The main cast was made up of the same actors, except that Stephen Pollard played Kevin.


Series 2 (1994)


Series 3 (1995)


Audio series

From 2001 to 2007, five series of audio adventures starring several of the original 1970s cast were released by
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. A planned sixth series was cancelled.


Series 1

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'' by
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and Gareth Roberts
April 2001, 2 episodes #'' The Deadliest Species'' by
Gary Russell Gary Russell (born 18 September 1963) is a British freelance writer, producer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs in other media. As an a ...

September 2001, 3 episodes #'' The Ghosts of Mendez'' by Austen Atkinson
January 2002, 3 episodes #'' The Sign of Diolyx'' by Mike Tucker and Robert Perry (two discs)
May 2002, 3 episodes


Series 2

#''A New Atlantis'' by
Nigel Fairs Nigel Fairs is a British actor and writer. He trained at Bretton Hall College and his theatre credits include stage production of ''Translations'' at The National Theatre, Inspector Morse in the UK tour of ''House of Ghosts'', Dr Watson in ' ...

April 2003, 3 episodes #''The Power of Fear'' by Steve Lyons
June 2003, 3 episodes #''The Curse of Kaavan'' by Nigel Fairs
August 2003, 3 episodes #''Alone'' by Nigel Fairs
June 2004, 3 episodes


Series 3

#''The Slarvian Menace'' by Mark Wright
October 2004, 3 episodes #''The Warlock's Dance'' by
Cavan Scott Cavan Scott (born 18 April 1973), is a New York Times bestselling comic writer and author. He is best known for his work on a variety of spin-offs from both ''Doctor Who'' and ''Star Wars'', as well as comics and novels for ''Teen Titans'', ''Bla ...

October 2004, 3 episodes #''A Living Hell'' by Nigel Fairs
February 2005, 3 episodes #''Trigonometry'' by Gary Russell
March 2005, 3 episodes


Series 4

#''Saying Goodbye'' by Nigel Fairs
August 2005, 3 episodes #''The Lords of Forever'' by
Craig Hinton Craig Paul Alexander Hinton (7 May 1964 – 3 December 2006) was a British writer best known for his work on various spin-offs from the BBC Television series ''Doctor Who''. He also wrote articles for various science fiction magazines, and ...

October 2005, 3 episodes #''Queen of Slarvos'' by Nigel Fairs
January 2006, 3 episodes #''A Plague of Dreams'' by
Jim Mortimore Jim Mortimore is a British science fiction writer, who has written several spin-off novels for popular television series, principally ''Doctor Who'', but also ''Farscape'' and ''Babylon 5''. When BBC Books cancelled his ''Doctor Who'' novel ''Cam ...
(two discs)
April 2006, 6 episodes


Series 5

#''A Broken Song'' by Nigel Fairs
June 2006, 3 episodes #''Aftermath'' by
Joseph Lidster Joseph Lidster is an English playwright and screenwriter, best known for his work on the '' Doctor Who'' spin-off series ''Torchwood'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. Biography His debut work was the audio play '' The Rapture'' for Big Finis ...

August 2006, 1 episode #''Spiritus Mundi'' by Craig Hinton
October 2006, 3 episodes #''Stemming the Tide'' by Helen Goldwyn
December 2006, 3 episodes #''End of Silence'' by Alex Crowe
February 2007, 3 episodes #''Rachel'' by Nigel Fairs
April 2007, 2 episodes


Proposed titles for Series 6

Series six was cancelled part way through the production of ''Saving the World'', ''Talking to God'' and ''Tandem''. These episodes will not be released through official channels. Originally scheduled for release from August 2007 to January 2008. #''Saving the World'' by Nigel Fairs #''Talking to God'' by Nigel Fairs #''War of the Slarvians'' by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright #''Tandem'' by Helen Goldwyn #''Godwin's Law'' by Joseph Lidster #''Buartek'' by Nigel Fairs


Proposed titles for Series 7

A planned seventh series would have seen Cavan Scott and Mark Wright replace Nigel Fairs as series producers, with the stories taking place a few years after the events of Series 6 in order to act as a reboot. #''The Next Stage'' by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright #''Kalki Reborn'' by Nigel Fairs #''The Modern Children'' by Paul Magrs #''The Screaming Planet'' by Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett #''TIM'' by Joseph Lidster #''The Scream of Sogguth'' by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright


DVD releases

The original series was released on DVD in both region 1 and 2. All eight series of the original 1970s series were released on DVD through Revelation Films in the UK. All discs are Region 0 and are playable in most countries where PAL is the standard. In 2005, A&E TV Home Entertainment (under license from
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and
FremantleMedia International Fremantle (; formerly FremantleMedia) is a British multinational television production and distribution company based in London. Fremantle takes its name from Fremantle International, acquired by predecessor company All American Television in ...
) released three boxsets for North America, in the NTSC format, that contain all eight seasons and the documentary "Beyond Tomorrow". The 1990s series was released as a 5-DVD set but only in region 2 in September 2005.


References

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