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''Tomorrow's World'' is a former British television series about contemporary developments in science and technology. First transmitted on 7 July 1965 on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled at the beginning of 2003. The ''Tomorrow's World'' title was revived in 2017 as an umbrella brand for BBC science programming.


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and hosted by veteran broadcaster and former
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. For some years it had an instrumental
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composed and performed by
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. During the 1970s the programme attracted 10 million viewers per week. The programme was usually broadcast live, and as a result saw the occasional failure of its technology demonstrations. For example, during a demonstration of a new kind of car jack that required much less effort to operate, the jack disintegrated. Pressing on in the face of such adversity became a rite of passage, both for new presenters on the show and for the young assistant producers whose job it was to find the stories and make sure this kind of setback did not happen. Sometimes, however, the liveness gave an added dimension of immediacy to the technology, such as inventors personally demonstrating flame-proof clothing and bullet-proof vests while the presenters looked on. Sometimes it was the presenter who acted as test dummy. ''Tomorrow's World'' also frequently ran exhibitions, called "Tomorrow's World Live", often based in
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, London. These offered the general public the chance to see at first hand a variety of brand new, pioneering inventions, as well as a selection from that year's show. The presenters, by this time
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Philippa Forrester Philippa Clare Ryan Forrester (born September 1968) is a British television and radio presenter, producer and author. Throughout her career, Forrester has presented shows such as CBBC, ''Tomorrow's World'', Crufts, ''The Heaven and Earth Show'' ...
, also ran an hour-long interactive presentation within. The show was also occasionally parodied, for example by ''
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'', which featured demonstrations of such inventions as a telephone ring notification device for the deaf – powered by a
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Presenters

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, the show's first presenter, was noted for pointing out features of the new inventions with military precision using his
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pen ("as you will see: here, here and here"). He left the show in 1977 after a difference of opinion with new young editor Michael Blakstad, who referred to him in a press interview as "the last of the dinosaurs". Other presenters included: * James Burke (1965–1971) *
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(1972–1982) * Anthony Smith *
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*
William Woollard William Woollard (born 23 August 1939, London) is a historian and retired British television producer and presenter. Biography Woollard went to a state grammar school in London and Oxford University. He trained to be a fighter pilot with the ...
(1974–1978) *
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(1974–1994—the longest-serving presenter) *
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(1979–1983) *Su Ingle (1980–1984) *
Peter Macann Peter Macann is a former British actor, reporter, and television presenter who is most notable for co-hosting the BBC science show ''Tomorrow's World'' in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since retiring from the BBC, he has worked as a consult ...
(1983–1991) *
Maggie Philbin Margaret Elizabeth Philbin OBE (born 23 June 1955) is an English radio and television presenter whose credits include ''Tomorrow's World'', ''Multi-Coloured Swap Shop'' and latterly '' Bang Goes the Theory''. Early life As a child, she became ...
(1983–1994) * Anna Walker *
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(1985–1997) *
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(1990–1994) * John Diamond (1991) *Carmen Pryce (1991–1994) *
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(1996–1999) *
Philippa Forrester Philippa Clare Ryan Forrester (born September 1968) is a British television and radio presenter, producer and author. Throughout her career, Forrester has presented shows such as CBBC, ''Tomorrow's World'', Crufts, ''The Heaven and Earth Show'' ...
(1996–2000) *
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(1996–2000) *
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(1997–2000) *Anya Sitaram (1998–2000) * Nick Baker (1999–2000) *Lindsey Fallow (1999–2000) *
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(2003) The idiosyncratic
Bob Symes Robert Alexander Schutzmann
showcased smaller inventions in dramatised vignettes with themes such as ''Bob Goes Golfing''. These often presented challenges for film directors with whom he worked when a close-up was required as Symes's own invention-related exploits in the workshop had resulted in him losing parts of several fingers. It was hard to find a finger that did not look too gruesome to show on screen. Other regular features included ''Whatever Happened to...'', picking up on the oft-levelled criticism of the show that a significant number of inventions seemingly were never heard of again.


Technologies introduced

In many cases the show offered the British public its first chance to see key technologies that subsequently became commonplace, notably: *
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(1967) * Home computer (1967) *
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s and
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s (1967) *
Artificial grass Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commerc ...
(1968) *
Synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...
(1969) * ATM and
Chip and Pin Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is a type of immunoprecipitation experimental technique used to investigate the interaction between proteins and DNA in the cell. It aims to determine whether specific proteins are associated with specific geno ...
(1969) *
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(1971) *
Digital watch A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by ...
(1972) *
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) (1974) *
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(1979) *
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(1980) *
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and player (1981) *
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(1981) *
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reader (1983) *
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(1993) *
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insulation (1993) * Robotic
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, pioneered on
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prototype (1996) *
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for breast cancer (2000) Perhaps the best-remembered item in the programme's history was the introduction of the
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in 1981, when presenter
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demonstrated the disc's supposed indestructibility by scratching the surface of a
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CD with a stone. The show also gave the first British TV exposure to the group
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, who performed their then-forthcoming single "
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" as part of an item about the use of technology in musicmaking. Another programme concerning new technology for television and stage lighting featured
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and the
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-led
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.


Offbeat aspects

Featured inventions that did not change our lives included a fold-up car that fitted into a suitcase, numerous gadgets such as a miracle chopping board for the kitchen, and collapsible knives and forks. Members of the public frequently sent in their ideas.


Final years

By the late 1990s, the live studio demonstrations were dropped in favour of purely pre-recorded items. The final series, presented by
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,
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and
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, attempted to revert to the original live format of the show, even using a remix of one of the theme tunes used during its more successful years, but ratings continued to fall, and with only three million viewers in the last series the BBC decided to axe the show. At the time they said that they would produce a number of science special editions under the ''Tomorrow's World'' "brand" from time to time. The "Tomorrow's World Roadshow" appeared in 2004 with Gareth Jones (co-host of
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'') and
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taking the helm as the last presenters of a show bearing the ''Tomorrow's World'' name, before a partial return to television in 2007. For the 1000th episode, a commemorative CD was produced by Nimbus Records. It contained four audio tracks of the four theme tunes that were used from 1965 to the early 1990s. 1000 copies were made and were given away in a competition. The CD was notable as being the first holographic audio compact disc ever made. On 14 September 2009, the BBC made some clips and episodes available online. In the United States, episodes of the series aired on the
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between 2001 and 2003.


The Prince of Wales Award for Industrial Innovation and Production

At the end of each series, the Prince of Wales gave an award or awards for superlative inventions.


Revival of the brand

At the start of 2007, the
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announced that the ''Tomorrow's World'' brand would be used on science and technology news reports across the BBC's TV, radio and internet services, including a blog. The ''Tomorrow's World'' name returned to television screens on 8 January 2007 as part of the BBC's news coverage on
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, hosted by
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and as a blog on the BBC News website. In August 2007, it was reported that Michael Mosley, director of development at the BBC's science wing, had pitched the concept of resurrecting the format to BBC commissioners. In May 2017, the BBC announced it was launching a year of science and technology under the ''Tomorrow's World'' banner. Its purpose is to "seek to address how science is changing peoples' lives, reshaping the world, and rewriting the future of healthcare".


BBC 4 Live Edition

Tomorrow's World returned for a one-off live special, with
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and four presenters from the show's original run: Maggie Philbin, Howard Stableford, Judith Hann and Peter Snow. The 90-minute interactive show was broadcast at 9pm on BBC 4 on 22 November 2018.


Science Channel Reboot

In May 2018,
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premiered a new version of the show called '' Tomorrow's World Today''. The show explores sustainability, technology, new ideas and worldwide concepts around innovation. Julian Taylor serves as executive producer and the program features executive producer George Davison as host and field reporters Tamara Krinsky and Jackie Long.


See also

* '' Beyond Tomorrow'' * '' Click'' * ''
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'' series 2 satirised ''Tomorrow's World''


References


External links


BBC archive material with clips and old episodes

TV Cream on Tomorrow's World

A view on the demise of ''Tomorrow's World''
by
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