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Tomorrow's World

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Tomorrow's World was a long-running BBC television series on new 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.

Jul 7, 196520 seasons635 episodesEndedEN

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James Burke

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Maggie Philbin

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Judith Hann

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Kate Humble

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Carol Vorderman

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Seasons

Season 1

31 episodes

Premiered Jul 7, 1965

Season 2

22 episodes

Season 22

31 episodes

Premiered Sep 20, 1984

Season 23

33 episodes

Premiered Sep 19, 1985

Season 24

33 episodes

Premiered Sep 25, 1986

Season 25

33 episodes

Premiered Sep 24, 1987

Season 26

33 episodes

Premiered Oct 6, 1988

Season 27

32 episodes

Premiered Sep 19, 1989

Season 28

35 episodes

Premiered Sep 20, 1990

Season 29

30 episodes

Premiered Sep 25, 1991

Season 30

32 episodes

Premiered Sep 23, 1992

Season 31

33 episodes

Premiered Sep 10, 1993

Season 32

35 episodes

Premiered Oct 14, 1994

Season 33

32 episodes

Premiered Sep 8, 1995

Season 34

35 episodes

Premiered Sep 4, 1996

Season 35

43 episodes

Premiered Sep 3, 1997

Season 36

32 episodes

Premiered Sep 9, 1998

Season 37

31 episodes

Premiered Oct 20, 1999

Season 38

36 episodes

Premiered Oct 11, 2000

Season 39

13 episodes

Premiered Mar 13, 2002

Episodes

1–6 of 31

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Jul 7, 1965

30m

The inaugural edition of 'Tomorrow's World' presents a report on the state of the art in kidney dialysis machines capable of being used in the patient's home; A report on lessons in fresh water management drawn from the Dutch flood defence system; and a look at the possibility that the Mariner 4 space probe may uncover evidence of life on Mars.

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