This is a list of stories of the British science fiction series, The Tomorrow People. It was originally broadcast from 1973 to 1979, with a revival series airing from 1992 to 1995.
ITV broadcast the original series of The Tomorrow People in the 1970s. Nickelodeon 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 Seven Network in Australia broadcast the original series, as did Television New Zealand. Both shows were also seen in other parts of the World.
Series overview
1970s series overview
1990s series overview
1970s series Series 1 (1973) Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Stephen), Sammie Winmill (Carol), Stephen Salmon (Kenny), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM), Michael Standing (Ginge) Producer: Ruth Boswell TitleEpisodesFirst airedWriter(s)DirectorSlaves of Jedikiah 5 30 April - 4 June 1973 Roger Price, Brian Finch Paul Bernard Stephen, up until now an ordinary schoolboy, suddenly collapses on a London street as the mental ordeal of "breaking out" begins. The three existing Tomorrow People (John, Carol and Kenny), aware of his ordeal, manage to make contact with him and guide him through the process, but are unable to keep him from being kidnapped by Ginge and Lefty, two Cockney thugs working for the mysterious Jedikiah, who wants the Tomorrow People for their psychic powers, and who serves in turn the even more mysterious Cyclops. Jedikiah turns out to be in reality the Cyclops' shape-changing robot; the Cyclops (implied to be of the same race as Polyphemus, the Cyclops of Homer's Odyssey) turns out to be an alien traveller stranded near Earth after an accident killed his crew of telepaths, whose powers are needed to operate his ship's engines. Jedikiah is damaged and goes berserk, damaging the ship and dooming it to explode; the Tomorrow People, however, are able to jaunt the Cyclops off the ship to Earth, and contact other aliens who can provide the Cyclops with the atmosphere he needs to breathe and with transport back to his own star system. Jedikiah survives the explosion of the ship and is left drifting in space; Ginge and Lefty become the Tomorrow People's allies. Guest Cast: Derek Crewe (Lefty), Francis de Wolff (Jedikiah), Robert Bridges (Cyclops), Patricia Denys (Mrs Jameson), Neville Barber (Dr. Stewart)The Medusa Strain 4 11 June - 2 July 1973 Roger Price, Brian Finch Roger Price In the twenty-sixth century non-telepath Count Rabowski's vessel, secretly located in hyperspace, recovers the drifting robotic form of Jedikiah, who proceeds to befriend the Count. Rabowski has captured a young "Time Guardian", Peter. Rabowski is able to nullify Peter's TP abilities by using "the Medusa", a predatory ambulatory plant that preys on telepathic animals on its homeworld through nullifying their psionic abilities. Peter is forced to transport Rabowski and Jedikiah back to 1973 to steal the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, but are foiled by Stephen and Carol. Carol, however, is captured. Rabowski uses his "ability" to kill and hurt others (an ability blocked in the tomorrow people by the "Prime Barrier") to force Peter to open the time lanes. Jedikiah takes over the vessel, planning to use Peter to stop the Tomorrow People's "Great Emergence" in the twenty-first century, after which they displace homo sapiens. Peter is able steal the prison key from Jedikiah and sabotage the time key so that Jedikiah (carrying the crown jewels) is sent back to Mercury in the distant past, rather than Earth. At the last minute Rabowski makes a grab for the jewels and is transported to the surface of Mercury (and presumably his death) with Jedikiah. Guest Cast: Richard Speight (Peter), Roger Bizley (Jedikiah), Roger Booth (Rabowski), David Prowse (Coppin), Norman McGlen (Medusa)The Vanishing Earth 4 9–30 July 1973 Roger Price, Brian Finch Paul Bernard Alien criminal Spidron is mining the Earth's core for rare minerals, leading to serious geological planetwide instability that may shatter the planet. Ginge, while holidaying at the seaside, is captured when visiting the Haunted House at a funfair and ends up working under the Spidrons control to mine the precious minerals. Lefty seeks out the Tomorrow People to locate their friend and for the first time, the Tomorrow People encounter the Galactic Federation, a network of fellow telepaths from different species that have banded together to protect galactic peace, and prevent the exploitation of more vulnerable species. Guest Cast: Derek Crewe (Lefty), Ken Farrington (Smithers), Kevin Stoney (Steen), Nova Llewellyn (Joy), John Woodnutt (Spidron), David Weston (Number 300)
Series 2 (1974) Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Stephen), Elizabeth Adare (Elizabeth), Chris Chittell (Chris), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) Producer: Ruth Boswell TitleEpisodesFirst airedWriter(s)DirectorThe Blue and the Green 5 4 February - 4 March 1974 Roger Price Roger Price As Carol and Kenny have chosen to leave Earth to become off-planet members of the Galactic Federation, a new Tomorrow Person, schoolteacher Elizabeth M'Bondo, breaks out. As this is going on, violence around the world is increasing, due to blue and green badges being distributed by a disguised alien species, the D'henagali, who need large amounts of violent energy in order to metamorphose into their energy-based adult phase and leave the planet. According to TIM, this happened once before, in ancient Rome, where the Blues and the Greens destabilised the empire, leading to its long-term collapse. The Tomorrow People turn Skylab into a giant stun gun to prevent widespread destruction. However, the violent emotions emitted through the sleeping populace's dreams gives the D'henagali more than enough energy to leave Earth, and they gratefully do so without further incident. Guest Cast: Nigel Pegram (Grandfather), Jason Kemp (previously credited as) Anthony Kemp (Robert), Simon Merrick (Police Inspector), Ray Burdis (Johnson)A Rift in Time 4 11 March - 1 April 1974 Roger Price Darrol Blake Time Guardian Peter is able to contact John and Stephen in simultaneous vague dreams, directing them to find a first century A.D. Roman "Gladiator Vase" in the computer database of New York State University's Department of Antiquities. Encoded into the pot are directions for John and TIM to construct a "makeshift time disc". When Stephen attempts to use the device, he is trapped by the Time Guardians for unauthorised use of the time lanes. He is able to convince the Time Guardians to help the Tomorrow People travel to ancient Britain to help Peter, who has been enslaved in a gladiator school without his abilities. In ancient Britain, Roman officers from an alternate history are trying to alter the past in order to restore their own timeline, one in which the Roman Empire did not fall in CE 476 due to the premature invention of a working steam engine; with a thirteen hundred year technological head start on our own world, it has become the core of a major galactic empire. Guest Cast: Bryan Stanyon (Professor Cawston), Richard Speight (Peter), Sylvia Coleridge (Professor Sylvia Garner), Stanley Lebor (Gaius), Leonard Pieroni (Lothar), Stephen Jack (Zenon), Peter Duncan (Cotus)The Doomsday Men 4 8 April - 6 May 1974 Roger Price Roger Price Stephen goes undercover at a private Scottish school in order to investigate "The Doomsday Men". The Doomsday Men are a deranged group of militarists, intent upon disrupting peace talks in order to preserve a life of military action and the chance to achieve glory in battle. The Doomsday Men are successful in preventing disarmament talks by hijacking a nuclear missile armed space station, aptly named Damocles. With the help of Lee Wan, an astronaut saved from drifting in space, the Tomorrow People are able to re-take the space station and foil The Doomsday Men's plans. Guest Cast: Simon Gipps-Kent (Paul), Derek Murcott (Major Longford), Arnold Peters (Dr. Laird), William Relton (Douglas McLelland), Lindsay Campbell (Lt General McLelland), Nigel Pegram (Traffic Warden), Eric Young (Lee Wan), Bill Treacher (Doomsday Man)
Series 3 (1975) Regular Cast: Nicholas Young (John), Peter Vaughan-Clarke (Stephen), Elizabeth Adare (Elizabeth), Dean Lawrence (Tyso), Philip Gilbert (Voice of TIM) Producer: Ruth Boswell