Tomorrow's World - 1960s

Tomorrow's World - the first episode, 1965

The debut edition contains reports on kidney dialysis, flood defences and life on Mars

Laser eye surgery, 1965

Tomorrow's fuel, tomorrow's eyes, tomorrow's robots, tomorrow's fashion

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, 1965

Electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire demonstrates how she creates her innovative sounds

Tomorrow's girl, 1965

Some predictions of what 'tomorrow's girl' might look like

Putney to Manchester, 1966

Tomorrow's World attempts to make the journey north, and discovers it's a bit of a faff

Children predict the year 2000, 1966

After a day's hard work as a robot judge, there's a cabbage pill for dinner. The year 2000 sounds dreadful!

Mabel the robot housemaid, 1966

Free yourself from household drudgery - Mabel can do nearly anything

Elliott Light Pen, 1967

Drawing on a screen? The computer 'light-pen' is put through its paces

Home computer terminal, 1967

You can send and receive messages, update your diary and even check your bank balance

Unimate Robot makes tea, 1967

Raymond Baxter enjoys a nice cuppa (milk, no sugar), courtesy of Unimate

Surgeon debate, 1968

In this Tomorrow's World special, the pioneering heart transplant surgeon Christiaan Barnard faces his critics

Plastic grass, 1968

Showcasing the artificial garden of tomorrow

Early electronic music, 1968

Peter Zinovieff shows Tomorrow's World how he can make machines perform

Chinese food and headaches, 1968

Hypothesis: Chinese food gives you headaches. Method: Send James Burke to an all-you-can eat. Conclusion: ...

Computer animation, 1968

A look at the pioneering work in the field of computer animation

Electronic Video Recorder, 1968

"It's going to do for television what the record did for radio"

Nellie the school computer, 1969

"The boys have calculated that Nellie fails once in every twelve hours"

New banking, 1969

How computer technology is bringing about a cashless economy

Office of the future, 1969

"Quiet, cool, very efficient. I need never get out of this chair"

New ambulance, 1969

Surrey is the testing ground for taking the ambulance service into the 1970s

The logical bassoon, 1969

"It's as easy to play as a recorder" The traditional bassoon is dead, long live the logical bassoon!

Moog synthesizer, 1969

What's the sound of the future? The Moog synthesizer, of course

Morse code and Moon rocks, 1969

A man who speaks Morse code, plus a look at Moon rocks and thermal curtains

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