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This is a list of The Tomorrow People Original Series episodes, created and written by Roger Price, first broadcast on ITV between 30 April 1973 and 19 February 1979. There are 68 episodes in 8 series. It is the ITV equivalent of Doctor Who and Blake’s 7. The theme tune music was composed by Australian music composer Dudley Simpson (4 October 1922-4 November 2017), best known for composing BBC produced science fiction dramas, Doctor Who (best known for the Daleks, the Time Lord and The Tardis, first broadcast on 23 November 1963) and Blake’s 7 (best known for the Liberator Spaceship manned by 6 crew members, Roj Blake, Jenna, Avon, Vila, Gan and Cally, the supercomputers Zen and Orac and also the villains, Travis and Servalan, first broadcast on 2 January 1978), both created by the late Welsh science fiction scriptwriter, Terry Nation (8 August 1930-9 March 1997).

Full Cast: Nicholas Young, Peter Vaughan-Clarke, Sammie Winmill, Stephen Salmon, Phillip Gilbert, Michael Standing, Elizabeth Adaire, John Woodnutt, Chris Chittell, Mike Holloway, Dean Lawrence, Richard Speight, Brian Stanyon, Nigel Rhodes, Anulka Dziubinska, Anne Curthoys, Misako Koba, Francis de Wolff and Roger Bizley

Series 1[]

Regular Cast: John, Stephen, Carol, Kenny, TIM, Ginge

Ep # Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
1 "The Slaves of Jedikiah" Paul Bernard Roger Price, Brian Finch 30 April - 4 June 1973
2 "The Medusa Strain" Roger Price Roger Price, Brian Finch 11 June - 2 July 1973
3 "The Vanishing Earth" Paul Bernard Roger Price, Brian Finch 9 July - 30 July 1973

Series 2[]

Regular Cast: John, Stephen, Elizabeth, Chris, TIM

Ep # Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
4 "The Blue and the Green" Roger Price Roger Price 4 February 1974 - 4 March 1974
5 "A Rift in Time" Darrol Blake Roger Price 11 March 1974 - 1st April 1974
6 "The Doomsday Men" Roger Price Roger Price 8 April 1974 - 6 May 1974

Series 3[]

Regular Cast: John, Stephen, Elizabeth, Tyso, TIM

Ep# Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
7"Secret Weapon"Stan WoodwardRoger Price26th Feb. - 19th March 1975
8"Worlds Away"Vic HughesRoger Price26th March - 9th April 1975
9"A Man for Emily"Stan WoodwardRoger Price16th April - 30th April 1975
10"The Revenge of Jedikiah"Stan WoodwardRoger Price7th May - 21st May 1975

Series 4[]

Regular Cast: John, Stephen, Elizabeth, Tyso, Mike, TIM

Ep# Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
11"One Law"Leon ThauRoger Price28th Jan. - 11th Feb. 1976
12"Into the Unknown"Roger PriceJohn Watkins18th Feb. - 10th March 1976

Series 5[]

Regular Cast: John, Elizabeth, Mike, TIM

Ep# Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
13"The Dirtiest Business"Vic HughesRoger Price28th Feb. 1977 - 7th March 1977
14"A Much Needed Holiday"Richard MervynRoger Price14th March 1977 - 21st March 1977
15"The Heart of Sogguth"Vic HughesRoger Price28th March 1977- 4th April 1977

Series 6[]

Regular Cast: John, Mike, Hsui Tai, TIM

Ep# Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
16"The Lost Gods"Peter WebbRoger Price15 May 1978 - 22 May 1978
17"Hitler's Last Secret"Leon ThauRoger Price5 June 1978 - 12 June 1978
18"The Thargon Menace"Peter YollandRoger Price19 June 1978 - 26 June 1978

Series 7[]

Ep# Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
19"Castle of Fear"Vic HughesRoger Price9 October 1978 – 16 October 1978
20"Achilles Heel"Gabrielle BaumontRoger Price23 October 1978 – 30 October 1978
21"The Living Skins"Stand WoodwardRoger Price6 November 1978 – 11 November 1978

Series 8[]

Ep# Title Director Writer(s) Original Airdates
22"War of the Empires"Vic HughesRoger Price29 January 1979 - 19 February 1979
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