Tomorrow's World

Were they trying to kill it off, like they did with Doctor Who by giving it that timeslot in the late 80s?

Agreed a superb theme tune, and I also enjoyed the 2nd report about the new "cellphone" technology.
I remember seeing it at the time, and how right it was that it may not be always an advantage to constantly available!

Well, it was certainly a lower profile timeslot, but it did stay on air for another decade after it moved there - as did Top of the Pops when they moved that to opposite Corrie a few years later - and if they really wanted to axe it, they could have just axed it. And they did need to put something in those slots.

That 1991 revamp wasn't very good, mind, I remember a long piece on Biteback about it saying it had lost quite a bit of its authority and some of the features were a bit shambolic. Sadly the following revamp, when Carol Vorderman took over and it all become pre-recorded, was just boring.

I'm with you Andrew on this. Every time I hear that theme an image of Raymond Baxter sat on his chair forms in my mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCNnzP1xr4

I'm a bit later with Judith Hann, Michael Rodd and the fried eggs

Some of the clips I've seen in this thread show it was impossible to overdo the parodies:

Yes, in the 60’s. TW followed by Totp’s then UNCLE. ITV never stood a chance!

https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbcone/london/1965-11-25

.... and we have had a glitch This Week studio shot insertion for a few seconds

TW x 2

Erm, Tomorrow's World (@TWBBC) cuts to the #bbctw studio live on @BBCFOUR - does that mean we are the future? 😄😃😆😁😍 https://t.co/dlsAqSWbpP pic.twitter.com/df3TQQNytL

— BBC This Week (@bbcthisweek) November 22, 2018

When TW became #bbctw and went back to being TW @TWBBC @BBCFOUR @bbcthisweek #twtw pic.twitter.com/FnOKp4oFGt

— BBC This Week (@bbcthisweek) November 22, 2018

There’s no reason why this couldn’t be brought back on a permanent basis. I know there’s a bit of looking back nostalgia on this edition, but it’s still so interesting and relevant.

If it came back Hannah Fry has to present, she's superb in this. Maybe Dallas Campbell and Maggie Aderin-Pocock as the others in the team. I still fear it's too expensive to bring back as a regular item in the schedules now.

Forgot to watch it live. But Howard Stableford hadn't really lost it and was quite brilliant. Just a shame he doesn't live in the UK now so if the series was to return he would be unlikely to return.

Hannah Fry was very good too. I think they would need to include a mere commoner within the presenting mix rather than a techy sciencey bunch if the series was to return. Just so that it doesn't appear too geeky and could be of interest to a wider audience

I only got chance to watch this tonight, and it was well worth the time.

Some nice nostalgic elements and other retrospectives, such as the former theme tunes during the first 30 minutes, but it soon moved on to a more positive look at how the programme would be if still regularly broadcast today.

I know many think that Click has replaced the remit of TW, and I agree to an extent; but the engineering innovations are not covered, so I don't see why they can't have a ClickExtra type programme fulfilling that role?

EDIT:
Here is the ending, where Maggie Philbin went off script and was pitching for a new series. It includes the theme tune that I remember the most about this programme, from the 1980s.