# ID this British kid's show

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**Created:** [April 13, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516 "2006-04-13T13:32:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516/1 "2006-04-13T13:32:11Z")

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I was talking to a friend today about Dr. Who, and it reminded her of a show she watched about 20 years ago. She was vague on details, but remembers that it involved British teenagers that had the ability to talk to one another with their minds as well as to teleport to various locations.

She watched it in the US, but because of the accents, thought it was an import from BBC. Based on that, is there anyone here who has the wisdom to identify this show?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516/2 "2006-04-13T13:36:09Z")

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That would be The Tomorrow People, most likely.

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**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516/3 "2006-04-13T13:37:59Z")

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Sorry, meant to include [this link.](http://www.thetomorrowpeople.com/)

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516/4 "2006-04-13T13:39:24Z")

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> [@WotNot](#):
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> That would be The Tomorrow People, most likely.

The Tomorrow People was ITV (I guess the BBC’s version would be Girls and Boys of Yesteryear). 😛

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516/5 "2006-04-13T16:08:36Z")

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Nickelodeon made a remake of it. It last 2 seasons and consited of multipart serials (very rare for a US show). It did have British characters and was filmed in the UK.

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516/6 "2006-04-13T17:35:28Z")

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Another vote for Tomorrow People. My wife also watched it as a child on Nickelodeon and had similar memories of it. A couple years back, she tracked it down and we got a couple DVDs. Exactly what she remembered and we quite enjoyed them.

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-british-kids-show/352516/7 "2006-04-13T17:36:37Z")

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I should add she seemed to remember the original series on Nickelodeon, not a U.S. remake. I’ll have to quiz her about that later.