Past Predictions
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This is what the future used to look like.
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1966: ROBOT HOUSEKEEPERS Coming Soon | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1999: DAVID BOWIE: Internet is the new rock n roll | Newsnight | Classic Interview | BBC Archive
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1966: Children imagine life in the year 2000 | Tomorrow’s World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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Sat nav - without a satellite - in 1971? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the FUTURE | Horizon | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1982: BOB HOSKINS: London is being "Sterilised by greed" | Omnibus | Classic TV report | BBC Archive
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1989 thought houses would look like this by 2020 | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1965: ISAAC ASIMOV's 3 laws of ROBOTICS | Horizon | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1967: Incredible DRIP-DRY SUIT | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1977: CEEFAX - The Dawn of INTERACTIVE TV | Pebble Mill | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1971: DRIVERLESS CARS and the FUTURE OF MOTORING | BBC News | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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1992: Will VIDEO GAMES kill the radio star? | The Money Programme | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive
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1981: BURGER BOOM - Will US fast-food CONQUER BRITAIN? | Newsround Extra | BBC Archive
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1990: NINTENDO and the JAPANESE SOFTWARE boom | The Money Programme | Retro Computing | BBC Archive
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1970: The FLYING CAR is here! | Tomorrow's World | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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1979: Will WORD PROCESSORS start a HOME WORKING revolution? | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1972: How to commit COMPUTER FRAUD - 70s style | Tomorrow’s World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1968: Is this the KITCHEN of the FUTURE? | Blue Peter | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1981: Inventor CLIVE SINCLAIR on the ZX80 and TV80 | Pacesetters | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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2006: Will MYSPACE Transform the Music Industry? | BBC Breakfast | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1975: CEEFAX - A Communications REVOLUTION? | This Is Ceefax | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1965: The WOMAN and PUB of the FUTURE? | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1980: BRITISH TECH and the MICROPROCESSOR Revolution | Nationwide | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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2009: Is 3D the Future of CINEMA Again? | Newsnight | Predicting the Future | BBC Archive
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1969: The OFFICE of TOMORROW | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1969: Was the MOON LANDING Worth the Money? | Panorama | BBC Archive
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1960: OPPENHEIMER, STEVENSON and MANNES Predict the 60s | Panorama | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1990: Welcome to VIRTUAL REALITY | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1987: PREDICTING the Person of the FUTURE | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1962: Are HUMANOID MACHINES Imminent? | Machines Like Men | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1964: Will TV Ruin Life on SHETLAND? | Tonight | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1993: Will a COMPUTER Defeat GARRY KASPAROV? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1983: Can AI Teach us About OURSELVES? | States of Mind | Science and Nature | BBC Archive
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1963: MOCKUMENTARY PREDICTS the FUTURE of 1988 | Time On Our Hands | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1981: Booking Your Space in a Nuclear Bunker | Classic BBC Clips | BBC Archive
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1997: TIM BERNERS-LEE warns the WEB could DIVIDE US | HARDtalk | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1974: IDEAS for the YEAR 2000 | Blue Peter | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1961: WHAT CAN your HEARING SEE? | Tonight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1965: LEARNING MACHINES are CHANGING EDUCATION | News | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1972: Can a FORGER FOOL this MACHINE? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1962: The TELEVISION SET You Can WEAR | Tonight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1959: SPOKESMAN for the SPACE PEOPLE | Lifeline | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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1986: Children Imagine Life in 2020 | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
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1992: The TURING TEST and a WHIMSICAL CONVERSATION | Horizon | Science and Nature | BBC Archive
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1974: BJÖRN BORG and his TEENYBOPPER ARMY | Midweek | When They Were Young | BBC Archive
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2002: COMPUTER KEYBOARDs of the FUTURE | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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1999: The INTERNET and the MUSIC INDUSTRY | Newsnight | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
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