Future Generations (TV story)

Future Generations was a special charity programme created by the BBC in commemoration of fifty years of children's programming by the broadcaster. Broadcast during Children in Need on 1 December 1998, it featured appearances from a variety of children's television characters from multiple series, including an appearance by the Doctor's TARDIS and a pair of Daleks.

Future Generations

Main character(s):

Boy

Featuring:

Daleks

Release details

Number of parts:

1

Premiere network:

BBC1

Release date:

1 December 1998

Format:

Mini-episode

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Summary

A little boy dressed in a grey school uniform, recites a story as he walks through various locales;

"One upon a time, on a little island where it often rained, there was a broadcasting corporation, who realised that small people, like me, were different from big people".

"And so they decided to make programmes for small people as well. Programmes that small people would learn from, without even knowing it".

"But the small people soon became big people too, and magically produced small people of their own".

"So the corporation decided to make even more programmes, this time, for the new generation of small people".

"The corporation continues to entertain and educate small people, with an enormous variety of programmes, like these animated programmes, futuristic programmes, long-running programmes, pioneering programmes, playful programmes, magical programmes, and dramatic programmes, really wild programmes!"

"But they can only continue to make small people's programmes thanks to the unique way the corporation is paid for by the big people".

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Cast

Animated and puppet characters

Worldbuilding

to be added

Notes

This story crossed over Flower Pot Men, Muffin the Mule, Picture Book, Andy Pandy, The Woodentops, Camberwick Green, Trumpton, Chigley, The Magic Roundabout, Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Pingu, Morph, The Herbs, Postman Pat, Bagpuss, Mr Benn, Willo the Wisp, Dennis and Gnasher, Spider!, Crystal Tipps and Alistair, Mary, Mungo and Midge, Roobarb and Custard, Doctor Who, Blue Peter, Newsround, Play School, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Borrowers, The Really Wild Show, Teletubbies, and Live & Kicking.

Gallery

Promotional images

Official wallpaper, featuring various characters in Trumpton.^[2]
Image of the boy with Noddy in his car in the Magic Garden.^[3]
Image of the boy with the TARDIS and a Dalek.^[3]
Image of John Noakes and John Crawford with Lulu the elephant in the Blue Peter studio.^[3]
Image of the boy on the set of Future Generations.^[3]
Image of the boy in a garden with Bill, Ben, Little Weed, Spotty Dog, Andy Pandy, Teddy, and Muffin the Mule.^[3]
Image of the boy with various puppet characters.^[1]
Image of Mr Benn used to promote Future Generations.^[1]
Future Generations storyboard.^[1]
Image of Paul Berry watching over various characters in Trumpton.^[1]
Image of the boy arriving in the Magic Garden aboard the Train.^[1]
Production image of the boy meeting the spider.^[1]
Production image of the boy meeting the spider.^[1]