Here Come the Seventies

Here Come the Seventies
Genre Documentary
Theme music composer John Mills-Cockell
Opening theme "Tillicum"
Country of origin  Canada
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
Production
Producer(s) Philip S. Hobel
Douglas Leiterman
Broadcast
Original channel CTV
Original run 17 September 1970 – 1973
Chronology
Preceded by The Fabulous Sixties
Followed by Target: The Impossible

Here Come the Seventies was a Canadian documentary television series seen nationally on CTV from 1970 to 1973 normally on Thursday nights at 9:30 (Eastern).

The programs were produced by Philip S. Hobel and Douglas J. Leiterman, who previously produced The Fabulous Sixties series for CTV. "Communications - The Wired World" was the first episode to air, on 17 September 1970.

Toronto electronic music group Syrinx produced the programme's theme song, "Tillicum," which became a minor Canadian radio hit in 1971.

Episodes

No. Title Original air date
1 "Communications: The Wired World" 17 September 1970
2 "Fashion in the 70's" 24 September 1970
3 "Genetics: Man The Creator" 1 October 1970
4 "Space: Lab In The Sky" 15 October 1970
5 "Youth: The Search for Relevance" 22 October 1970
6 "Geopolitics: Shape of Things to Come" 29 October 1970
7 "Cities: Living In A Machine" 5 November 1970
8 "Penology: The Keeper of the Keys" 12 November 1970
9 "Medicine: Living To Be A Hundred" 19 November 1970
10 "Mass Transit: Up, Up and Away" 26 November 1970
11 "Art In The Seventies: Search For Inner Self" 3 December 1970
12 "Education: No More Teachers, No More Books" 10 December 1970
13 "Air Pollution: Sweetening the Air" 17 December 1970
14 "Technology: Catastrophe or Commitment?" 14 January 1971
15 "Crime: Dye Guns, Lasers, Justice?" 21 January 1971
16 "Brother, Can You Spare $1,000,000,000?" 28 January 1971
17 "Arctic: The Last Chance" 4 February 1971
18 "The Biochemedical Revolution: Moods of the Future" 11 February 1971
19 "Woman: The Hand That Cradles the Rock" 18 February 1971
20 "Water: The Effluent Society" 25 February 1971
21 "Sports: The Programmed Gladiators" 4 March 1971
22 "Race Relations: Getting It Together" 11 March 1971
23 "Sex: Breaking Down the Barriers" 18 March 1971
24 "Leisure: Living With the Twenty Hour Week" 25 March 1971
25 "Mental Health: New Frontiers of Sanity" 1 April 1971
26 "Let The Seller Beware" 15 April 1971

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