1987: PREDICTING the Person of the FUTURE | Tomorrow's World | Past Predictions | BBC Archive

Back in 1965, Tomorrow's World imagined what "Tomorrow's Girl" might be like. Maggie Philbin considers how well that prediction holds up 22 years on.
Of course, technology has changed dramatically since 1965. The advent of the microprocessor in particular has shaped the modern world in ways that were almost inconceivable back when Raymond Baxter made his predictions. So what does the future look like now, through the prism of 1987?
Howard Stableford has another crack at imagining the "person of tomorrow".
Originally broadcast 15 January, 1987.
You can watch the original "Tomorrow's Girl" segment in full here: • 1965: The WOMAN and PU...
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