Beyond Tomorrow (TV series)

Towards 2000 (1981–1984) Beyond 2000 (1985–1995, 1999) Beyond Tomorrow (2005–2006)
Beyond Tomorrow opening sequence title
Created by	Judith John-Story David Summons Carmel Travers
Starring	Original Sonia Humphrey Carmel Travers Chris Ardill-Guinness Amanda Keller Andrew Carroll Maxine Gray Anthony Griffis Dr Caroline West Dr John D'Arcy Jeffrey Watson Simon Nasht Sharon Nash Simon Reeve Iain Finlay Bryan Smith Present Matt Shirvington Graham Phillips Hayden Turner Anna Choy Dr Caroline West Sara Groen Kim Watkins
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	Beyond 2000: 475 Beyond Tomorrow: 51
Production
Executive producer(s)	Peter Abbott (1981-1999) David Alrich (2005-2007)
Camera setup	Single-camera (1981-1993) Multi-camera (1993-2007)
Running time	Approx 42 minutes
Release
Original network	ABC (1981–1983) Seven Network (1984–1993) Network Ten (1993–1995, 1999)
Picture format	576p EDTV (2005-2007) PAL (576i) before
Audio format	Monaural (1981-1999) Surround (2005–2007)
Original release	Beyond 2000: 27 July 1985 Beyond Tomorrow: 1 June 2005 – 30 August 2006
External links
Website

Beyond Tomorrow is an Australian television series produced by Beyond Television Productions. It began airing in 1981 as Towards 2000, then in 1985 was renamed Beyond 2000, a name the show kept until its cancellation in 1999. It then started airing again in 2005 with the name Beyond Tomorrow.

Towards 2000 debuted on the ABC in 1981 as a half-hour show dedicated to showcasing developments and inventions in science and technology. Original presenters were Jeffrey Watson, Sonia Humphrey and David Flatman. There were two series of the program and it was a popular and high rating success on the national broadcaster. Some personnel were approached by the private sector to move to a commercial network. After a name change to Beyond 2000 and a switch to an hour-long format, the show moved to the Seven Network, airing until 1993 when it was picked up by Network Ten, airing until 1999. Beyond 2000 was also broadcast internationally, airing on the Discovery Channel in the United States and Canada, on RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland, and on the satellite channel Sky News in Europe and on TV One in New Zealand. An American-produced version of the show also aired on the Discovery Channel in 1992, with an American presenter (Henry Tenenbaum, presently an anchor/reporter for television station KRON San Francisco) used for the studio segments. An American version entitled Beyond Tomorrow was hosted by newsman Dave Marash and aired in the early years of the Fox television network.

Fourteen series of Towards/Beyond 2000 were produced, with the last being made in 1999 as a one-off, after a production break of about four years. At this point, the rising cost of producing the series, coupled with increased competition from other science and technology shows forced the closure of the program.