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Tom Tom (TV series)
British children's TV science series (1965–1970)
Tom Tom (1965–1970) was a science-themed children's television series on the BBC, from BBC Bristol.
Presented initially by Jeremy Carrad and John Earle, and from July 1968 by Norman Tozer.
Biography.
It later featured three female presenters - Janet Kelly (July–December 1968), future BBC TV newsreader Jan Leeming (1970) and Michele Brown (who later married Gyles Brandreth).
First broadcast on 12 October 1965, the series replaced an earlier title from the same production team, Treasure House (13 October 1964 – 21 July 1965) hosted by Carrad together with a robotic hound named 'Serendipity Dog' (a pun on the Terrytoons character Deputy Dawg).
Adopting a more serious tone, Tom-Tom dropped the dog (although the series would later feature its own 'robot' creation, Tobor) and was presented as a cross between Blue Peter and Tomorrow’s World, the Radio Times billing describing it as 'new, unusual, and fascinatin