| Alt Name: | Towards the Year 2000 |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Theme Music Composer: | John Mills-Cockell |
| Opentheme: | "Tillicum" |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
| Producer: | Philip S. Hobel Douglas Leiterman |
| Network: | CTV |
Here Come the 70s, also rendered as 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). It was sold internationally under the title Towards the Year 20000 and in French as Vers l'an 2000.
The programs were produced by Philip S. Hobel and Douglas J. Leiterman, who previously produced The Fabulous Sixties series for CTV.[1] "Communications – The Wired World" was the first episode to air, on 17 September 1970.
The series had a unique opening scene featuring a nude blonde girl, seen from behind, walking from the beach into the surf until she disappears under the surface to swim underwater. This opening title had various clips of different thought provoking scenes superimposed over the model, of people and new technologies of the time, so as to distract from the nudity which was provocative for early 1970s Canadian television.
Toronto electronic music group Syrinx produced the program's theme song, "Tillicum", which became a minor radio hit in Canada, hitting No.38 on the Canadian charts on June 5th 1971.[2] [1]
Here Come the Seventies was also the name of a CBC Radio sketch comedy show that aired in 1982 and 1983 as part of Variety Tonight. The show's title was an ironic reference to the earlier documentary series. While it often focused on topical satire, it also featured surreal and character-based confrontational humour. The show was produced and written by David Cole and Hugh Graham and starred Don Dickenson, Frank Daley, and Kathy Gallant.[3]