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British 70s kitsch-cult classic Toomorrow on BFI Blu-ray in June, on Digital platforms in July

Bizarre 1970 kitsch-cult classic Toomorrow – written and directed by British cinema veteran Val Guest (The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Expresso Bongo) – was the result of music mogul Don Kirshner and James Bond producer Harry Saltzman’s attempt to concoct a Monkees-style pop group for the 1970s. Lost in the void for more than 50 years, Toomorrow has now been fully restored for Earth re-entry. Released by the BFI on 22 June, special features include an audio commentary by Andrew Sandoval, a new video essay by Celeste de la Cabra and archival interviews with Val Guest.

Groovy songbird Olivia Newton-John is out of this world as the lead singer of pop combo Toomorrow in this space-age Swinging London musical. One minute, she and her bandmates are busy laughing, getting laid and taking part in student sit-ins, the next aliens are beaming them up to their sparkly spacecraft. Turns out these squares from another galaxy need life-giving vibrations they can only get from Toomorrow’s experimental synth, the Tonaliser. Might the answer to all their problems be a bubblegum-pop freak-out at London’s Roundhouse, before levitating the building? Dig it! 

Toomorrow Blu-ray cover

Toomorrow will be released  by the BFI n Blu-ray 0n 22 June 2026 at the RRP of £19.99, and on Apple TV and Amazon Prime on 13 July 2026.

BLU-RAY FEATURES:

  • Restored in 4K from the original camera negative and presented in High Definition
  • Audio commentary by pop music historian Andrew Sandoval
  • Tomorrow Night in London (1969, 5 mins): London swings – but gently – in this patchouli-permeated promo film for the world’s coolest capital
  • The Nose Has It! (1942, 8 mins): silly little Arthur Askey mucks about with hankies in this wartime winner from Val Guest
  • The Guardian Interview: Val Guest (1998, 62 mins): Guest revisits his career in this onstage retrospective interview
  • The British Entertainment History Project: Val Guest (1988, 10 mins): candid reflections upon Toomorrow’s troubled genesis, accompanied by rare promotional images from the BFI National Archive
  • If I Could Turn You On (1969, 13 mins): US troupe Living Theatre rouse London hipsters at The Roundhouse with a provocative interactive performance
  • Chimp-Mates: Alice Goes Pop! (1975, 17 mins): Public Funk Chimpanzee No. 1 Alice picks up her sticks and kicks out the jams for a Children’s Film Foundation extravaganza
  • Toomorrow: Musical Humanism Through the Stars (2026, 12 mins): extraterrestrial encounters of the groovy kind via this video essay by Celeste de la Cabra
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by Matthew Hild, on Val Guest by the BFI’s Dr Josephine Botting and an essay by Jay Rathbone on manufactured pop groups, plus notes on the special features and film credits