The New People 

A group of young people crash land on a deserted island that was a never used atomic bomb test site. With the world thinking that they were all killed, "The New People" set out to form a ... See full summary »

Creators:

Larry Gordon, Rod Serling, Aaron Spelling

Stars:

Tiffany Bolling, Zooey Hall, David Moses

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tiffany Bolling	...	Susan Bradley 17 episodes, 1969-1970
Zooey Hall	...	Bob Lee 17 episodes, 1969-1970
David Moses	...	Gene Washington 17 episodes, 1969-1970
Peter Ratray	...	George Potter 17 episodes, 1969-1970
Jill Jaress	...	Ginny Loomis 17 episodes, 1969-1970
Dennis Olivieri	...	Stanley Gabriel 17 episodes, 1969-1970

Storyline

A group of young people crash land on a deserted island that was a never used atomic bomb test site. With the world thinking that they were all killed, "The New People" set out to form a civilization free from the problems and mistakes that their parents made, a task that soon becomes much more challenging than they had anticipated.

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Plot Keywords:

island | nuclear | desert island | deserted island | college student | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Oddly, the episodes of this show were neither 30 minutes nor 60 minutes but were in fact 45 minutes long. This and another show that also ran 45 minutes made up an hour and a half block on the ABC Network in 1969. This would not be unique in Great Britain nor some other European countries but highly unusual for American network television.

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Connections

Featured in Reflections of Evil (2002)

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Soundtracks

(theme song)
Sung by the First Edition

User Reviews

A Social Revolution - of sorts

I really loved this series when it was on from 1969 - 1970. I was a teenager at the time and it really appealed to most of my friends back then.

Interesting concept for a group of young college age kids on a plane that crashes in the Pacific. They are survivors and try their best to form an organized society when they realize they might not be rescued. They ultimately realized what life is like as an adult. I have hunted for this for a long time, and I had forgotten the title. It's been over 30 years and the theme of this short lived series still stuck in my mind. I finally remembered Tiffany Bollings name as one of the stars, so I was able to find the title finally. Rod Serling and others involved with this show could have done so much more with it. I recommend watching it, if it is ever brought back into syndication as old shows sometimes are. I sadly doubt that anyone would put a series this short onto video or DVD, but I'd watch it again if they did.

Details

Release Date:

22 September 1969 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Westward Beach - Westward Beach Road, Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Thomas/Spelling Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min