TV series
The Day of the Triffids
Overview
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
Details
- First air date
- 1981-09-10
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 6 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jonathan Duttine as Bill Masen
- Emma Relph as Jo Payton
- Maurice Colbourne as Jack Coker
- Jonathan Newth as Dr Soames
- Perlita Neilson as Miss Durrant
- Gary Olsen as Torrence
- Jenny Lipman as Mary
- Desmond Adams as Dennis
- Denis DeMarne as Major Anderson
- Eva Griffith as Teenage Girl
- Ian Halliburton as Grant
- William Morgan Sheppard as Bill's Father
Creators and crew
- Douglas Livingstone - Creator
- David Maloney - Producer
- Ken Hannam - Director
- Douglas Livingstone - Screenplay
Episodes
Episode 1
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
Episode 2
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
Episode 3
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
Episode 4
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
Episode 5
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
Episode 6
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...
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