The Day of the Triffids

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1981-09-10

Last Air Date: 1981-10-15

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Created By: Douglas Livingstone

Networks: BBC One

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Top 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

Seasons

Miniseries (1981)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (1981-09-10)

Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (1981-09-17)

His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (1981-09-24)

Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
Ep. 4: Episode 4 (1981-10-01)

Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
Ep. 5: Episode 5 (1981-10-08)

Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
Ep. 6: Episode 6 (1981-10-15)

Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...