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: 2009-12-28

Last Air Date: 2009-12-29

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 2

Created By: John Wyndham

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Dougray Scott as Bill Masen
Joely Richardson as Jo Playton
Eddie Izzard as Torrence
Brian Cox as Dennis Masen
Vanessa Redgrave as Durrant
Jason Priestley as Coker
Shane Taylor as Osman
Troy Glasgow as Troy
John White as Barricade Man
Nora-Jane Noone as Lucy

Seasons

Miniseries (2009)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2009-12-28)

The world is struck blind by a solar storm, and millions of man-eating mobile plants are released to roam Britain. As an expert on the Triffids, Bill Masen knows that salvation rests in the hands of the father he hates, who mutated the Triffids in the first place to produce a green source of oil that the world craves.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2009-12-29)

As the Triffids destroy Britain, Bill works with his father to clone a genetic mutation which will sterilise them all. Bill's future with Jo is wrenched apart with the arrival of Torrence from a London which has been overwhelmed. To escape, they will have to run the gauntlet between Torrence and the Triffids.