The Day of the Triffids
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 Aired
1981-09-10
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
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E1. Episode 1
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
★ 8.0
E2. Episode 2
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
★ 6.5
E3. Episode 3
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
★ 7.0
E4. Episode 4
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
★ 7.0
E5. Episode 5
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
★ 7.0
E6. Episode 6
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...
★ 6.5
Cast
John Duttine
Bill Masen
Emma Relph
Jo Payton
Maurice Colbourne
Jack Coker
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