The Day of the Triffids (1981)

Name: The Day of the Triffids
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne

★ 6.5 26m/ep Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy Latest: S1 E06

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.

Created by: Douglas Livingstone
Cast: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne
Country: United Kingdom
First aired: September 10, 1981

Seasons

Miniseries · 6 episodes

Miniseries Episodes

1. Episode 1
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
2. Episode 2
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
3. Episode 3
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
4. Episode 4
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
5. Episode 5
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
6. Episode 6
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...