The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids is a British television series which was first aired by the BBC in 1981. An adaptation by Douglas Livingstone of the 1951 novel by John Wyndham, the six half-hour episodes were produced by David Maloney and directed by Ken Hannam, with original music by Christopher Gunning.
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...
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| Language | English |
| Release | 1981-09-10 |
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