Series
The Day of the Triffids
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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.
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Seasons & episodes
1Episode 128 Dec 2009 · 90m · ★ 5.7The 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.
2Episode 229 Dec 2009 · 90m · ★ 5.3As 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.
Details
- Created by
- John Wyndham
- First aired
- 28 Dec 2009
- Last aired
- 29 Dec 2009
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 2
- Votes
- 152 on TMDB
Cast
Dougray ScottBill Masen
Joely RichardsonJo Playton
Suzy Eddie IzzardTorrence
Brian CoxDennis Masen
Vanessa RedgraveDurrant
Jason PriestleyCoker
Shane TaylorOsman
Troy GlasgowTroy- JJohn WhiteBarricade Man
Nora-Jane NooneLucy
Adam SinclairAshdown
Steven ElderDoctor Koch- TTim FrancesColonel
Lizzie HopleyHilda
