The Day of the Triffids

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198130m

Following mysterious bright lights in the sky, the human race is rendered blind and helpless. The survivors find themselves stalked by sentient flesh-eating plants.

Production

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5 March 1984 BBC1 - The Day of the Triffids trailer

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1981

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1. Episode 1

Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...

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2. Episode 2

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His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...

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3. Episode 3

6.0

Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.

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4. Episode 4

6.0

Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.

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5. Episode 5

Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...

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6. Episode 6

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Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...

Cast

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Emma Relph

Jo Payton

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