The Day of the Triffids

1h 30min

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Day of the Triffids is a BBC miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's novel of the same name. The novel had previously been adapted by the BBC in a 1981 miniseries.

Production Companies

BBC Cymru Wales

BBC

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

1h 30min

28th Dec 2009

The 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.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

1h 30min

29th Dec 2009

As 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.

First air date

28th Dec 2009

Last air date

29th Dec 2009

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks