• Air date: 09 Sep '81 6 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. Episode 1

      10 Sep '81
      Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
    • 2. Episode 2

      17 Sep '81
      His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
    • 3. Episode 3

      24 Sep '81
      Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
    • 4. Episode 4

      01 Oct '81
      Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
    • 5. Episode 5

      08 Oct '81
      Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
    • 6. Episode 6

      15 Oct '81
      Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...