THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Science-Fiction, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: The BBC's adaptation of John Wyndham's classic novel has been hailed as an atmospheric, gripping and faithful production. The brainchild of Doctor Who and Blake's 7 producer David Maloney, this post-apocalyptic series was broadcast in 1981, when fears of a nuclear Armageddon were at their height. The series generated cult appeal that had the longevity to be considered an influence on 2002's 28 Days Later.; ; Following the Earth's close encounter with a comet, a meteor shower strikes Britain's population blind. Bill Masen, recovering in a London hospital from a vicious plant attack, is one of the few to survive with eyesight intact. The world he emerges into has already terrifyingly altered.; ; The government has collapsed, bands of renegades are thriving in the anarchy - and a hostile, carnivorous form of plant life, the Triffids, have begun to prey on the weakened and vulnerable human population. For Masen, life is now a desperate struggle...
• Cast: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne, Jonathan Newth, Gary Olsen, Perlita Neilson, Jenny Lipman, Desmond Adams, Claire Ballard, Elizabeth Chambers, Bernie Searle, John Hollis, Cleo Sylvestre, John Benfield, Chris Gannon, Robert Robinson, David Swift, Denis DeMarne, Eva Griffiths, Ian Halliburton, Christopher Owen, Stephen Yardley, Emily Dean, Andrea Miller, Christina Schofield, William Morgan Sheppard, Lorna Charles, Caroline Fabbri, Steven Jonas, Jon Rumney, Max Faulkner, Edmund Pegge, Donald Pelmear, Jean Perkins, Keith Alexander, Bonita Beach, Sally Lahee, Gordon Case, Albie Woodington, Desmond Cullum-Jones, Andrew Paul, Beryl Nesbitt, Mario Renzullo, Susie Fenwick, Morris Barry, Pat Gorman, Terry Andrews, Alan Hem, Lindsey Moore
• Director: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
• Runtime: 2:37
• Company: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), BBC Home Video
• Media Format: Series