The Day of the Triffids

TV Series

2009

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5.9/10
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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.

Mon, 28 Dec, 2009
S1.E1Episode 1
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.
5.7/10
Tue, 29 Dec, 2009
S1.E2Episode 2
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.
5.3/10

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Release date

December 28, 2009 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production companies

BBC Cymru Wales
BBC

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