The Day of the Triffids

Season

1981

7.3

When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Part One

Bill, who works at a farm for deadly plants called triffids, was temporarily blinded by one of them and is now in hospital. The hour approaches for the bandages over his eyes to come off, but a strange silence pervades the room.

S1 • E2

Part Two

Bill leaves the hospital to learn that everyone in the area - perhaps everyone in the world - has gone blind. He, and anyone else who didn't see the comet the previous night, are the exceptions. Meanwhile, the triffids are attacking.

S1 • E3

Part Three

Bill and his new friend Jo find a group of other sighted people, some of whom plan to form a new community in the country, but no one takes seriously Bill's warning that the triffids are a serious threat.

S1 • E4

Part Four

Bill is kidnapped and forced to be the eyes for a group of blind people.

S1 • E5

Part Five

Bill's quest to find Jo leads him into the country, where he finds that disease and the triffids are wiping out humanity.

S1 • E6

Part Six

Six years later, Bill and Jo consider the future of their farm as the triffids grow in numbers and a paramilitary group arrives with unpleasant orders.