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The Day of the Triffids

  • 1981
  • Ended
  • Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • ~26m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.5/10

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.

Latest: Miniseries · 1981

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  1. E1. Episode 1

    Sep 10, 1981

    Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Sep 17, 1981

    His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Sep 24, 1981

    Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Oct 1, 1981

    Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.

  5. E5. Episode 5

    Oct 8, 1981

    Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...

  6. E6. Episode 6

    Oct 15, 1981

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

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