The Day of the Triffids: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A meteor shower blinds nearly the entire population of Earth and Bill Masen believes himself to be the last sighted person on the planet. Triffids are a mobile, carnivorous plant that Bill cultivates for their oil. When the Triffids get loose and are released on the blind population, they begin to feed on and kill the helpless humans.

Series details

• Title: The Day of the Triffids
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1981-09-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 1981-10-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 6907
• IMDb ID: tt0081850
• TVDB ID: 76382

Cast and credited roles

• John Duttine — Bill
• Emma Relph — Jo
• Maurice Colbourne — Coker
• Jonathan Newth — Dr. Soames
• Perlita Neilson — Miss Durrant
• Jenny Lipman — Mary
• Desmond Adams — Dennis

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1981-09-10; final listed air date 1981-10-15; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Day of the Triffids on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.