Following mysterious bright lights in the sky, the human race is rendered blind and helpless. The survivors find themselves stalked by sentient flesh-eating plants.
The Day of the Triffids (Season 1)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 1981-09-10
Overview: Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
Episode 2 (Episode 2) 6.0
Air date: 1981-09-17
Overview: His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
Episode 3 (Episode 3) 6.0
Air date: 1981-09-24
Overview: Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
Episode 4 (Episode 4) 6.0
Air date: 1981-10-01
Overview: Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
Episode 5 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1981-10-08
Overview: Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
Episode 6 (Episode 6) 6.0
Air date: 1981-10-15
Overview: Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...
Seasons
Episodes 6