The Day of the Triffids
(The Day of the Triffids)
Season 1
6 Episodes
Episodes from the first season
1 - EPISODE 1
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Original title : Episode 1
First Aired : 10.09.1981 (UK)(BBC)
Director : Ken Hannam
Writing credits : John Wyndham, Douglas Livingstone
Cast : Robert Robertson (Palanguez), W. Morgan Sheppard (as Morgan Sheppard) (Bill's Father), Steven Jonas (Young Bill), Jonathan Newth (Dr Soames), Ian Halliburton (Grant), Keith Alexander (Newsreel Voice), Edmund Pegge (Walter), Cleo Sylvestre (Nurse)
The Story : Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence…
2 - EPISODE 2
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Original title : Episode 2
First Aired : 17.09.1981 (UK)(BBC)
Director : Ken Hannam
Writing credits : John Wyndham, Douglas Livingstone
Cast : Andrew Paul (Gang Member), Emma Relph (Jo Payton), Stephen Yardley (John), Chris Cannon (Patient), Bonita Beach (Blind Woman), Alan Helm (Blind Man), Max Faulkner (Jo's Attacker), Caroline Fabbri (Tina), Christina Schofield (Shirley), Albie Woodington (Gang Leader), Mario Renzullo (Gang Member), Susie Fenwick (Blind Girl), Lindsey Moore (Singer), Elizabeth Chambers (Car Attacker), Morris Barry (Car Attacker), Bernie Searle (Car Attacker), Jonathan Newth (Dr Soames)
The Story : His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids…
3 - EPISODE 3
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Original title : Episode 3
First Aired : 24.09.1981 (UK)(BBC)
Director : Ken Hannam
Writing credits : John Wyndham, Douglas Livingstone
Cast : Elizabeth Chambers (Car Attacker), Morris Barry (Car Attacker), Maurice Colbourne (Jack Coker), Bernie Searle (Car Attacker), Emma Relph (Jo Payton), Donald Pelmear (University Gateman), Desmond Cullum-Jones (Tom), Beryl Nesbitt (Tom's Wife), Denis de Marne (Major Anderson), Andrea Miller (Dr Vorless), David Swift (I) (Beadley)
The Story : Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
4 - EPISODE 4
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Original title : Episode 4
First Aired : 01.10.1981 (UK)(BBC)
Director : Ken Hannam
Writing credits : John Wyndham, Douglas Livingstone
Cast : Maurice Colbourne (Jack Coker), John Hollis (Alf), John Benfield (Ted), Eva Griffiths (Teenage Girl), Jean Perkins (Hotel Manageress), Terry Andrews (Frank), Gary Olsen (Red-haired Man), Sally Lahee (Woman in Street), Gordon Case (Dying Man), Jon Rumney (Manager)
The Story : Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
5 - EPISODE 5
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Original title : Episode 5
First Aired : 08.10.1981 (UK)(BBC)
Director : Ken Hannam
Writing credits : John Wyndham, Douglas Livingstone
Cast : Emma Relph (Jo Payton), Maurice Colbourne (Jack Coker), Perlita Neilson (Miss Durrant), Christopher Owen (Vicar), Emily Dean (Susan), Jenny Lipman (Mary Brent), Desmond Adams (Dennis Brent)
The Story : Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and marauding triffids…
6 - EPISODE 6
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Original title : Episode 6
First Aired : 15.10.1981 (UK)(BBC)
Director : Ken Hannam
Writing credits : John Wyndham, Douglas Livingstone
Cast : Desmond Adams (Dennis Brent), Gary Olsen (Torrence), Jenny Lipman (Mary Brent), Emma Relph (Jo Payton), Maurice Colbourne (Jack Coker), Lorna Charles (Susan), Denis Gilmore (David), Claire Ballard (Alice)
The Story : Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids…