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The Day of the Triffids

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Classic sci-fi fantasy adventure, based on John Wyndham's novel, about the invasion of the planet by deadly plants. A meteor shower blinds the most of the Earth's population and covers the planet with strange seeds, which grow into huge plant-like creatures that embark on a seemingly unstoppable cycle of destruction. But a small band of people, unaffected by the meteors, decide to fight back. Show less

Contributors

Bill Mason:
Howard Keel
Director:
Steve Sekely
Christine Durrant:
Nicole Maurey
Karen Goodwin:
Janette Scott
Tom Goodwin:
Kieron Moore

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