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Post-apocalyptic drama, based on the John Wyndham novel. The world is struck blind by a solar storm, and millions of man-eating mobile plants are released to roam Britain.

The world is struck blind by a solar storm, and millions of man-eating mobile plants are released to roam Britain.

As an expert on the Triffids, Bill Masen knows that salvation rests in the hands of the father he hates, who mutated the Triffids in the first place to produce a green source of oil that the world craves.

Part of the BBC Christmas 2009 season.

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Sun 22 Jan 201221:00
BBC HD

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Credits

Bill MasenDougray Scott
Jo PlaytonJoely Richardson
TorrenceEddie Izzard
Dennis MasenBrian Cox
DurrantVanessa Redgrave
Walter StrangeEwen Bremner
CokerJason Priestley
Wheelchair LadyRita Davies
JeffWilliam Ilkley
Barricade ManJohn White
Father ThomasPhilip Anthony
Doctor KochSteven Elder
Television DirectorSimon Lowe
Blind PolicemanTony Maudsley
AshdownAdam Sinclair
OsmanShane Taylor
Austrian ReporterKarl Fischer
VronskyPaul Chahidi
DoctorRaji James
Barricade Police SergeantScott Baker
ColonelTim Frances
Old ManWillie Jonah
Michelle BeadleyGenevieve O'Reilly
LucyNora-Jane Noone
Girl's MotherClaire-Louise Cordwell
CordeliaRosalind Halstead
ImogenJulia Joyce
ProducerStephen Smallwood
Australian ReporterTim Versteegen
SusanJenn Murray
Second Hospital MotherMargo Virginia Cargill
HildaLizzie Hopley
TroyTroy Glasgow
Fourth Hospital MotherNatasha Alderslade
Girl in StreetEva Sayer
Man in StreetSimon Naylor
Barricade WomanStephanie Carey

Broadcasts

  • Mon 28 Dec 200921:00
    BBC One & BBC HD
  • Wed 21 Jul 201022:00
    BBC HD
  • Sun 22 Jan 201221:00
    BBC HD