Fantastic, frightening, but entirely plausible. John Wyndham’s famous story of a world dominated by monstrous, stinging plants catches the imagination like the best of HG Wells.

The Day of the Triffids is a British science fiction drama serial which was first aired by BBC Television in 1981. An adaptation by Douglas Livingstone of the 1951 novel by John Wyndham, the six half-hour episodes were produced by David Maloney and directed by Ken Hannam, with original music by Christopher Gunning.

It premiered simultaneously in the UK and in Australia on ABC Television.