The Day of the Triffids (1981)

Recommended

UK/Australia

Television Mini-Series

Director: Ken Hannam

Writers: Douglas Livingstone, John Wyndham

Cinematographer: Brian Clemett

Composer: Christopher Gunning

Cast: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne, Jenny Lipman, Desmond Adams, Gary Olsen

Following a spectacular comet shower, which has left the majority of the world’s population without sight, Bill Masen and a number of others who have remained unaffected attempt to rebuild society whilst avoiding the eponymous flesh eating plants, which are no longer safely under lock and key, in this entertaining, solidly acted, and distinctively scored if rather episodic adaptation of Wyndham’s novel, which certainly can’t count special effects as being amongst its numerous strong points. Iain.Stott

John Wyndham's novel was subsequently adapted as The Day of the Triffids (2009).