The Day of the Triffids (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Science-Fiction
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1981-09-10
Ended: 1981-10-15
Network: BBC One
Country: GB
Airs on: Thursday
Runtime: 30 minutes
Average rating: 7.8
A meteor shower blinds nearly the entire population of Earth and Bill Masen believes himself to be the last sighted person on the planet. Triffids are a mobile, carnivorous plant that Bill cultivates for their oil. When the Triffids get loose and are released on the blind population, they begin to feed on and kill the helpless humans.