The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)

The Day of the Triffids is a BBC miniseries adaptation of John Wyndhams novel of the same name. The novel had previously been adapted in 1962 as a theatrical film and by the BBC in a 1981 series.

Meanwhile, a plane heading toward the capital is brought down when the solar storm blinds the pilots and all but one of the passengers on board. The sole sighted man Eddie Izzard clambers into the toilet, covers himself in life vests, and braces for the worst. The plane eventually crashes, and the man, narrowly escaping death, takes the name Torrence, after the nowdestroyed Westminster road. Back at the hospital, Bill has finally regained his sight, but has no idea of how the world has changed overnight. Chaos reigns in the streets, with many of the blind now struggling to find their way. Bill finds Radio Britain personality Jo Playton Joely Richardson being ambushed by a throng of desperate blind citizens, who have realised that she can see, and are attempting to use her as a guide. Bill saves her from further harm. Jo was in the London Underground at the time of the solar flare, and therefore was not rendered blind. The pair teams up to find out what has happened, but Bills only concern is the Triffids, knowing that the catastrophe must have caused the electricity at the compounds, the only thing keeping the populace safe, to go down. Bill and Jo soon spot a signal from a university tower, a message to the remaining sighted people. Upon arrival, they find that a group of surviving members of the civil service and armed forces has been assembled to continue the human race as best it can. Bill is angered by how little warning there is of the encroaching Triffids. He attempts to escape, but is captured by Coker Jason Priestley, who uses him to round up survivors and supplies for the cause, oblivious to the disaster that is about to unfold.Bill and Coker are nearly killed during a latenight ambush by a group of Triffids. Fearing the worst is yet to come they both travel on foot to a new religious colony run by Durrant Vanessa Redgrave, now the Mother Superior. Despite its secluded location, Bill is aware that the Triffids may return and, to make things worse, could r

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