About the show
This show is currently off air.
Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives) and Joely Richardson
(Nip/Tuck) star in TV2's big-budget mini-series, about a terrifying
species of carnivorous plant that comes to life, in The Day of the
Triffids.
Scientist Bill Masen (Scott) is the world's foremost authority
on an extraordinary plant species known as Triffids.
Genetically modified, the plants are mass-produced for their
'triffoil', a vital source of renewable fuel.
However, Bill has also noticed an unnerving change in their
behavioural patterns - the Triffids are starting to
communicate.
After a freak electrical storm blinds most of the population of the
planet, Masen meets Jo Playton (Richardson) in London, and they
battle through the streets of panicked, blind mobs in a city that
has descended into chaos.
But a more chilling discovery soon comes to light. The Triffids
have escaped from the farms and are making their way towards
Britain's towns, where they can find the most abundant food-source
- mankind.
Also starring Jason Priestley (Colditz), Eddie Izzard (The Riches),
and Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement).
