

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.


Sep 10, 1981
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...

Sep 17, 1981
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...

Sep 24, 1981
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.

Oct 1, 1981
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.

Oct 8, 1981
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...

Oct 15, 1981
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...