Miniseries · BBC One
The Day of the Triffids
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Dougray Scott
Bill Masen
2 eps
Joely Richardson
Jo Playton
2 eps
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Torrence
2 eps
Brian Cox
Dennis Masen
2 eps
Vanessa Redgrave
Durrant
2 eps
Jason Priestley
Coker
2 eps
Shane Taylor
Osman
2 eps
Troy Glasgow
Troy
2 eps
John White
Barricade Man
2 eps
Nora-Jane Noone
Lucy
2 eps
Adam Sinclair
Ashdown
2 eps
Steven Elder
Doctor Koch
2 eps
Tim Frances
Colonel
2 eps
Lizzie Hopley
Hilda
2 eps
Willie Jonah
Old Man
2 eps
William Ilkley
Jeff
2 eps
Kathryn Sumner
Bill's Mother
2 eps
Paul Chahidi
Vronsky
2 eps
Eva Sayer
Girl in Street
2 eps
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Girl's Mother
2 eps
Simon Naylor
Man in Street
2 eps
Paul Blair
Man in Street
2 eps
Tony Maudsley
Blind Police Officer
2 eps
Sam Williams
Young Bill
2 eps
Paul Woodson
Barricade Police Officer
2 eps
Scott Baker
Barricade Police Sergeant
2 eps
Tim Versteegen
Australian Reporter
1 eps
Karl Fischer
Austrian Reporter
1 eps
Helen Barford
Hospital Mother
1 eps
Margo Cargill
Hospital Mother
1 eps
Jasmine Jeffery
Hospital Mother
1 eps
Natasha Alderslade
Hospital Mother
1 eps
Julia Joyce
Imogen
1 eps
Jenn Murray
Susan
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Day of the Triffids actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Day of the Triffids reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Serialized.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Justin BodleExecutive Producer
- Michael PregerExecutive Producer
- Ewa RadwanskaExecutive Producer
- Stephen SmallwoodProducer
- Eleanor MoranExecutive Producer
- Jay FirestoneExecutive Producer
Direction
- Nick CopusDirector
Cinematography
- Ben SmithardDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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