The Day of the Triffids | |
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Genre | Horror Post-apocalyptic science fiction |
Written by | Patrick Harbinson |
Directed by | Nick Copus |
Starring | Dougray Scott Joely Richardson Brian Cox Vanessa Redgrave Eddie Izzard Jason Priestley Jenn Murray Julia Joyce |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Producers | Michael Preger Stephen Smallwood |
Running time | 90 minutes / episode |
Production company | Power / Prodigy Pictures |
Budget | $15,000,000 (estimated) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One BBC HD |
Release | 28 December 29 December 2009 | –
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The Day of the Triffids is a drama made in 2009. It is a loose adaptation of John Wyndham's 1951 novel of the same title.[1] The novel had been adapted in 1962 as a theatrical film and by the BBC in a 1981 series.