About this season
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.
Episodes (6)
1. Episode 1
Aired 10 September 1981
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
2. Episode 2
6.0Aired 17 September 1981
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
3. Episode 3
6.0Aired 24 September 1981
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
4. Episode 4
6.0Aired 1 October 1981
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
5. Episode 5
Aired 8 October 1981
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
6. Episode 6
6.0Aired 15 October 1981
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...