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.
9/10/1981
Recovering in hospital from a blinding triffid sting, Bill Masen, wakes up to an uncanny silence...
9/17/1981
His sight restored, Bill sees the new world of blindness and panic menaced by triffids...
9/24/1981
Bill and Jo try to find refuge from the panic-stricken streets of London and the dangers of the triffids.
10/1/1981
Bill finds himself kidnapped, imprisoned and separated from Jo.
10/8/1981
Bill continues his search for Jo, through the spreading disease and maurading triffids...
10/15/1981
Six years later in the Sussex farmhouse, Bill and Jo find themselves cut off by growing numbers of triffids...