2 parter on the beeb!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00plcl4/Day_of_the_Triffids_Episode_1/
Its rather good so far!!
Part 2 today at 9pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00plzxf
Yeah enjoying it so far and looking forward to 15 minutes time :D
Maaaaaan.... would love to see this :ranting2:
can't see it as am out of UK; what is it about?
Del, if you use Torrents at all, the two episodes have already been 'shared' :rolleyes:
The Day of the Triffids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_triffids) is a rather famous novel by John Wyndham (mostly in Sci-fi literary circles). Probably one of the most famous of the early (ish) Sci-fi (1950's onwards) books and influenced apparently by War of the Worlds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds).
Some rather famous personalities in this BBC adaption include Vanessa Redgrave and Eddie Izzard.
Read the Wikipedia articles above to find out more.
I thought it was OK for an adaptation and nicely brought it up-to-date and relevant for today.
I found the first one more dark (I guess it was in the early 80's ??) but ntl it was well worth a watch.
The first, old film has been public domain, but has since vanished. I am not certain it is in fact public domain or not, i.e. creative commons, but if anyone has imdb pro access they can check it out (let me know, I have some other stuff to check as well). Day of the Triffids is available on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogAYofZ9ZcU&feature=related) (mini series in parts). The 1962 movie is this (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5534209725612326856#).