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  • TDOTT (The Day Of The Triffids) – BBC4
  • maxtorque
    Full Member

    Original 1981 TV series of John Wyndhams apocalyptic man eating plant story is being repeated on BBC4! I remember it, as a very scared 7 year old, hiding behind the sofa from the INCREDIBLY TERRIFYING TRIFFIDS.

    (and, it’s still surprisingly good / terrifying all this time later, as it has good dialogue rather than relying on amazing special effects like so many modern versions…….)

    Cougar
    Full Member

    When?

    nickjb
    Free Member

    Half way through e2 now

    Started at 8 on bbc4

    maxtorque
    Full Member

    NOW! Well, since 8pm actually! Get to Iplayer for catch up!

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Oh, balls. great PSA, 40 minutes after it started. *pouts*

    grey
    Full Member

    I’m the same, remember watching it as a 10 year old and being scared by it, i even found the title music scary.

    athgray
    Free Member

    You can sense peoples desperation. Good use of music also.

    ampthill
    Full Member

    It was great

    I wanted to go to a party with a trifid sting on my face and my mum wouldn’t let me

    Chest_Rockwell
    Free Member

    I really enjoyed those two episodes and I’m looking forward to watching the next ones.

    I was in junior school when this was originally on and feel terribly old after watching that. 😳

    ourmaninthenorth
    Full Member

    Missed this as a child (not much TV watching when I grew up, mainly due to parents and schools), and it’s been a bit of a cultural gap.

    While this is a crap PSA – halfway through ep2? – I’ll make sure I catch up!

    nickjb
    Free Member

    Its on iPlayer for 29 days. Enough warning?

    JCL
    Free Member

    The book is a classic.

    back2basics
    Free Member

    awesome PSA

    BBC need to repeat lots more classics like this!

    footflaps
    Full Member

    Scared me as a kid. The 80s had some really good TV dramas.

    Mind you, Blakes 7 hasn’t aged as well…

    zbonty
    Full Member

    Wow, was that ’81?

    Definitely struck a chord with me at the time as a little one.
    Interested to see it again!

    nickjb
    Free Member

    Now

    Episodes 3 and 4

    pennine
    Free Member

    Next two episodes are on shortly at 8pm

    Ming the Merciless
    Free Member

    I really rate John Wyndham. Triffids is good but my favourite is “the Kraken Wakes”, it’s a bit dated now but the slow motion stealthy build up to the fall of man is done really well and there are some proper chilling moments when they are on the research ships being hunted and observed by the opposition.

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