ALL SCI-FI

[Maurice]

Some 18 years after the original 1963 The Day of the Triffids film there was a British television series of the story, first aired by the BBC in 1981, told in 6 half-hour episodes.

Like the first film it was based of the 1951 novel by John Wyndham, but supposedly is the most faithful adaptation of the story to date, focusing less on the monstrosity of the titular Triffids and acting as a parable about the fragility of human civilization and how quickly it can collapses and with it morality and ethics.

I found the show on Daily Motion at the links below. Sadly, as it was shot for TV in an era of BBC video the image quality isn't exactly wonderful.

Parts 1 & 2: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d30xf
Parts 3 & 4: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d31fq
Parts 5 & 6: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d31x4
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[Bud Brewster]

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I just looked at a little of the DailyMotion video and the picture quality is actually pretty good — better than the Youtube trailer below, and it's not too bad either.

Thanks for the recommendation, Maurice. I think I'll give it a try.
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_______________ The Day of the Triffids trailer


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Pow]

Always enjoyed the story of the Triffids. The 60s film,80s TV mini-series,the most recent TV mini-series have all been entertaining.

[Custer]

It certainly gives a good reason not to look at any unexpected meteor showers.

That BBC serial must have been in the days of 405 lines to the screen, which seems pretty basic compared with today's 1080 line HD, or indeed those expensive 4K blu-rays. British television did upgrade to 625 lines at some point. Wikipedia tells me that "In analogue 49 additional lines without image content are added to the displayed frame of 576 lines to allow time for older cathode ray tube circuits to retrace for the next frame, giving 625 lines per frame." Which is better than some countries, which instead of 576/625 have to settle for 480/525, apparently...

[ralfy]

"‘The Day of the Triffids’ (1981) At 40"