Episode #1.5 

Bill's quest to find Jo leads him into the country, where he finds that disease and the triffids are wiping out humanity.

Director:

Ken Hannam

Writers:

John Wyndham (by), Douglas Livingstone (adapted by)

Stars:

John Duttine, Maurice Colbourne, Emma Relph

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
John Duttine	...	Bill
Maurice Colbourne	...	Coker
Emma Relph	...	Jo
Perlita Neilson	...	Miss Durrant
Christopher Owen	...	Vicar
Emily Dean	...	Susan
Jenny Lipman	...	Mary
Desmond Adams	...	Dennis

Storyline

Bill fails to find Jo but,seeing the address Tynsham House,Wiltshire,on a blackboard,travels there with Coker. They find part of the London group there and,seeing the future as reliant on community living,Coker stays whilst Bill,remembering the name of a commune in Sussex Jo once gave him,presses on. He picks up orphaned child Susan and is eventually reconciled with Jo and her friends. He returns to Tynsham House to tell Coker but finds he has gone and all the other residents have died of the sickness. Meanwhile the triffids' numbers are increasing.

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Plot Keywords:

rural setting | romance episode | electrical generator | cigarette smoking | rifle | 

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Release Date:

8 October 1981 (UK)

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

28 min

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