The Day of the Triffids The End Begins (Season 1, Episode 1)
Podcast Episode | 27 min

The Day of the Triffids

The End Begins (Season 1, Episode 1)

Podcast Episode | 27 min

It all begins with the end of the world. It happens during a night of brilliant green flashes and with a cloud of seeds floating, drifting wherever the winds should take them and the appearance of a vegetable growing on a rubbish heap.

Writers

Giles Cooper (adapted by) | John Wyndham (novel)

Producer

John Powell (producer)

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Updated Jun 20, 1968

Release date

Jun 20, 1968 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Baldwin Walter Lucknor (voice) Walter Lucknor (voice) See fewer	Stalag 17 (1953)
Michael Deacon Bill as a boy (voice) Bill as a boy (voice) See fewer	The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Freda Dowie Elspeth Cary (voice) Elspeth Cary (voice) See fewer	The Omen (1976)
Jan Edwards Nurse (voice) Nurse (voice) See fewer	The Wednesday Play (1964)
Garard Green Umberto Palankuez (voice) Umberto Palankuez (voice) See fewer	The Crawling Eye (1958)
Haydn Jones Publican (voice) Publican (voice) See fewer	The Day of the Triffids (1968)
Rolf Lefebvre House Surgeon (voice) House Surgeon (voice) See fewer	A Tale of Two Cities (1965)
Peter Pratt Mr. Masen (voice) Mr. Masen (voice) See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
John Pullen Commentator (voice) Commentator (voice) See fewer	Emu's World (1982)
Barbara Shelley Josella Playton (voice) Josella Playton (voice) See fewer	Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Ralph Truman The Managing Director (voice) The Managing Director (voice) See fewer	The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Gary Watson Bill Masen (voice) Bill Masen (voice) See fewer	The Devil in the Fog (1968)