The Day of the Triffids
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The Day of the Triffids

Year:
Duration:
Australia:50 min (3 episodes) | 26 min (6 episodes)
Genres:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
7.4
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1981-09-10
Filming Locations: Senate House, University College London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Cast
Actor
Character
John Duttine
Bill
Emma Relph
Jo
Maurice Colbourne
Coker
Jonathan Newth
Dr Soames
Gary Olsen
Red-Haired Man
Perlita Neilson
Miss Durrant
Jenny Lipman
Mary
Desmond Adams
Dennis
Elizabeth Chambers
Car Attacker (2 episodes, 1981)
Morris Barry
Car Attacker (2 episodes, 1981)
Bernie Searle
Car Attacker (2 episodes, 1981)
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Trivia
Each 8-foot-tall triffid prop concealed an operator on a go-kart seat in a fan-cooled, 5-foot diameter base. The base was modelled on a ginseng root. Two of the props were later used in a carnivorous plant display at the Natural History Museum in London, England.
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Elisabeth Sladen, who had worked for producer David Maloney when he was a director on Doctor Who, was offered a role.
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Edmund Pegge was first offered the cameo role of Walter but was not free . So another actor was cast but at 48 hours notice Pegge was hired because the replacement actor had been fired.
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Goofs
When Jack Coker flies off in the helicopter he is supposedly alone, but you can see a pilot flying the helicopter.
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At several places in the series, Bill Masen calls out for Emma instead of Jo. Emma Relph was the actress who played Jo Payton.
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Photos from cast
Emily Dean
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