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The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV miniseries)

 
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Maurice
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 3:05 am    Post subject: The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV miniseries) Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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. Very Happy

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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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Always enjoyed the story of the Triffids. The 60s film,80s TV mini-series,the most recent TV mini-series have all been entertaining.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 1:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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...
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

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1981 was an excellent year for science fiction on the TV, regardless of how young or old you were. Tom Baker made his last appearance as Doctor Who in March and there would be a repeat run of episodes from his predecessors later in the year. The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was shown for the first time on both BBC1 and BBC2, Sapphire and Steel had an unusual adventure in a country house during the summer, while in the autumn, Blake’s 7 were about to fight their final adventures. During May, BBC1 screened a pre-watershed horror serial called The Nightmare Man, which is remembered arguably because its adaptor and director were two Doctor Who stalwarts – Robert Holmes and Douglas Camfield.
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