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20090211 Wednesday February 11, 2009

Day of the Triffids Cast Announced

The BBC has announced a very impressive cast for its two-part adaptation of John Wyndham’s classic SF book The Day of the Triffids. Desperate Housewives star Dougray Scott will play Dr Bill Masen in the tale of killer plants roaming a post-apocalyptic world in which everyone has been blinded by a meteorite storm. He’s joined by Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave, Eddie Izzard and Jason Priestley. The script is by Patrick Harbinson (ER, Law & Order).

Justin Bodle, Executive Producer at the show’s production company Power says: "We are enormously excited to have secured this stellar cast for The Day Of The Triffids. Together with its amazing effects and iconic locations, it will deliver the drama mini-series event of 2009."

Julie Gardner, Head of Drama, BBC Wales, adds: "The incredible cast lined-up for The Day Of The Triffids is testament to the quality of Patrick Harbinson's script. We hope audiences, both old and new, will be captivated by this modern take of John Wyndham's classic best-selling novel."

The mini-series is due to air later this year.
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Posted by Dave Golder [News] ( Wednesday February 11, 2009 )



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Sounds good.

But I really just wanted to point out that in the SFX Poll (right), it should be spelled licence not license!

Posted by Steve (127.0.0.1) on February 11, 2009 at 10:20 AM GMT #

Why this one again, John Wyndham wrote a lot of other good sci-fi novels, "The Kracken Awakes" being just one that is crying out to be adapted, but yet again the BBC remakes old favourites rather than risking new ideas. Since the BBC are funded by tax rather than advertising revenues the risk for them is less as well.

Posted by A Williams (127.0.0.1) on February 11, 2009 at 11:39 AM GMT #

Yeah, cos we're falling over screen adaptions of sci-fi novels. Curse you, BBC. How dare you adapt a novel into a television series when you'd previously adapted it over twenty years ago? And don't come to me with your iconic desolate London imagery and scary walking plant monsters, or breakdown of society plot. Take some risks dammit.

Sorry, but what are you wittering about? since when did ITV takes "risks". If anything, being commercially funded allows a broadcaster to take less risks, since that might mean less viewers, which in turn leads to advertisers putting less money into a particular programme's timeslot.

Show me where UK commercial telly is taking risks in it's drama output, and then I'll pay attention. Until then, quit having a quiet moan about the licence fee.

Sheesh.

Posted by Bob (127.0.0.1) on February 11, 2009 at 01:59 PM GMT #

Well.....I for one am looking forward to this - what a superb cast and the tale is one that should be told and told again, and there really is a whole new audience that'll be discovering this story for the first time.

Posted by paul (127.0.0.1) on February 11, 2009 at 05:48 PM GMT #

I tried to watch the 1950's film version of this, staring Howard Keel and could not get over how similar in plot (if not original idea) the story was to HG. Well's "War of the Worlds". Now that could have been hack screenwriting, but I do have to wonder, whether John Wyndman had been reading a lot of Wells before writing the Triffids.

Posted by James (127.0.0.1) on February 12, 2009 at 11:57 AM GMT #

The Howard Keel version is not very similar to the book. If you want a more accurate/better adaption, the BBC did one in the early 80s which is rather good.

Posted by Bob (127.0.0.1) on February 12, 2009 at 12:01 PM GMT #

I am excited about this and hope that it lives up to expectations. Triffids deserves a brilliant TV series (or film) and I agree about the Kraken - would love to see that filmed!

Posted by Nina (127.0.0.1) on February 15, 2009 at 06:32 PM GMT #

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