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The day of the triffids / British Broadcasting Corporation ; adapted by Douglas Livingstone ; producer, David Maloney ; director, Ken Hannam.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Livingstone, Douglas, 1934- screenwriter.
Neutrino, Poppa, 1933-2011, television producer.
Hannam, Ken, 1929-2004, television director.
Duttine, John, 1949- actor.
Relph, Emma, actor.
Colbourne, Maurice, 1939-1989, actor.
Wyndham, John, 1903-1969.
Gunning, Chris, composer (expression).
British Broadcasting Corporation, television production company.
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc., television distribution company.
Warner Home Video (Firm), publisher.
Standardized Title:
Day of the triffids (Television program : 1981)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wyndham, John, 1903-1969--Television adaptations.
Wyndham, John.
Wyndham, John, 1903-1969.
Plant mutation--Drama.
Plant mutation.
Meteorites--Drama.
Meteorites.
Blind.
England--Drama.
England.
Blind--Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Science fiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
[United States] : distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Language Note:
Open-captioned for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
System Details:
DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
digital optical monaural Dolby Digital
full screen (1.33:1)
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
Summary:
Following the Earth's close encounter with a comet, a meteor shower blinds the population. Bill Masen, recovering from a vicious plant attack, is one of the few people to survive with his eyesight intact. But the world he emerges into is a nightmare.
Participant:
John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne.
Credits:
Music, Christopher Gunning; editor, Dick Allen.
Notes:
Title from container.
Based on Day of the triffids / by John Wyndham.
Videodisc release of all six episodes which comprise the television series originally broadcast in 1981.
ISBN:
1419860291
9781419860294
OCLC:
173522030
Publisher Number:
794051416629
E4166 BBC Video

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