The Day of the Triffids (radio drama)

The Day of the Triffids was a 1957 and 1968 BBC radio drama adaptation of the science fiction novel by John Wyndham.

Cast and crew

Cast and crew for the 6 episode 1957 version include:

• Bill Masen: Patrick Barr.
• Josella Playton: Monica Grey.
• Susan: Gabrielle Blunt.
• Adapted: Giles Cooper.
• Produced: Peter Watts.

Cast and crew for the 6 episode 1968 version:

• Bill Masen : Gary Watson.
• Josella Playton: Barbara Shelley.
• Coker: Peter Sallis.
• Miss Berr: Marjorie Westbury.
• Elspeth Cary/Mary: Freda Dowie.
• Nurse/Lucy: Jan Edwards.
• Mr Masen: Peter Pratt.
• Young Man: Christopher H. Bidmead.
• Dennis: David Brierly.
• Announcer: Colin Doran.
• Theme music: David Cain of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
• Directed: Giles Cooper.
• Produced: John Powell.

Foreign adaptation

Radio dramatization in Germany 1968 by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Köln (Cologne), translator: Hein Bruehl; re-broadcast as 4-series episode on WDR5 in January 2008.