Editing The Day of the Triffids (section)

===Radio adaptations===

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! Character !! ''1957'' !! ''1968'' !! ''2001''
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| Bill Masen || [[Patrick Barr]] || [[Gary Watson]] || [[Jamie Glover]]
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| Josella Playton || Monica Grey || [[Barbara Shelley]] || [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]]
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| Coker || Malcolm Hayes || [[Peter Sallis]] || [[Lee Ingleby]]
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| Col. Jacques || [[Arthur Young (actor)|Arthur Young]] || Anthony Vicars || [[Geoffrey Whitehead]]
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| Michael Beadley || John Sharplin || Michael McClain ||
|-
| Ms. Durrant || Molly Lumley || Hilda Krisemon || [[Richenda Carey]]
|-
| Dr. Vorless || Duncan McIntyre || Victor Lucas ||
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| Susan || [[Gabrielle Blunt]] || Jill Cary || Lucy Tricket
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| Denis Brent || [[Richard Martin (British director)|Richard Martin]] || [[David Brierly]] ||
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| Mary Brent || Shelia Manahan || [[Freda Dowie]] ||
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| Joyce Tailor || Margot Macalister || [[Margaret Robinson]] ||
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| Torrence || [[Trevor Martin]] || Hayden Jones ||
|}
* There were readings of the novel in 1953 ([[BBC Home Service]] – 15 × 15 minutes, read by Frank Duncan)
* [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]] adapted the novel in six 30-minute episodes for the [[BBC Light Programme]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Df-dCAAAQBAJ&q=BBC%2520Light%2520Programme%2520the%2520day%2520of%2520the%2520triffids&pg=PA104|title=Historical Dictionary of British Radio|last=Street|first=Seán|date=2015-04-21|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442249233|pages=104}}</ref> first broadcast between 2 October and 6 November 1957. It was produced by Peter Watts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26ad9bf0249b4a7c8c203accbbbb06e7|title=Patrick Barr in 'THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS' – Light Programme – 23 October 1957 – BBC Genome|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=23 October 1957|access-date=2016-07-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916222614/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/26ad9bf0249b4a7c8c203accbbbb06e7|archive-date=16 September 2016}}</ref>
* A second version of Cooper's adaptation, for [[BBC Radio 4]], was first broadcast between 20 June and 25 July 1968. It was produced by John Powell, with music by [[David Cain (composer)|David Cain]] of the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/89dd027219ad49b781243d337b5aa6a3|title=The Day of the Triffids: Part 1: The End Begins|publisher=BBC Genome Beta|date=20 June 1968|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0a469db94e5d4ee5b8a9b4e5cbb9ec76|title=The Day of the Triffids: Part 6: Strategic Withdrawal|publisher=BBC Genome Beta|date=25 July 1968|access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref>
* It was adapted in Germany in 1968 by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Köln (Cologne), translated by Hein Bruehl.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Milner|first1=Andrew|title=Locating Science Fiction|date=14 November 2012|publisher=Liverpool University Press|location=Liverpool|isbn=9781846318429|pages=Chapter 4: Radio Science Fiction and the Theory of Genre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXV5AgAAQBAJ&q=day+of+the+triffids+Westdeutscher+Rundfunk&pg=PT116|access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> Most recently, it was re-broadcast as a four-episode series on WDR5 in January 2008.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* It was adapted in Norway in 1969 by Norsk Rikskringkasting ([[NRK]]), translated by Knut Johansen, and most recently re-broadcast as a six-episode series on NRK in September and October 2012. The Norwegian version is also available on CD and [[iTunes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/radioteatret/1.8312380|title=Nostalgisk grøss|first1=Else|last1=Barratt-Due|first2=Nan Kristin|last2=Myhre|date=6 September 2012|publisher=NRK|language=no|access-date=1 October 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510203433/http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/radioteatret/1.8312380|archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref>
* There were readings of the novel in 1971 ([[BBC Radio 4]] – 10 × 15 minutes, read by [[Gabriel Woolf]])
* A 20-minute extract for schools was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 21 September 1973, adapted and produced by Peter Fozzard.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* There were readings of the novel in 1980 (BBC Radio 4/[[Woman's Hour]] – 14 × 15 minutes, read by David Ashford)
* An adaptation by [[Lance Dann]] in two 45-minute episodes for the [[BBC World Service]] was first broadcast on 8 and 22 September 2001. It was directed by Rosalind Ward, with music by [[Simon Russell (composer)|Simon Russell]]. Episode 2 was originally scheduled for 15 September 2001, but was rescheduled due to the [[September 11 attacks]]. Each episode was followed by a 15-minute documentary on the book.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}
* There were readings of the novel in 2004 ([[BBC Radio 4 Extra|BBC Radio 7]] – 17 × 30 minutes, read by Roger May)