Editing The Day of the Triffids (section)

===Television adaptations===
* ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'' episode "[[Specimen: Unknown]]", an episode of the anthology series in which humans are threatened by aggressive alien plants, and which shares some similarity with the end of the 1962 film adaptation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Schow|first1=David J.|title=The outer limits companion|date=1998|publisher=GNP/Crescendo|location=Hollywood, Calif.|isbn=0966516907|page=92|edition=[2nd]}}</ref>
* A six-episode (each episode 30 minutes in length) television serial [[The Day of the Triffids (1981 TV series)|version]] was produced by the BBC in 1981 and repeated first on UKGold in the early 1990s (as 3x50 minute episodes, as it was edited for international sales) then on [[BBC Four]] in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2014. It starred [[John Duttine]] as Bill Masen and was fairly faithful to the novel, albeit moving the timeline to a then-contemporary setting, with Triffid oil being farmed as an energy-saving fuel additive.
* In December 2009, the [[BBC]] broadcast a [[The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)|new version]] of the story, written by ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' and ''[[Law & Order]]'' writer Patrick Harbinson.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coming to the BBC in 2009... The Day of the Triffids|date=27 November 2008|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/27/triffids.shtml|access-date=21 December 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905074944/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/27/triffids.shtml|archive-date=5 September 2010}}</ref> It stars [[Dougray Scott]] as Bill Masen, [[Joely Richardson]] as Jo Playton, [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] as Dennis Masen, [[Vanessa Redgrave]] as Durrant, [[Eddie Izzard]] as Torrence and [[Jason Priestley]] as Coker.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Day of The Triffids attracts all-star cast to BBC One|publisher=BBC Press Office|date=11 February 2009|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/02_february/11/triffids.shtml|access-date=11 February 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215192709/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/02_february/11/triffids.shtml|archive-date=15 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Day of the Triffids, BBC1/Tsunami: Caught on Camera, Channel 4|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-day-of-the-triffids-bbc-1brtsunami-caught-on-camera-channel-4-1855856.html|work=The Independent|location=London|first=Tim|last=Walker|date=3 January 2010|access-date=12 August 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105190921/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-day-of-the-triffids-bbc-1brtsunami-caught-on-camera-channel-4-1855856.html|archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> An estimated 6.1 million people viewed the first episode.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 January 2010<!--, 19:02 GMT -->|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a193479/triffids-remake-brings-in-61-million.html|title='Triffids' remake brings in 6.1 million|work=TV News|publisher=Digital Spy|access-date=12 August 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017051735/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a193479/triffids-remake-brings-in-61-million.html|archive-date=17 October 2012}}</ref> In this version the Triffids originally evolved in [[Zaire]], and their oil is used as an alternative fuel, averting global warming. The elements of repopulating the Earth and the plague were overlooked in this adaptation; another difference in the plot was that the Earth was blinded by a [[solar flare]] rather than a meteor shower.
* [[Amazon Studios]] announced a planned television series adaptation of the novel with [[Johan Renck]] set to direct and executive produce for Angry Films.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title='The Day of the Triffids' TV Series in Works at Amazon With Johan Renck Directing & Angry Films Producing|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/the-day-of-the-triffids-tv-series-amazon-johan-renck-directing-angry-films-1235275294/|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|date=1 March 2023}}</ref>