Retail release of 1968 production
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 Bidmead.
- Dennis : David Brierley.
- 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.