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The series takes place in late 20th century Britain. A spectacular meteorite shower unexpectedly renders most of humanity blind, leading to the breakdown of society literally overnight. Bill Masen (John Duttine), who by chance has retained his sight by virtue of being in hospital with his eyes bandaged, joins a small band of similarly lucky survivors. As British societal norms collapse and the human race turns against itself, the survivors must fend off attacks from roving bands of the blind, and a sinister military force.

They must also fight to stay one step ahead of the Triffids. These mobile carnivorous plants, armed with a lethal stinger, had hitherto been farmed for their oil. With the apparently coincidental collapse of social order, the Triffids reveal the ability to be mobile and they run amok amongst the helpless human population, slaughtering and feeding on them. With man's natural advantage, sight, gone – the Triffids begin to establish themselves as the dominant life form in Britain. The irony for Bill is that he was the first person in Britain ever to be stung by a Triffid, as a child (surviving because it was not fully developed) and was in the hospital due to another sting, received—despite wearing a safety mask—on the Triffid farm where he worked. The relentless plants force the surviving humans to abandon their cities and live in isolated rural hamlets and on islands.