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Published in 1951, it wasn't long before The Day of the Triffids was adapted for British radio, given a serialised reading in the 'book at bedtime' slot in 1953. Then, in 1957 this dramatisation debuted on the Light Programme.
It's an intriguing adaptation that restructures the story in a way that throws you straight into the triffids and their backstory, while delaying the great blindness and the hero waking in the hospital that forms the book's opening chapter. Arguably this deprives the story of its sharpest and most effective narrative hook, but the change is still justifiable - it's The Day of the Triffids after all, why not get straight to the Triffids?
It was a very different world in those days, so when the BBC ran a second Triffids serial in 1968 it was recognisably based on the scripts for this 1957 serial, effectively a new recording rather than a new version (though the scripts were evidently tweaked so its not exactly the same). I mention this because I also have the 1968 version and will be posting it in the near future. I often post multiple adaptations of the same story but I feel it's worth mentioning that these two serials are VERY similar because they have scripts in common, so listeners may find listening to both of them will give them deja vu...
I've also posted the 2001 World Service adaptation - which is appreciably different, though still loyal to the book - on the channel.
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If you're interested to know more about the century-long history of ghost and horror stories broadcast at Christmas on British television and radio, you might like to check out HOLLY WRAITHS (and its companion volume HOLLY TERRORS), an A-Z guide available in paperback and ebook from Amazon and Lulu.com.
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