1 00:00:02,933 --> 00:00:06,432 'It had been thirty years since my mother was killed by a triffid. 2 00:00:06,433 --> 00:00:11,433 'She was trying to understand them. I've been doing the same ever since.' 3 00:00:12,933 --> 00:00:17,391 Hello. I'm Jo Playton coming to you from the heart of London. 4 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:19,891 Why do triffids always go for the eyes? Argh! 5 00:00:19,892 --> 00:00:21,849 Dr Kotch, it's me, Bill Masen. 6 00:00:21,850 --> 00:00:23,267 What's happening? 7 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,224 'This is an emergency broadcast from the BBC. 8 00:00:29,225 --> 00:00:33,474 'Most of the people in the world have been struck blind. There is no government.' 9 00:00:33,475 --> 00:00:37,099 These people have every right to live! Over their heads. 10 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:40,974 I'm Torrence. Hear there was a bit of panic about triffids. 11 00:00:40,975 --> 00:00:45,974 Triffids are carnivorous plants that can move. Their most abundant source of food is us. 12 00:00:45,975 --> 00:00:50,600 I've got to get to my father's place in Shirning if we're going to work out how to deal with them. No! 13 00:00:51,933 --> 00:00:54,516 You've got to get to Shirning, with or without me. 14 00:00:54,517 --> 00:00:56,349 Masen, you're under arrest! Agh! 15 00:00:56,350 --> 00:01:00,141 Being taken up to the Heath. It's all Torrence. He's running the show. 16 00:01:00,142 --> 00:01:01,558 It was a vicious attack. 17 00:01:03,267 --> 00:01:05,058 He's dead, Jo. 18 00:01:31,683 --> 00:01:33,100 Where d'you think you're going, boys? 19 00:01:35,933 --> 00:01:38,183 Stay where you are! 20 00:01:42,933 --> 00:01:44,308 Don't move! 21 00:01:48,183 --> 00:01:49,808 Ain't going to tell you again. 22 00:01:59,558 --> 00:02:01,892 TRIFFID RECORDING PLAYS 23 00:02:16,017 --> 00:02:22,183 What have got in your hands, Masen? Show me your hands! Show me! 24 00:02:34,350 --> 00:02:35,432 Argh! 25 00:02:35,433 --> 00:02:37,183 Argh! 26 00:02:40,017 --> 00:02:42,433 Masen, you... 27 00:02:44,100 --> 00:02:46,516 Argh!! 28 00:02:46,517 --> 00:02:50,767 Argh! Argh! 29 00:03:05,267 --> 00:03:07,016 Let's go! 30 00:03:07,017 --> 00:03:10,142 ENGINE SPLUTTERS 31 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,017 ENGINE REVS 32 00:03:16,433 --> 00:03:18,892 Oh! Oh! 33 00:03:34,267 --> 00:03:35,517 Ah! 34 00:03:43,142 --> 00:03:45,225 The triffids, they are coming. 35 00:03:56,392 --> 00:03:59,975 ENGINE SPLUTTERS 36 00:04:10,433 --> 00:04:11,517 Bill... 37 00:04:13,475 --> 00:04:14,600 Bill, wake up. 38 00:04:16,267 --> 00:04:18,266 The engine's had it. 39 00:04:18,267 --> 00:04:20,975 The weather's getting worse. We'll have to walk. 40 00:04:21,975 --> 00:04:23,433 Try and find some shelter. 41 00:04:27,058 --> 00:04:29,141 At least the snow will slow them down. 42 00:04:29,142 --> 00:04:32,433 Triffids have been engineered to survive in any weather. 43 00:04:38,933 --> 00:04:43,183 This is Radio Britain calling to you live from London. 44 00:04:48,142 --> 00:04:51,349 Calling all citizens - men, women and children. 45 00:04:51,350 --> 00:04:54,267 If you are sighted, help the blind. 46 00:04:58,225 --> 00:05:03,474 Come to London. Here you'll find safety, food and shelter. 47 00:05:03,475 --> 00:05:06,641 Gathering points have been set up around the M25. 48 00:05:06,642 --> 00:05:09,516 Make your way there and you'll be safe. 49 00:05:09,517 --> 00:05:13,433 I'm Jo Playton. And you are not alone. 50 00:05:41,767 --> 00:05:42,850 Need some help. 51 00:05:53,808 --> 00:05:54,891 Are there any others? 52 00:05:54,892 --> 00:05:56,100 Oh, no. 53 00:05:57,017 --> 00:05:58,475 Shut the gates. 54 00:06:01,433 --> 00:06:03,683 Where is he? Lead me to him. 55 00:06:05,558 --> 00:06:07,642 Here, he's been shot in the shoulder. 56 00:06:24,975 --> 00:06:28,266 Thank you, Father Thomas. 57 00:06:28,267 --> 00:06:31,932 I'll clean the wound and close it, then you'll need serious rest. 58 00:06:31,933 --> 00:06:35,349 You're lucky your friend brought you here. 59 00:06:35,350 --> 00:06:37,932 I was lucky I found you. 60 00:06:37,933 --> 00:06:39,974 I don't believe in luck. 61 00:06:39,975 --> 00:06:45,600 Mother Superior. You were meant to come here, meant to be cured. 62 00:06:47,308 --> 00:06:49,807 Body and soul. 63 00:06:49,808 --> 00:06:52,266 I hope you will stay. 64 00:06:52,267 --> 00:06:55,349 Here, we are all equal. 65 00:06:55,350 --> 00:06:56,724 Ah! 66 00:06:56,725 --> 00:07:00,432 When you're better, you'll see clearly. 67 00:07:00,433 --> 00:07:03,516 London will seem like another world. 68 00:07:03,517 --> 00:07:07,557 Who's in charge in London? We don't get any news. 69 00:07:07,558 --> 00:07:13,142 There's no London now, Father Thomas. There's only us. 70 00:07:19,975 --> 00:07:25,516 'If I was going to make it to Shirning, I had to stop, regain my strength. 71 00:07:25,517 --> 00:07:28,516 'But I knew the triffids would never rest. 72 00:07:28,517 --> 00:07:36,141 'They would continue to hunt us down, find populated places, march towards London. Towards Jo.' 73 00:07:36,142 --> 00:07:40,307 Are we winning? Yes. So my messages are getting through? 74 00:07:40,308 --> 00:07:42,891 Absolutely. More every day. Let me explain. 75 00:07:42,892 --> 00:07:46,474 The blue areas, right, we control. The red areas, we defend. 76 00:07:46,475 --> 00:07:48,099 Green is triffids. 77 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,808 That's an awful lot of green. 78 00:07:51,267 --> 00:07:53,725 It's still the safest place in the country. 79 00:07:56,683 --> 00:07:59,016 The important thing is that we survive. 80 00:07:59,017 --> 00:08:00,932 You're still here. I'm still here. 81 00:08:00,933 --> 00:08:03,891 Yeah, I wish Bill was. He could have helped us. 82 00:08:03,892 --> 00:08:05,850 Yeah, well, Bill's dead, all right? 83 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,724 And you say that Major Coker's too busy running the country? 84 00:08:13,725 --> 00:08:17,224 I mean, what's his plan? The broadcasts were his idea, after all. 85 00:08:17,225 --> 00:08:20,474 Well, to be honest, Major Coker's struggling. 86 00:08:20,475 --> 00:08:23,932 It's people like you and me that are keeping things going. 87 00:08:23,933 --> 00:08:26,057 I mean, you have done brilliantly. 88 00:08:26,058 --> 00:08:29,891 You're bringing them in. That's what they say, "I heard Jo on the radio. 89 00:08:29,892 --> 00:08:32,017 "I heard her voice, that's why I came." 90 00:08:35,308 --> 00:08:39,599 Have dinner with me. Dinner? 91 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:44,557 Yeah. Just...just the two of us. 92 00:08:44,558 --> 00:08:47,224 As if everything was just normal? 93 00:08:47,225 --> 00:08:50,182 It's the way you survive - 94 00:08:50,183 --> 00:08:53,307 by insisting everything's normal. 95 00:08:53,308 --> 00:08:56,391 By refusing to give in. Sheer force of will. 96 00:08:56,392 --> 00:09:00,224 That's why they follow me - they know I'll never give in. Follow YOU? 97 00:09:00,225 --> 00:09:07,349 Just because the whole world's gone crazy doesn't mean we can't have a little bit of fun. 98 00:09:07,350 --> 00:09:10,308 Oh, well, you know what? That is really sweet of you. 99 00:09:11,392 --> 00:09:12,475 Maybe next time. 100 00:09:14,808 --> 00:09:16,433 OK? OK. 101 00:09:27,100 --> 00:09:30,183 How long have they been there? At least as long as we have. 102 00:09:31,183 --> 00:09:34,683 I don't understand. Why aren't they hunting? 103 00:09:36,225 --> 00:09:39,724 Food must be getting scarce and there's so much of it in the abbey. 104 00:09:39,725 --> 00:09:42,349 Yeah, I asked her about that and she said... She? 105 00:09:42,350 --> 00:09:46,141 Durrant. She's the Mother Superior. She's in charge here. 106 00:09:46,142 --> 00:09:48,599 I want to see her. 107 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:54,016 Go with peace in your heart, dear Father Thomas. 108 00:09:54,017 --> 00:09:55,892 Father, come along. 109 00:10:04,017 --> 00:10:09,016 It's always sad when first-class people have to go. 110 00:10:09,017 --> 00:10:11,099 But he wanted to spread the word. 111 00:10:11,100 --> 00:10:14,266 Father Thomas will find more survivors, 112 00:10:14,267 --> 00:10:17,849 he will begin a new community and build on what we've done here. 113 00:10:17,850 --> 00:10:20,766 Well, he's a brave man. 114 00:10:20,767 --> 00:10:26,266 You're looking much better, Dr Masen. I'm much stronger, thanks. 115 00:10:26,267 --> 00:10:29,183 Major Coker tells me you're a triffid expert. 116 00:10:30,475 --> 00:10:32,099 Well... Yes. 117 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:36,766 The triffids, out there in the country, were they always so passive? 118 00:10:36,767 --> 00:10:39,099 First, they were quite troublesome. 119 00:10:39,100 --> 00:10:41,099 I lost many friends. 120 00:10:41,100 --> 00:10:43,183 But then God intervened. 121 00:10:44,225 --> 00:10:45,349 Really? 122 00:10:45,350 --> 00:10:47,182 How did God do that? 123 00:10:47,183 --> 00:10:50,182 He answered our prayers. 124 00:10:50,183 --> 00:10:53,932 When the peaceful nature of our community became clear, 125 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:56,975 the triffids returned to the wood and killed no more. 126 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:02,475 Do you know, I've been amongst triffids all my life. 127 00:11:04,475 --> 00:11:07,058 I've never known them to behave like that. 128 00:11:08,433 --> 00:11:11,683 We strive to live in harmony with nature. 129 00:11:12,683 --> 00:11:14,142 We intend no harm. 130 00:11:15,308 --> 00:11:17,683 They seem content with that. 131 00:11:20,850 --> 00:11:22,849 I was in your cellar. 132 00:11:22,850 --> 00:11:25,683 You know you have a generator down there? 133 00:11:27,017 --> 00:11:28,599 I could get it going for you. 134 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,182 Get you proper lighting, heating... 135 00:11:31,183 --> 00:11:32,475 No. I don't think so. 136 00:11:34,350 --> 00:11:36,100 But it would make things easier. 137 00:11:38,308 --> 00:11:41,892 Come. Look, look, look, look. 138 00:11:46,308 --> 00:11:48,057 Look at that tower. 139 00:11:48,058 --> 00:11:54,307 Men built that tower long before there was electricity or power tools. 140 00:11:54,308 --> 00:11:56,725 It wasn't easy, but it stands. 141 00:11:59,475 --> 00:12:01,683 I don't want things to be easy. 142 00:12:02,808 --> 00:12:04,392 I want them to be right. 143 00:12:20,433 --> 00:12:22,850 BUZZING 144 00:12:42,517 --> 00:12:46,641 What are you doing? Leaving to go to my father's. 145 00:12:46,642 --> 00:12:48,849 I need some help with the triffids. 146 00:12:48,850 --> 00:12:51,807 But they're quiet here. You heard what she said. 147 00:12:51,808 --> 00:12:56,391 She may be a little eccentric, but if she's figured out a way to co-exist with them... 148 00:12:56,392 --> 00:12:59,891 By being "peaceful"? We've both seen what the triffids can do. 149 00:12:59,892 --> 00:13:02,974 Look, Coker, they've got over fifty beehives out there. 150 00:13:02,975 --> 00:13:06,849 All it takes is warmer weather, then the triffids will be pollinated. 151 00:13:06,850 --> 00:13:11,141 Then they'll spore and we'll have hundreds and thousands of new plants. 152 00:13:11,142 --> 00:13:14,016 Durrant and the rest of the world won't stand a chance. 153 00:13:14,017 --> 00:13:18,392 If we don't find a way to defeat the triffids, the human race will become extinct. 154 00:13:22,683 --> 00:13:25,724 I've marked the safe path through the woods. 155 00:13:25,725 --> 00:13:28,474 And, God willing, it's only a mile, 156 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:31,307 you'll get there safe, find a vehicle. 157 00:13:31,308 --> 00:13:32,892 Thank you. 158 00:13:55,142 --> 00:13:58,057 They're building a wall to keep the triffids out. 159 00:13:58,058 --> 00:14:00,642 Torrence's idea. 160 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,974 But they all fight for Major Coker. 161 00:14:04,975 --> 00:14:06,641 Torrence gives the orders. 162 00:14:06,642 --> 00:14:09,974 Torrence seems to have an awful lot on his plate at the moment. 163 00:14:09,975 --> 00:14:12,057 I mean, why isn't Osman helping? 164 00:14:12,058 --> 00:14:14,641 I haven't seen that little creep in a while. 165 00:14:14,642 --> 00:14:16,307 He got what he deserved. 166 00:14:16,308 --> 00:14:20,599 We found bits of him up on the Heath after the triffid attack. 167 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,307 Never nothing of the other two. 168 00:14:23,308 --> 00:14:25,057 Nothing? 169 00:14:25,058 --> 00:14:26,808 Coker was all right. 170 00:14:28,475 --> 00:14:30,057 Didn't know the other bloke. 171 00:14:30,058 --> 00:14:32,849 So they really found nothing of the other two? 172 00:14:32,850 --> 00:14:35,182 Just what Torrence has got in that red box. 173 00:14:35,183 --> 00:14:37,724 Some bust-up old MP3 player. 174 00:14:37,725 --> 00:14:39,891 Oh, Troy, 175 00:14:39,892 --> 00:14:42,016 is Bill Masen alive? 176 00:14:42,017 --> 00:14:44,766 Is he? I don't know, 177 00:14:44,767 --> 00:14:47,017 but Torrence thinks he might be. 178 00:14:53,767 --> 00:14:55,975 Come on! Come on! Move it! 179 00:15:18,767 --> 00:15:20,183 Agh! Agh! 180 00:16:45,892 --> 00:16:48,892 APPROACHING VOICES 181 00:17:48,808 --> 00:17:50,766 Time for your broadcast, miss. 182 00:17:50,767 --> 00:17:52,475 OK. Thanks. 183 00:17:54,892 --> 00:17:56,350 Let's go. 184 00:18:02,183 --> 00:18:05,349 185 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:13,975 186 00:18:16,142 --> 00:18:21,474 Join me in giving thanks and praise to Peggy, 187 00:18:21,475 --> 00:18:24,142 who has been chosen... 188 00:18:28,767 --> 00:18:32,724 ..like Father Thomas and the others, 189 00:18:32,725 --> 00:18:36,850 to go out and build new communities. 190 00:18:43,308 --> 00:18:45,516 Dr Masen, please... 191 00:18:45,517 --> 00:18:47,557 welcome, be seated. 192 00:18:47,558 --> 00:18:50,683 I know all about your new communities. 193 00:18:52,975 --> 00:18:56,057 I found Father Thomas's body in the woods. 194 00:18:56,058 --> 00:18:58,266 CONGREGATION GASPS 195 00:18:58,267 --> 00:18:59,350 Tied. 196 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:03,975 Sacrificed. 197 00:19:08,142 --> 00:19:10,892 Dr Masen, do you know anything about beekeeping? 198 00:19:13,017 --> 00:19:15,224 The beehive 199 00:19:15,225 --> 00:19:17,266 is a symbol 200 00:19:17,267 --> 00:19:20,349 of the perfect harmonious society. 201 00:19:20,350 --> 00:19:24,807 Each bee has its appropriate place, its own task. 202 00:19:24,808 --> 00:19:29,391 And when the task is done, the bee is replaced, quickly and efficiently. 203 00:19:29,392 --> 00:19:34,058 The hive acts as one, always for the good of the hive. 204 00:19:34,892 --> 00:19:36,474 Not for the good of the queen? 205 00:19:36,475 --> 00:19:40,057 Father Thomas was old. 206 00:19:40,058 --> 00:19:43,724 He could do nothing more for our little community. 207 00:19:43,725 --> 00:19:47,516 We cannot accommodate everyone who finds their way to our door. 208 00:19:47,517 --> 00:19:48,891 We have to prioritise. 209 00:19:48,892 --> 00:19:50,724 We have to make room. 210 00:19:50,725 --> 00:19:53,017 By feeding the surplus to the triffids? 211 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,725 The triffids are also God's creatures. 212 00:20:00,350 --> 00:20:02,932 I did what God wanted me to do. 213 00:20:02,933 --> 00:20:04,766 What he TOLD me to do. 214 00:20:04,767 --> 00:20:06,892 CONGREGATION GASPS 215 00:20:08,267 --> 00:20:10,058 Outside these walls is chaos. 216 00:20:11,475 --> 00:20:15,766 Here, everything is customary, ceremonial, safe. 217 00:20:15,767 --> 00:20:18,807 As long as you do exactly as she says. 218 00:20:18,808 --> 00:20:23,932 As long as you abandon the weak and the helpless! 219 00:20:23,933 --> 00:20:27,767 Believe me, everyone of you here will die before she does. 220 00:20:28,767 --> 00:20:30,682 I control the triffids. 221 00:20:30,683 --> 00:20:32,600 Without me, you'll all be overrun. 222 00:20:33,808 --> 00:20:37,308 No-one has the right to choose who lives and who dies. 223 00:20:44,558 --> 00:20:48,558 Stop them! Let him go. Let him go. 224 00:20:49,558 --> 00:20:52,682 You... These people trusted you and you betrayed them. 225 00:20:52,683 --> 00:20:55,767 If you defy me, you will be damned! 226 00:21:01,767 --> 00:21:03,057 Three, two, one... 227 00:21:03,058 --> 00:21:09,433 Hello, again, whoever you are, wherever you are. I hope you can hear me. 228 00:21:12,017 --> 00:21:16,600 You can always stay. Work with us, as an equal. 229 00:21:18,517 --> 00:21:22,432 You think it's going to be easy without me. 230 00:21:22,433 --> 00:21:24,642 I don't think they want it to be easy. 231 00:21:26,267 --> 00:21:28,225 They want it to be right. 232 00:21:29,767 --> 00:21:30,975 The triffids know me. 233 00:21:31,767 --> 00:21:34,642 This community will not survive. 234 00:21:38,267 --> 00:21:41,974 I was thinking today about missed opportunities. 235 00:21:41,975 --> 00:21:43,432 We're taking over London! 236 00:21:43,433 --> 00:21:48,849 'Did you ever know the right thing to do and then you hesitated?' 237 00:21:48,850 --> 00:21:50,766 And then it was too late. 238 00:21:50,767 --> 00:21:54,599 'And do you long for that chance again? 239 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,892 'Except yearning won't make it happen.' 240 00:22:01,850 --> 00:22:05,475 To keep you company so you know Jo is safe and well. 241 00:22:08,183 --> 00:22:10,142 'Sometimes you have to act. 242 00:22:12,267 --> 00:22:15,892 'Sometimes you have to make that chance happen again.' 243 00:22:17,392 --> 00:22:20,350 This is Jo Playton, Radio Britain. 244 00:22:30,433 --> 00:22:31,517 Miss? 245 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:40,892 Now, you take care. 246 00:22:42,433 --> 00:22:43,767 Come back soon, yeah? 247 00:22:44,058 --> 00:22:45,642 Yeah. 248 00:22:49,725 --> 00:22:50,808 Thank you. 249 00:23:10,975 --> 00:23:13,557 I heard your latest broadcast. 250 00:23:13,558 --> 00:23:16,100 Who were you talking to? 251 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:18,891 My father. 252 00:23:18,892 --> 00:23:21,682 But he's dead, isn't he? 253 00:23:21,683 --> 00:23:22,933 Oh, not to me, he isn't. 254 00:23:24,558 --> 00:23:28,100 For a minute there, I thought you were talking to me. 255 00:23:29,517 --> 00:23:31,849 I was thinking about my dad 256 00:23:31,850 --> 00:23:35,225 and how I missed the opportunity to be with him. 257 00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:40,892 How I don't want to make the same mistake with you. 258 00:23:42,183 --> 00:23:44,933 What are you trying to tell me, Jo? 259 00:23:46,558 --> 00:23:48,517 That I've changed my mind. 260 00:23:49,517 --> 00:23:52,017 I want to have dinner with you. 261 00:23:53,017 --> 00:23:55,391 You're just saying that cos you're scared. 262 00:23:55,392 --> 00:23:58,516 Well, I am scared, 263 00:23:58,517 --> 00:24:01,142 but I know that you'll protect me. 264 00:24:03,350 --> 00:24:04,475 Better than anyone. 265 00:24:06,058 --> 00:24:07,432 Better than Major Coker. 266 00:24:07,433 --> 00:24:13,182 I know he's supposed to be running the country, but as far as I can see, you're doing it all for him. 267 00:24:13,183 --> 00:24:15,349 And I have been ever since he died. 268 00:24:15,350 --> 00:24:18,682 Huh? Triffid attack. 269 00:24:18,683 --> 00:24:21,641 Why didn't you tell me? 270 00:24:21,642 --> 00:24:24,099 I didn't want to give you any more bad news. 271 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:27,099 You see, I've been protecting you longer than you know. 272 00:24:27,100 --> 00:24:29,808 So you're the one that's in charge now. 273 00:24:31,725 --> 00:24:34,766 It's a new world, Jo, you know? 274 00:24:34,767 --> 00:24:38,099 We can be anything we want, can do anything we want. 275 00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:40,016 Look at us. 276 00:24:40,017 --> 00:24:41,767 Look where we are. 277 00:24:43,392 --> 00:24:47,307 So, dinner? Yes. When? 278 00:24:47,308 --> 00:24:48,974 Tonight. 279 00:24:48,975 --> 00:24:51,725 After my broadcast. 280 00:25:26,433 --> 00:25:28,433 'I forced myself on. 281 00:25:33,267 --> 00:25:36,182 'The pollination of the triffids was inevitable. 282 00:25:36,183 --> 00:25:40,057 'Once they spored, any hope of defeating them would be lost. 283 00:25:40,058 --> 00:25:42,892 'Time was my greatest enemy.' 284 00:25:46,558 --> 00:25:48,432 Calling all citizens - 285 00:25:48,433 --> 00:25:55,391 'sighted and blind, man, woman and child, this is the voice of Britain.' 286 00:25:55,392 --> 00:25:58,224 Come to London and lay your burdens down. 287 00:25:58,225 --> 00:26:02,599 'Here there is safety, food and shelter.' 288 00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,182 Here there is control. 289 00:26:04,183 --> 00:26:09,516 Here there is government, law and order. 290 00:26:09,517 --> 00:26:15,141 'Yes, it might be delivered by the gun or the boot, but you won't get into trouble. 291 00:26:15,142 --> 00:26:19,807 'As long as you're prepared to fight. As long as you're prepared to die. 292 00:26:19,808 --> 00:26:25,141 'Because that's what you're going to have to do - be prepared to fight and die, 293 00:26:25,142 --> 00:26:30,891 'so that this so-called government can live in luxury and pretend that it is not losing the war...' 294 00:26:30,892 --> 00:26:32,141 Jo, what are you doing? 295 00:26:32,142 --> 00:26:35,016 So, don't come to London, the triffids are here, too. 296 00:26:35,017 --> 00:26:36,891 If you've survived this far, 297 00:26:36,892 --> 00:26:40,182 'don't come to the centre. The voice of Britain is a lie. 298 00:26:40,183 --> 00:26:43,057 'I am Jo Playton, but I am not the voice of Britain. 299 00:26:43,058 --> 00:26:46,307 'The voice of Britain is you, wherever you are.' 300 00:26:46,308 --> 00:26:49,141 What is going on? I told her, but she won't stop... 301 00:26:49,142 --> 00:26:53,517 'If you've survived this far, don't come to the centre, don't listen to me...' 302 00:26:58,933 --> 00:27:00,808 I told you to watch her. 303 00:27:01,975 --> 00:27:05,099 I... I saw her start. She was here. 304 00:27:05,100 --> 00:27:07,100 But she's not here now. 305 00:27:10,558 --> 00:27:13,642 FIND HER! 306 00:27:17,433 --> 00:27:19,767 Troy! Troy! Move it! 307 00:27:34,017 --> 00:27:35,100 The gate! 308 00:27:50,058 --> 00:27:51,183 Come on! Let's go! 309 00:27:56,183 --> 00:27:58,267 Get in and check behind all the seats! 310 00:28:04,475 --> 00:28:06,974 You, up here with me! 311 00:28:06,975 --> 00:28:09,142 Any sign of her? Just triffids. 312 00:28:12,808 --> 00:28:14,683 There's no way I'm going out there. 313 00:28:16,558 --> 00:28:17,725 See anything? 314 00:28:22,267 --> 00:28:23,350 Agh! 315 00:28:28,475 --> 00:28:29,975 She doesn't stand a chance. 316 00:28:31,558 --> 00:28:32,641 Come on. 317 00:28:32,642 --> 00:28:34,517 Let's go check the rest of them out. 318 00:28:35,725 --> 00:28:37,017 Come on, boys! 319 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:43,517 (Good luck.) 320 00:29:37,017 --> 00:29:38,225 Oh! 321 00:30:15,475 --> 00:30:17,808 Argh! Oh! 322 00:30:40,683 --> 00:30:43,850 CAR ALARM BLARES 323 00:32:20,892 --> 00:32:22,933 Start. Please start. 324 00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:28,808 Please. 325 00:32:37,433 --> 00:32:38,933 ENGINE REVS 326 00:33:15,517 --> 00:33:17,308 Uh! 327 00:33:26,850 --> 00:33:28,892 Uh. Uh. 328 00:34:19,767 --> 00:34:20,850 GUNSHOT 329 00:34:23,683 --> 00:34:27,267 MORE GUNSHOTS 330 00:34:33,392 --> 00:34:35,475 Don't shoot! 331 00:35:28,933 --> 00:35:30,600 What do you want? 332 00:35:36,392 --> 00:35:37,683 Don't come any closer. 333 00:35:40,475 --> 00:35:43,682 I'm not going to hurt you. But they will. 334 00:35:43,683 --> 00:35:45,391 Who? 335 00:35:45,392 --> 00:35:48,266 Triffids. They'll know you're here. 336 00:35:48,267 --> 00:35:52,266 Yeah, I know triffids. I was stung. 337 00:35:52,267 --> 00:35:54,557 Everyone who gets stung dies. 338 00:35:54,558 --> 00:35:57,058 Not everyone. 339 00:36:14,642 --> 00:36:17,392 Come on, Susan. He's OK. 340 00:36:40,892 --> 00:36:45,307 I'm Bill...Masen. Who are you? 341 00:36:45,308 --> 00:36:50,557 My name's Imogen. She's my sister, Susan. 342 00:36:50,558 --> 00:36:54,350 Where are your parents? We don't want to talk about it. 343 00:37:00,392 --> 00:37:05,891 I'm going to this house that I know, which I hope will be safe. 344 00:37:05,892 --> 00:37:08,682 But, listen, I need a car. 345 00:37:08,683 --> 00:37:11,892 Have you any idea where I can get one? 346 00:37:24,142 --> 00:37:25,849 If we help you, 347 00:37:25,850 --> 00:37:29,350 you help us. Yeah. 348 00:37:37,892 --> 00:37:38,975 Fine. 349 00:37:57,475 --> 00:37:58,558 Thanks. 350 00:39:14,225 --> 00:39:17,807 I can't see the name. Shirning? 351 00:39:17,808 --> 00:39:20,474 Well, I think it's in a very secluded spot. 352 00:39:20,475 --> 00:39:22,182 It's probably not even marked. 353 00:39:22,183 --> 00:39:24,057 "Probably"? 354 00:39:24,058 --> 00:39:27,725 STATIC ON RADIO I haven't actually been there myself. 355 00:39:28,433 --> 00:39:29,683 Who lives there, then? 356 00:39:31,433 --> 00:39:32,517 My father. 357 00:39:57,850 --> 00:39:59,725 Stay in the car. 358 00:40:00,933 --> 00:40:03,433 Stay in the car. 359 00:40:30,892 --> 00:40:31,975 Put it down. 360 00:41:06,017 --> 00:41:07,100 Dennis. 361 00:41:08,308 --> 00:41:09,392 Hello, son. 362 00:41:24,975 --> 00:41:27,642 There... Shirning. 363 00:41:51,975 --> 00:41:56,307 So...you're here because of the triffids. 364 00:41:56,308 --> 00:41:57,600 Aye. 365 00:41:59,642 --> 00:42:03,475 And no doubt you want my research, so you can try and stop them. 366 00:42:07,392 --> 00:42:09,475 Come back from there! 367 00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:22,892 Be very, very careful. 368 00:42:35,642 --> 00:42:37,766 Is he really your father? Yeah. 369 00:42:37,767 --> 00:42:39,433 He's scary. 370 00:42:40,725 --> 00:42:41,808 I heard that. 371 00:42:56,142 --> 00:43:00,307 'Calling woman and child. This is the voice of Britain. 372 00:43:00,308 --> 00:43:03,516 'Come to London and lay your burdens down. 373 00:43:03,517 --> 00:43:07,391 'Here there is safety, food and shelter...' 374 00:43:07,392 --> 00:43:09,724 Nothing personal, Jo, 375 00:43:09,725 --> 00:43:12,058 but you do go on. 376 00:43:34,142 --> 00:43:35,474 Two children, Bill. 377 00:43:35,475 --> 00:43:38,349 Well, you are a dark horse. 378 00:43:38,350 --> 00:43:41,807 Sorry, this is Susan. 379 00:43:41,808 --> 00:43:45,432 And Imogen. 380 00:43:45,433 --> 00:43:47,391 I met them on the way here. 381 00:43:47,392 --> 00:43:50,849 They agreed to keep me company. 382 00:43:50,850 --> 00:43:52,475 And to look after him. 383 00:43:54,892 --> 00:43:57,017 Thank you for bringing him home. 384 00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:05,391 I was... 385 00:44:05,392 --> 00:44:07,725 Well, I thought that you were... 386 00:44:10,183 --> 00:44:12,600 Come along, girls. 387 00:44:16,558 --> 00:44:20,433 It is so good to see you. 388 00:44:35,975 --> 00:44:38,142 And these belong to you. 389 00:44:41,017 --> 00:44:42,350 My triffid recordings. 390 00:44:44,058 --> 00:44:47,767 How did you get this? From Torrence. 391 00:44:51,558 --> 00:44:54,266 How did those girls survive? 392 00:44:54,267 --> 00:44:58,974 Maybe they were too small and the triffids had easier prey. 393 00:44:58,975 --> 00:45:00,225 I don't know. 394 00:45:02,058 --> 00:45:03,683 I promised to look after them. 395 00:45:06,225 --> 00:45:08,058 Just them? 396 00:45:29,100 --> 00:45:32,267 SWING-ERA LOVE SONG PLAYS 397 00:45:36,058 --> 00:45:41,683 Oh-oh, just dreamin' 398 00:45:43,350 --> 00:45:47,682 that never ends 399 00:45:47,683 --> 00:45:51,682 are the best of friends 400 00:45:51,683 --> 00:45:54,599 401 00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,683 402 00:46:03,017 --> 00:46:05,308 403 00:46:08,475 --> 00:46:11,642 DISTANT EXPLOSIONS AND GUNFIRE 404 00:46:20,725 --> 00:46:23,183 KNOCK AT DOOR 405 00:46:24,683 --> 00:46:26,807 DISTANT SHOUTING 406 00:46:26,808 --> 00:46:28,850 What do you want? 407 00:46:32,267 --> 00:46:33,599 It's not good news, sir. 408 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,599 The latest triffid reports from the front. 409 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,308 Go...away. 410 00:46:58,475 --> 00:46:59,558 Huh! 411 00:47:00,767 --> 00:47:05,057 So? So, this is what you do with your retirement. 412 00:47:05,058 --> 00:47:11,099 Keep busy. When you devote your life to studying triffids, they tend to take over. 413 00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:14,807 But it does have its compensations. 414 00:47:14,808 --> 00:47:19,100 Here is how we stop the triffids. 415 00:47:31,350 --> 00:47:38,016 Create an entirely new triffid?! One which would generate pollen that sterilises rather than fertilises. 416 00:47:38,017 --> 00:47:44,682 We extract pollen from the male specimen, modify it, fertilise the young female triffid with it. 417 00:47:44,683 --> 00:47:49,724 She produces spores with the infertile strain. Simple. Elegant. 418 00:47:49,725 --> 00:47:52,432 With the same genetic fix that got us in this mess? 419 00:47:52,433 --> 00:47:56,349 There are always unintended consequences, Bill, 420 00:47:56,350 --> 00:47:58,057 to everything we do. 421 00:47:58,058 --> 00:48:02,225 Sooner or later someone has got to deal with them and make sense of what happened. 422 00:48:06,642 --> 00:48:08,433 You remind me of your mother. 423 00:48:13,350 --> 00:48:15,807 She was the genuine article, the real thing. 424 00:48:15,808 --> 00:48:21,266 A brilliant scientist, interested only in knowledge for its own sake. 425 00:48:21,267 --> 00:48:23,307 Me? 426 00:48:23,308 --> 00:48:27,433 My motivation was a wee bit more practical. 427 00:48:30,017 --> 00:48:33,724 I've had this same picture with me for as long as I can remember. 428 00:48:33,725 --> 00:48:36,057 When that picture was taken, 429 00:48:36,058 --> 00:48:40,182 the future looked very bright for all three of us - 430 00:48:40,183 --> 00:48:44,807 the world even. Yeah. 431 00:48:44,808 --> 00:48:46,766 Now look at it. 432 00:48:46,767 --> 00:48:50,641 Mother Nature is finally taking her revenge and reclaiming the planet. 433 00:48:50,642 --> 00:48:51,891 No-one intended this. 434 00:48:51,892 --> 00:48:56,517 And now, given the consequences and the price that we both paid... 435 00:48:57,517 --> 00:49:00,850 ..do you think it was it worth it? Do you? 436 00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:05,766 I can understand why you feel so angry. Angry? 437 00:49:05,767 --> 00:49:10,682 I was a wee boy, my mum had just died and my dad... My dad, he just didn't seem to notice me. 438 00:49:10,683 --> 00:49:13,516 Too busy saving the world. 439 00:49:13,517 --> 00:49:17,308 No, no, no. No, you're right. I never made time for you. 440 00:49:19,558 --> 00:49:22,557 I didn't know how. 441 00:49:22,558 --> 00:49:26,350 Well, you were so young and I did try, but... 442 00:49:28,725 --> 00:49:30,767 Without your mum... 443 00:49:42,767 --> 00:49:44,308 Erm... 444 00:49:46,642 --> 00:49:49,557 These triffids 445 00:49:49,558 --> 00:49:52,391 are going to start sporing any day now. 446 00:49:52,392 --> 00:49:54,974 How far have you got with your plans? 447 00:49:54,975 --> 00:49:56,600 I've got everything we need. 448 00:50:04,892 --> 00:50:05,975 Except a male. 449 00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:12,808 I've been hunting for one in and out of the old triffid facility, but as of yet, no luck. 450 00:50:15,058 --> 00:50:17,225 I'll get you a male triffid. 451 00:50:20,225 --> 00:50:23,392 BURSTS OF MACHINE-GUN FIRE 452 00:50:31,350 --> 00:50:32,433 Good shooting. 453 00:50:33,433 --> 00:50:36,392 Reload. I need the practice. You don't need your mask. 454 00:50:38,308 --> 00:50:42,099 Yes, I do. And you should, too. Mum and Dad don't. 455 00:50:42,100 --> 00:50:45,307 They're not Mum and Dad. 456 00:50:45,308 --> 00:50:48,433 They're Jo and Bill. Well, they're Mum and Dad to me. 457 00:51:04,683 --> 00:51:07,142 TRIFFID HISS 458 00:51:08,225 --> 00:51:10,932 So that's his plan and you're going along with it? 459 00:51:10,933 --> 00:51:13,557 We have to try something, before it's too late. 460 00:51:13,558 --> 00:51:16,557 Great. We spent our lives trying to avoid the triffids, 461 00:51:16,558 --> 00:51:19,557 then end up back in a place that's going to grow them. 462 00:51:19,558 --> 00:51:24,016 Did you consider me and the girls when you thought of sacrificing yourself? 463 00:51:24,017 --> 00:51:28,891 If you've got a better idea, I'd like to hear it. I suppose Dennis could could go, 464 00:51:28,892 --> 00:51:31,558 but last time he went out looking, he came back with you. 465 00:51:36,558 --> 00:51:38,891 I will come back. 466 00:51:38,892 --> 00:51:40,475 I promise. 467 00:51:58,350 --> 00:51:59,724 The clutch sticks a bit. 468 00:51:59,725 --> 00:52:01,599 Don't go over 50. 469 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:04,767 And I would like it back exactly as it is. 470 00:52:29,892 --> 00:52:31,767 Susan? 471 00:52:33,350 --> 00:52:37,016 'I didn't agree with my father's plan, 472 00:52:37,017 --> 00:52:39,891 'but I wasn't doing it for him. 473 00:52:39,892 --> 00:52:43,391 'I was doing it for Jo and the girls 474 00:52:43,392 --> 00:52:45,308 'and for the rest of the world.' 475 00:52:51,475 --> 00:52:55,308 You've just got to understand... MUSIC DROWNS OUT SPEECH 476 00:53:07,100 --> 00:53:08,183 Hello? Come. 477 00:53:13,767 --> 00:53:16,599 Whoa! That smells terrible. 478 00:53:16,600 --> 00:53:19,182 Well, she needs to build her strength up, 479 00:53:19,183 --> 00:53:22,267 if she's going to save mankind. 480 00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:52,350 TRIFFID RECORDING PLAYS 481 00:56:10,808 --> 00:56:11,975 Agh! 482 00:56:14,475 --> 00:56:16,641 Susan! 483 00:56:16,642 --> 00:56:17,933 TRIFFID HISSES 484 00:56:19,892 --> 00:56:23,142 What are you doing here? I'm here to help. 485 00:56:24,642 --> 00:56:27,266 Don't worry. I can take care of myself. 486 00:56:27,267 --> 00:56:29,392 Yeah, I've noticed. 487 00:56:31,350 --> 00:56:32,850 Susan! Argh! 488 00:56:33,767 --> 00:56:39,058 Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill! 489 00:56:48,350 --> 00:56:49,932 Agh! 490 00:56:49,933 --> 00:56:51,350 Help! Help! 491 00:56:58,058 --> 00:57:00,682 Aaaaargh! 492 00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:04,475 Aaargh! No! 493 00:57:09,517 --> 00:57:10,725 Aaargh! 494 00:57:13,433 --> 00:57:15,267 Urgh! 495 00:57:30,683 --> 00:57:34,267 TRIFFID SCREAMS 496 00:57:54,225 --> 00:57:55,600 You OK? 497 00:57:57,475 --> 00:58:01,767 You got it. We got it. 498 00:58:03,433 --> 00:58:05,183 Here, come. 499 00:58:26,308 --> 00:58:29,058 CAR HORN TOOTS 500 00:58:33,058 --> 00:58:35,432 Well? Oh! 501 00:58:35,433 --> 00:58:38,974 Did you get it? 502 00:58:38,975 --> 00:58:41,600 One male triffid head. 503 00:58:55,350 --> 00:58:58,100 You're in a lot of trouble with Mum. 504 00:59:00,017 --> 00:59:02,600 Oh, no! Just don't do it again. 505 00:59:07,808 --> 00:59:09,558 You did well, son. 506 00:59:11,517 --> 00:59:14,099 How did you do it? 507 00:59:14,100 --> 00:59:18,516 With this. It's got triffid sounds from the farm on it. 508 00:59:18,517 --> 00:59:22,600 I have a theory that different sounds provoke different emotions. 509 00:59:24,058 --> 00:59:26,474 And the proof? 510 00:59:26,475 --> 00:59:32,307 I tried to identify the obvious emotions like fear and hunger, 511 00:59:32,308 --> 00:59:36,599 but they're so complex and I've barely scratched the surface. 512 00:59:36,600 --> 00:59:40,183 Your mother was of the same opinion. 513 00:59:42,975 --> 00:59:45,932 Her biggest fear was that we'd exploit the triffids 514 00:59:45,933 --> 00:59:47,767 without understanding them. 515 00:59:52,392 --> 00:59:55,432 I couldn't persuade her to leave Zaire. 516 00:59:55,433 --> 00:59:58,516 It was more than just oil for her. 517 00:59:58,517 --> 01:00:02,057 She recognized some indications of sensibility. 518 01:00:02,058 --> 01:00:04,474 They could communicate with each other. 519 01:00:04,475 --> 01:00:08,433 She was convinced that if we didn't understand them thoroughly... 520 01:00:09,558 --> 01:00:12,099 we might live to regret it. 521 01:00:12,100 --> 01:00:15,891 She wouldn't let go. She just kept pushing and pushing, 522 01:00:15,892 --> 01:00:19,308 and in the end...she got too close. 523 01:00:30,975 --> 01:00:32,892 I miss her, too. 524 01:00:37,017 --> 01:00:39,641 Yes. 525 01:00:39,642 --> 01:00:41,225 You know, I... 526 01:00:43,642 --> 01:00:46,016 I always... 527 01:00:46,017 --> 01:00:48,142 wanted to give you these. 528 01:00:51,017 --> 01:00:56,392 I never had the opportunity... or the words. 529 01:01:01,433 --> 01:01:04,266 From Zaire. 530 01:01:04,267 --> 01:01:07,183 Your mother's recordings of triffids. 531 01:01:14,267 --> 01:01:16,099 Thanks. 532 01:01:16,100 --> 01:01:17,849 You know what? 533 01:01:17,850 --> 01:01:21,932 Once we've fertilized the female maybe we can work on them together. 534 01:01:21,933 --> 01:01:25,808 Right. Maybe together we could crack it. 535 01:01:45,850 --> 01:01:47,017 Ah. 536 01:01:50,850 --> 01:01:52,392 It's happening. 537 01:02:05,767 --> 01:02:07,892 'The triffids are sporing.' 538 01:02:09,475 --> 01:02:12,599 You knew this was going to happen? 539 01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:14,225 Not like this. 540 01:02:16,017 --> 01:02:18,183 Nothing like this. 541 01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:58,307 What did you find? 542 01:02:58,308 --> 01:03:00,142 Got that from one of the farms. 543 01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:09,057 Good boy, Troy. 544 01:03:09,058 --> 01:03:10,642 That'll be all. 545 01:03:28,350 --> 01:03:31,558 AIRCRAFT ENGINE HUMS 546 01:03:32,683 --> 01:03:34,267 Jo! 547 01:03:42,308 --> 01:03:45,682 Hey! Hey! Hey! 548 01:03:45,683 --> 01:03:47,267 Hey! 549 01:03:52,558 --> 01:03:54,307 Hey! 550 01:03:54,308 --> 01:03:56,142 Hey! 551 01:04:15,850 --> 01:04:18,724 What's it say? There's people on the Isle of Wight. 552 01:04:18,725 --> 01:04:20,849 There's more than 200 of them. 553 01:04:20,850 --> 01:04:23,641 And they want people to join them. 554 01:04:23,642 --> 01:04:27,182 They've got families, doctors, schools. 555 01:04:27,183 --> 01:04:29,516 Where there's life, there's hope. 556 01:04:29,517 --> 01:04:31,724 At least we have somewhere safe to go 557 01:04:31,725 --> 01:04:34,641 once we release the new breed of triffids. 558 01:04:34,642 --> 01:04:38,725 Oh, talking of which, feeding time. I'll be up in a minute. 559 01:04:43,183 --> 01:04:45,641 This is good. 560 01:04:45,642 --> 01:04:48,350 This is very good! 561 01:04:49,808 --> 01:04:51,725 This is very good! 562 01:05:17,683 --> 01:05:20,850 Patience, little one. Patience. 563 01:06:20,308 --> 01:06:21,932 'This is Dr Ruth Masen. 564 01:06:21,933 --> 01:06:24,474 'It's the 16th of September, 11am. 565 01:06:24,475 --> 01:06:28,141 'We're one mile outside base camp by the Kasai River basin. 566 01:06:28,142 --> 01:06:32,392 'This is triffid recording number 0050.' 567 01:06:34,683 --> 01:06:37,475 TRIFFID HISSES ON TAPE 568 01:07:05,267 --> 01:07:06,349 Agh! 569 01:07:06,350 --> 01:07:10,517 Agh... Argh! 570 01:07:26,600 --> 01:07:28,849 Bill! Bill! 571 01:07:28,850 --> 01:07:30,891 BILL! 572 01:07:30,892 --> 01:07:33,808 Bill! Bill! Bill! 573 01:07:36,100 --> 01:07:37,225 Bill! 574 01:07:44,517 --> 01:07:47,057 The tape! The tape! 575 01:07:47,058 --> 01:07:49,016 Turn off the tape! 576 01:07:49,017 --> 01:07:50,558 Dad?! 577 01:07:57,392 --> 01:07:58,974 Get the tape! 578 01:07:58,975 --> 01:08:04,016 Agh! No! No! Don't kill it! 579 01:08:04,017 --> 01:08:06,933 Don't...! 580 01:08:11,350 --> 01:08:15,099 Agh! Oh, no! 581 01:08:15,100 --> 01:08:16,349 Argh! 582 01:08:16,350 --> 01:08:22,432 I'm sorry, Bill. Oh, no...! Oh, sorry, Bill. No! No! 583 01:08:22,433 --> 01:08:25,807 Your mother was... your mother, she was right. 584 01:08:25,808 --> 01:08:29,017 No. I'm so sorry, Bill. Stay still. Don't talk. 585 01:09:30,433 --> 01:09:33,642 TRIFFID HISSES 586 01:09:38,392 --> 01:09:41,599 That recording's from a triffid in Africa. 587 01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:43,974 It wasn't genetically modified. 588 01:09:43,975 --> 01:09:48,932 So that could be the reason that the one your dad grew 589 01:09:48,933 --> 01:09:50,849 reacted to the sound. 590 01:09:50,850 --> 01:09:55,100 Perhaps it thought it was under attack. I don't know. 591 01:09:56,142 --> 01:09:57,474 Can you start again? 592 01:09:57,475 --> 01:09:59,225 No time. 593 01:10:00,808 --> 01:10:02,558 There's never enough time! 594 01:10:11,475 --> 01:10:14,891 We can stay here a little longer... 595 01:10:14,892 --> 01:10:18,767 if you want to. There's nothing here for us now. 596 01:10:21,100 --> 01:10:24,850 We'll leave for the Isle of Wight first thing in the morning. 597 01:12:26,100 --> 01:12:28,058 Hello? 598 01:12:34,725 --> 01:12:36,516 'Hello again. 599 01:12:36,517 --> 01:12:39,141 'Whoever you are, wherever you are, 600 01:12:39,142 --> 01:12:41,474 'I hope you can hear me. 601 01:12:41,475 --> 01:12:44,557 'I was thinking today about missed opportunities...' 602 01:12:44,558 --> 01:12:49,766 Bill. Hmm? What is that? What? 603 01:12:49,767 --> 01:12:51,807 Something's wrong. The radio's on. 604 01:12:51,808 --> 01:12:53,767 Come on. 605 01:12:55,142 --> 01:12:56,974 '..maybe out of fear. 606 01:12:56,975 --> 01:12:59,642 'Do you long for that chance again? 607 01:13:01,183 --> 01:13:03,391 'Except yearning won't make it ha...' 608 01:13:03,392 --> 01:13:04,892 Imogen, where's Susan? 609 01:13:07,058 --> 01:13:08,766 What's wrong? 610 01:13:08,767 --> 01:13:12,724 Nothing's wrong. Hello, Jo... If you hurt her...! No! 611 01:13:12,725 --> 01:13:15,017 Cute child. 612 01:13:17,267 --> 01:13:21,557 Get away from her. As you can see, I've come with friends. 613 01:13:21,558 --> 01:13:24,932 Where's Susan? Where is she? Susan? 614 01:13:24,933 --> 01:13:29,557 Um... All tied up. She wouldn't co-operate. 615 01:13:29,558 --> 01:13:33,600 I want you to take her, put her with the sister and watch her. 616 01:13:37,558 --> 01:13:39,682 Well, good to see you, too, Jo! 617 01:13:39,683 --> 01:13:43,142 Triffids too much for you, were they, Torrence? Huh? 618 01:13:45,725 --> 01:13:48,682 We had terrible trouble with the triffids. 619 01:13:48,683 --> 01:13:51,849 They started using the underground tunnels and sewers. 620 01:13:51,850 --> 01:13:56,557 Not very sporting. But now, now you're going to help us, Bill. 621 01:13:56,558 --> 01:13:58,932 Good job you didn't die, huh? 622 01:13:58,933 --> 01:14:03,517 So what do we do, eh? How do we stop the triffids? 623 01:14:05,308 --> 01:14:07,350 I don't know. 624 01:14:13,433 --> 01:14:16,267 Well, that is very disappointing! 625 01:14:17,975 --> 01:14:20,099 Cos I was relying on you. 626 01:14:20,100 --> 01:14:24,307 I said to Troy there, "Troy, you know who we need to help us with the triffids? 627 01:14:24,308 --> 01:14:27,350 "It's Dr Bill Masen." 628 01:14:30,475 --> 01:14:34,474 You'd better put your thinking cap on. It's too late. 629 01:14:34,475 --> 01:14:36,474 They've already spored. 630 01:14:36,475 --> 01:14:38,682 We either fight them or we give up. 631 01:14:38,683 --> 01:14:42,516 Or we could go to the Isle of Wight. 632 01:14:42,517 --> 01:14:45,807 I found a message from Major Coker. 633 01:14:45,808 --> 01:14:48,182 Why would you want to go to the Isle of Wight? 634 01:14:48,183 --> 01:14:51,474 You need the triffids. 635 01:14:51,475 --> 01:14:53,849 Oh, do I, Jo? 636 01:14:53,850 --> 01:14:56,557 Yes, you do, because they made you. 637 01:14:56,558 --> 01:14:58,891 I mean, without them, you're nothing. 638 01:14:58,892 --> 01:15:01,974 You're nothing but a jumped-up little...! You shut...! 639 01:15:01,975 --> 01:15:04,225 Don't touch her! Don't you touch her! 640 01:15:12,350 --> 01:15:15,267 OK, finger off the trigger. Stay of execution. 641 01:15:17,350 --> 01:15:22,516 You've got until tomorrow morning to come up with SOMETHING! 642 01:15:22,517 --> 01:15:26,641 Something to get us all safely out of here and down to the coast! 643 01:15:26,642 --> 01:15:29,474 You do that, that'll be great. 644 01:15:29,475 --> 01:15:34,391 If you fail, I take Jo, kill you, I give the girls to the triffids. 645 01:15:34,392 --> 01:15:36,100 Is it a plan? 646 01:15:39,558 --> 01:15:42,599 OK. OK. 647 01:15:42,600 --> 01:15:45,349 Yeah. Excellent. OK. 648 01:15:45,350 --> 01:15:47,100 Lock them up. 649 01:15:49,725 --> 01:15:55,308 CCTV and controls for the electric gates if the triffids attack. 650 01:16:03,642 --> 01:16:09,266 The old man really had this place triffid-proof, huh? 651 01:16:09,267 --> 01:16:11,183 Bring Masen to me. 652 01:16:17,350 --> 01:16:22,892 The solution to the triffids is in my mother's recordings. It has to be. 653 01:16:26,100 --> 01:16:28,349 If we can... 654 01:16:28,350 --> 01:16:32,141 use the sounds to communicate with them... 655 01:16:32,142 --> 01:16:35,349 somehow, then maybe we can control them. 656 01:16:35,350 --> 01:16:37,182 We've only got until tomorrow morning. 657 01:16:37,183 --> 01:16:39,599 And the noise of those men will bring the triffids. 658 01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:41,307 Well, we have to escape. 659 01:16:41,308 --> 01:16:43,516 We've done it before and we will do it again. 660 01:16:43,517 --> 01:16:46,182 Torrence is not going to make the same mistake twice. 661 01:16:46,183 --> 01:16:50,308 We have a much better chance against the triffids than against Torrence. 662 01:16:55,933 --> 01:16:58,099 Triffids. 663 01:16:58,100 --> 01:16:59,683 What, Bill? 664 01:17:01,392 --> 01:17:06,391 The triffids could be the answer. 665 01:17:06,392 --> 01:17:08,807 How? We use my triffids recordings. 666 01:17:08,808 --> 01:17:13,682 We draw them in en masse as a distraction so we can get out. 667 01:17:13,683 --> 01:17:16,641 Bill, it's a brilliant idea, 668 01:17:16,642 --> 01:17:20,182 but how are we going to get out surrounded by hundreds of triffids? 669 01:17:20,183 --> 01:17:21,891 They'll kill us all! 670 01:17:21,892 --> 01:17:24,599 It'll be all right. It'll cause confusion, 671 01:17:24,600 --> 01:17:28,017 then maybe, maybe it'll give us a chance to escape. 672 01:17:32,017 --> 01:17:33,892 Mr Torrence wants to see you. 673 01:17:35,267 --> 01:17:36,517 OK. 674 01:17:43,350 --> 01:17:45,517 It's all right. 675 01:18:02,350 --> 01:18:04,932 I was upstairs in the laboratory. 676 01:18:04,933 --> 01:18:07,725 Looks like you had a bit of a problem. 677 01:18:09,933 --> 01:18:12,558 Dad not make it? 678 01:18:16,475 --> 01:18:18,682 Is this your mum? 679 01:18:18,683 --> 01:18:20,600 She's foxy. 680 01:18:22,600 --> 01:18:24,349 How's your plan getting on? 681 01:18:24,350 --> 01:18:26,975 You'll let me know when you come up with a solution? 682 01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:32,141 You've got till dawn. 683 01:18:32,142 --> 01:18:35,267 Otherwise I reunite you with Mummy and Daddy. 684 01:18:46,142 --> 01:18:48,767 It's OK. 685 01:18:51,225 --> 01:18:52,558 Where's the device? 686 01:18:54,767 --> 01:18:57,642 I did it. I put it outside. 687 01:19:07,933 --> 01:19:10,100 TRIFFID RECORDING PLAYS 688 01:19:33,475 --> 01:19:36,642 TRIFFIDS CLICK 689 01:19:43,100 --> 01:19:44,891 Triffids. 690 01:19:44,892 --> 01:19:46,683 Triffids! 691 01:19:47,642 --> 01:19:49,308 TRIFFIDS! 692 01:19:51,350 --> 01:19:53,600 They're everywhere! Found this. 693 01:20:01,683 --> 01:20:03,308 Hold that. 694 01:20:05,183 --> 01:20:08,517 Bill, what have you gone and done? 695 01:20:17,267 --> 01:20:19,557 Troy, shoot Masen. 696 01:20:19,558 --> 01:20:23,600 No! Damn. Shoot the girls. Go now. 697 01:20:26,058 --> 01:20:29,933 And be ready to put the electric fence on full power. My command. 698 01:20:54,392 --> 01:20:55,975 They're everywhere. 699 01:21:10,558 --> 01:21:13,474 I've got orders to shoot the girls. 700 01:21:13,475 --> 01:21:15,141 Troy, this isn't you. 701 01:21:15,142 --> 01:21:16,683 Stop it. 702 01:21:18,267 --> 01:21:20,849 There's no way Torrence can get past the triffids. 703 01:21:20,850 --> 01:21:24,100 We're leaving. Come with us. 704 01:21:31,475 --> 01:21:33,433 BURST OF GUNFIRE 705 01:21:35,725 --> 01:21:37,100 Fire now! 706 01:21:49,517 --> 01:21:51,892 Are you done? Yeah, I'm done. 707 01:21:57,642 --> 01:21:58,767 (OK.) 708 01:22:03,017 --> 01:22:04,349 Troy? 709 01:22:04,350 --> 01:22:07,475 'Is everything OK?' Sir. 710 01:22:09,058 --> 01:22:10,932 OK. Just wait here. 711 01:22:10,933 --> 01:22:12,724 I've got to get something. 712 01:22:12,725 --> 01:22:15,517 Stand by on the electric fence. 713 01:22:20,308 --> 01:22:22,058 On my mark. Three... 714 01:22:27,933 --> 01:22:29,058 Two... 715 01:22:32,433 --> 01:22:33,850 One... 716 01:22:35,850 --> 01:22:37,392 Now. 717 01:22:40,267 --> 01:22:41,642 Switching on now, sir. 718 01:22:44,183 --> 01:22:45,392 Switch it on now! 719 01:22:50,225 --> 01:22:52,433 No! No! Aaaargh! 720 01:22:53,850 --> 01:22:56,682 Switch on the electric fence NOW! 721 01:22:56,683 --> 01:22:58,392 It's not working. 722 01:23:01,183 --> 01:23:02,516 Troy...! 723 01:23:02,517 --> 01:23:04,225 Hold the line! 724 01:23:17,600 --> 01:23:20,433 Troy, you get on this radio and... 725 01:23:22,767 --> 01:23:26,267 Ashdown, Ashdown, pull back to the house. 726 01:23:36,808 --> 01:23:38,891 Look after this for me, will you? 727 01:23:38,892 --> 01:23:40,599 OK. 728 01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:42,183 Come on. 729 01:23:47,225 --> 01:23:49,350 Come on, quick. 730 01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:04,432 There he is, the traitor. 731 01:24:04,433 --> 01:24:07,182 Anyone remember this? 732 01:24:07,183 --> 01:24:08,683 Look... 733 01:24:11,058 --> 01:24:13,183 Young love. Very sweet. 734 01:24:16,183 --> 01:24:19,641 You're leaving without me. That's not very nice. 735 01:24:19,642 --> 01:24:22,016 We're making a run for it, Torrence. 736 01:24:22,017 --> 01:24:25,766 I mean, look, they're everywhere. I know. They'll kill us all. 737 01:24:25,767 --> 01:24:27,599 Except you. I'm going to kill you. 738 01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:30,057 Why don't you come with us? Huh? 739 01:24:30,058 --> 01:24:34,058 What, me? But I'm just a "jumped-up nobody". 740 01:24:37,392 --> 01:24:38,641 Torrence, come on. 741 01:24:38,642 --> 01:24:44,725 If anyone can get us through an army of triffids, Torrence, it's you. Nice try, Jo. 742 01:24:48,433 --> 01:24:50,558 Come on! Come on! 743 01:25:05,475 --> 01:25:08,683 Get the door! Get the door! 744 01:25:12,892 --> 01:25:14,642 Go! Go! Go! Go! 745 01:25:20,267 --> 01:25:22,766 We'll never make it! There are too many of them! 746 01:25:22,767 --> 01:25:24,724 We have to try! No, Bill! 747 01:25:24,725 --> 01:25:26,724 They're already in the courtyard! 748 01:25:26,725 --> 01:25:28,099 Aaaargh! 749 01:25:28,100 --> 01:25:31,475 OK, does everyone have goggles? Does everyone have goggles? Yeah. 750 01:25:32,725 --> 01:25:33,807 Argh! 751 01:25:33,808 --> 01:25:35,516 Everyone? Jo, take these. 752 01:25:35,517 --> 01:25:37,349 No, you take them. Take them, Jo! 753 01:25:37,350 --> 01:25:39,974 What about you, Bill? 754 01:25:39,975 --> 01:25:42,099 Wear this. 755 01:25:42,100 --> 01:25:43,183 Wear this... 756 01:25:49,767 --> 01:25:52,224 The mask... Bill! Wait, wait, wait, wait! 757 01:25:52,225 --> 01:25:54,016 They'll kill us! Let me think! 758 01:25:54,017 --> 01:25:56,308 It's the mask. The mask. The mask. 759 01:25:58,058 --> 01:25:59,724 Wear this... 760 01:25:59,725 --> 01:26:00,807 and see! 761 01:26:00,808 --> 01:26:03,432 And see. And see! 762 01:26:03,433 --> 01:26:06,017 What's going on? 763 01:26:11,267 --> 01:26:12,808 You must wear this... 764 01:26:16,433 --> 01:26:18,766 OK. It was Imogen. She helped me to remember. 765 01:26:18,767 --> 01:26:22,933 It was the night my mother died. I remember. I know how to get through this. 766 01:26:24,892 --> 01:26:26,141 Sit there. 767 01:26:26,142 --> 01:26:27,557 Trust me! 768 01:26:27,558 --> 01:26:29,891 Do you trust me? You have to trust me. 769 01:26:29,892 --> 01:26:32,891 Bill, what are you talking about?! 770 01:26:32,892 --> 01:26:35,516 You must wear this. 771 01:26:35,517 --> 01:26:37,516 This is triffid poison. No! No! 772 01:26:37,517 --> 01:26:40,141 It will save her! You can't! You'll kill her! 773 01:26:40,142 --> 01:26:42,974 It will save her. It will save us all. Please, trust me. 774 01:26:42,975 --> 01:26:47,267 You have to trust me. Please. 775 01:26:51,933 --> 01:26:54,475 Please. OK. OK. 776 01:26:56,142 --> 01:26:57,599 It's all right, sweetheart. 777 01:26:57,600 --> 01:27:01,099 They are coming, the triffids. 778 01:27:01,100 --> 01:27:03,641 It's all right, darling. 779 01:27:03,642 --> 01:27:05,642 Stay still. Stay still. Stay still. Ow! 780 01:27:08,975 --> 01:27:12,474 It's OK. It's OK, Imogen. Imogen, it's OK. Ow! 781 01:27:12,475 --> 01:27:13,849 Trust me. 782 01:27:13,850 --> 01:27:14,974 Stay still. 783 01:27:14,975 --> 01:27:16,225 Trust me! 784 01:27:19,183 --> 01:27:20,932 We must all do this. 785 01:27:20,933 --> 01:27:22,142 The pain will pass. 786 01:27:25,142 --> 01:27:26,225 Good girl. 787 01:27:43,017 --> 01:27:46,017 'The triffids, they are coming. 788 01:27:53,642 --> 01:27:55,975 VOICE ECHOES: 'Trust me.' 789 01:28:01,767 --> 01:28:04,474 Everybody walk slow and steady. 790 01:28:04,475 --> 01:28:07,808 Don't be frightened. OK? 791 01:28:25,100 --> 01:28:26,267 Susan. 792 01:28:28,308 --> 01:28:29,725 Susan, come on. 793 01:29:26,517 --> 01:29:28,433 Masen! 794 01:29:31,183 --> 01:29:32,350 Go! Run! 795 01:29:38,392 --> 01:29:40,641 Come on! Run! Go! Go! 796 01:29:40,642 --> 01:29:41,724 Bill! 797 01:29:41,725 --> 01:29:44,057 Masen! 798 01:29:44,058 --> 01:29:46,266 Come on! 799 01:29:46,267 --> 01:29:49,017 Masen... 800 01:29:54,767 --> 01:29:56,557 Here we go. 801 01:29:56,558 --> 01:29:57,641 Urgh! 802 01:29:57,642 --> 01:29:58,767 No! 803 01:30:05,017 --> 01:30:06,142 Masen! 804 01:30:09,017 --> 01:30:10,933 Get off! 805 01:30:15,100 --> 01:30:17,225 Don't you dare! 806 01:30:21,100 --> 01:30:23,100 Urgh...argh. 807 01:31:20,683 --> 01:31:22,432 'So we left for our new home, 808 01:31:22,433 --> 01:31:26,850 'where we found other families, other friends. 809 01:31:30,350 --> 01:31:32,849 'The sea was our wall against the triffids. 810 01:31:32,850 --> 01:31:37,142 'We cleaned the isle of them and our community started to grow again. 811 01:31:39,433 --> 01:31:42,849 'Future generations will ask how it happened. 812 01:31:42,850 --> 01:31:46,683 'How did the world get swallowed up so quickly? 813 01:31:50,683 --> 01:31:53,849 'It was because we had our eyes closed. 814 01:31:53,850 --> 01:31:56,642 'Even when we could see.'