Big Finish have announced that this September the company will release a full-cast audio version of author Simon Clark’s follow-up to John Wyndham classic post-apocalyptic tale of ‘killer plants gone wild in a world gone blind’ The Day of the Triffids.
While The Day of the Triffids has been adapted for radio several times since the novel was first published in 1951, this will be the first time that The Night of the Triffids has secured the audio treatment. Big Finish stress that this new audio version is “fully approved by the John Wyndham estate”.
Clark’s official sequel The Night of the Triffids, first published in 2001, has been adapted for audio by the author. An interview with writer/scriptwriter Simon Clark will be published on this site shortly.
Directed by John Ainsworth, the cast of The Night of the Triffids includes Sam Troughton (David Masen), Nicola Bryant (Kerris/Marni/Rowena), Paul Clayton (Bill Masen / General Fielding), Geff Francis (Gabriel), John Schwab (Sam Dynes), Becky Wright (Kristina), Toby Longworth (Captain Sharpstone), Nigel Carrington (Seymour), Helen Goldwyn (Jazmay).
On the Isle of Wight, a colony of survivors wakes to a world plunged into darkness. Before long, the triffids, thought safely out of the way on the mainland, attack… In John Wyndham’s classic bestseller The Day of the Triffids the world has been overwhelmed by killer plants. As the novel ends, Wyndham’s narrator scientist Bill Masen is escaping, with his wife and four-year-old son, to the Isle of Wight where a small colony of survivors is holding out. Simon Clark’s sequel picks up the story twenty-five years on.
The survivors are safe, for the time being at least, on their island, where they have continued efforts to combat the triffids, while also striving in various ways to build a new civilization. Elsewhere in the world, similar colonies cling to survival, while the triffids persist in their attempts to destroy humanity.
One morning Bill Masen’s son, David, now grown up, wakes to a world plunged into darkness. Now, the triffids have an advantage over humanity
Delighted by the reception of their first series of Survivors audio adventures, Big Finish confirmed today that a third series of Survivors dramas has been commissioned for release in 2015.
Survivors: series two and three for 2015
Survivors, our full cast audio series based on the 1970s TV classic by Terry Nation, has been released to much acclaim and top marks reviews…
‘Compelling, arresting, devastating, invigorating, heartening and more than a little frightening, Survivors: Series One is probably about as good as the audio medium gets. More than recommended; required listening.’ 10/10 – JR Southall, Starburst
‘There’s been a lot of talk about this being the best thing that Big Finish has ever done, and I would agree… A triumph across the board.’ 10/10 – Paul Simpson, Sci-Fi Bulletin
We are delighted to reveal that, thanks to the success of the Series 1, production will be stepped up with two box sets planned for next year. Series 2 will be released in June 2015, while series 3 will be release in November 2015.
“We couldn’t have asked for a better reception for Survivors,” says producer David Richardson. “The series has been a labour of love for us, so it’s just wonderful that it is loved so much by our listeners too. We’re already at work on Series 2 and 3, and promise that it will remain just as intense, dramatic and compelling as Series 1.”
WE ARE IMMENSELY proud to announce the release of Terry Nation’s Survivors – Series 1.
The original TV series ran from 1975 to 1977, and portrayed the outbreak of a plague that wipes out most of the world’s population, and told the story of the few people who survived…
Our original audio series begins again with the plague outbreak, introducing new characters before running parallel with that TV show, as Lucy Fleming (Jenny) and Ian McCulloch (Greg) reprise their roles. Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant) also has a cameo role, and will appear in a larger capacity in Series 2.
It begins with just a few people falling ill. Another flu virus that spreads around the globe. And then the reports begin that people are dying…
When most of the world’s population is wiped out, a handful of survivors are left to pick up the pieces.
Cities become graveyards. Technology becomes largely obsolete. Mankind must start again…
Series one of the new Survivors audio adventures is available to buy (in CD format or by digital download) from the Big Finish web site. Series two will be released in June 2015.
Big Finish have released a new podcast focusing on the company’s new Survivors audio adventures, which will be released (on CD and via digital download) in the next few days. The podcast includes audio extracts and interviews with David Richardson (producer), John Banks (Daniel Connor) and John Dorney (writer) and contributions from host Nicholas Briggs (executive producer / music).
Tony Jones of Starburst has today (1 June 2014) published a new article on the ever-more-imminent release of the first series of new Survivors audio dramas by Big Finish.
The latest Starburst Blue Box podcast (Episode 107) has as its theme Talking About Survivors. Host J R Southall catches up with three of the four scriptwriters on series one of Big Finish’s new Survivors audio dramas Matt Fitton, Andrew Smith and John Dorney.
Big Finish have released three trailers from ‘Revelation’ – the first episode from series one of the new Survivors audio adventures to be released in early June.
