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When a comet blinds nearly everyone in the world, a genetically-engineered species of plant takes over.

In Victorian England, Laura and her half-sister Marian are entwined in a terrifying web of deceit. Laura's doppelganger, a mysterious woman dressed all in white, may hold the key to unlock the mystery.

A Victorian aristocrat keeps an evil lord away from an M.P.`s illegitimate daughter.

This Arts & Entertainment Network anthology series, hosted by actor John Cullum, presented recent BBC dramas (all set in the Victorian Era) in one hour segments. Titles included: "Beau Geste," "Great Expectations," "Fame is the Spur," "Fanny by Gaslight," "Jane Eyre" (with Timothy Dalton), and "Stalky & Co."

Bill, who works at a farm for deadly plants called triffids, was temporarily blinded by one of them and is now in hospital. The hour approaches for the bandages over his eyes to come off, but a strange silence pervades the room.

Bill leaves the hospital to learn that everyone in the area - perhaps everyone in the world - has gone blind. He, and anyone else who didn't see the comet the previous night, are the exceptions. Meanwhile, the triffids are attacking.

Bill and his new friend Jo find a group of other sighted people, some of whom plan to form a new community in the country, but no one takes seriously Bill's warning that the triffids are a serious threat.

Bill is kidnapped and forced to be the eyes for a group of blind people.

Bill's quest to find Jo leads him into the country, where he finds that disease and the triffids are wiping out humanity.

Six years later, Bill and Jo consider the future of their farm as the triffids grow in numbers and a paramilitary group arrives with unpleasant orders.

On Hampstead Heath, artist Walter Hartright meets a strange woman clad in white - and later becomes convinced that she has a connection with two sisters whom he is hired to teach.

Encounters with the terrified Anne Catherick add to the general unease.