UPDATE: These are Region 2 discs and UK release dates.

One of the highlights of the BBC’s 2009 Christmas TV schedule, John Wyndham’s classic 1951 post-apocalyptic bestseller The Day Of The Triffids, comes to the screen as an epic, brand new, contemporary adaptation!

Released as a two disc Ultimate Edition DVD on 1st February and single disc Blu-ray on 22nd February 2010, The Day Of The Triffids – an effects-laden CGI extravaganza about a world threatened by carnivorous, man-eating plants – boasts a star-studded cast that includes Dougray Scott (Desperate Housewives), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), Eddie Izzard (Valkyrie; Ocean’s Thirteen), Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement; Evening), Jason Priestley (My Name Is Earl; Medium), Shane Taylor and Ewen Bremner.

The Day Of The Triffids is an action-packed, fast-paced suspense drama that vividly brings to life Wyndham’s chilling sci-fi thriller…

Fans of post-apocalyptic/end of the world stories like I Am Legend, The Road, Battlestar Galactica and A Boy and His Dog will want to check this out.