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A starry cast including Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Jason Priestley and Vanessa Redgrave have been lined up for U.K. shingle Power�s latest miniseries, a modern take on British sci-fi classic �The Day of the Triffids� co-produced with Canada�s Prodigy Pictures.

�ER� and �Law and Order� scribe Patrick Harbinson penned the script based on John Wyndham�s bestselling 1951 novel.

Two-parter will air on the BBC in Blighty this year.

�The Day of the Triffids� is set in the not-too-distant future, when scientists create and cultivate a plant called the triffid that provides an alternative fuel supply -- with devastating results.

The book was adapted by BBC Radio in 1953, 1957 and 1968. A BBC TV production followed in 1981.

In 2001 writer Lance Dann adapted the story into two hourlong episodes for the BBC World Service.