Review Blake's 7 (1978)

johnnybear

johnnybear

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The original series of B7 was the best! Afterwards Jenna looked so bored, Travis was no longer the sadistic killer he had been with Steven Grief and he had become a funny guy with Brian Croucher in the role! Blake's hair kept getting shorter and the stories less exciting! Gan left, which was sad and Paul Darrow quickly became the star of the show with the third series which picked up a bit action and story wise! The last series had our heroes without The Liberator and Cally had died off screen while we got Soolin in her place and Servalan was no longer the wicked, evil queen of the galaxy but more so a character obsessed in hiding from her former associates with a huge wardrobe of futuristic dresses and boa's! It was still unmissable in the day and recently I rewatched the first series and loved it and the final episode itself was marvellous back in the cold days of 1981!
JB
 
Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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It seems that HORIZON, the B7 Appreciation Society once ran their own comic strip follow up to the final episode of the show.....

It looks.... interesting..... :emoji_head_bandage:


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johnnybear

johnnybear

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Thanks, Doc!!! I wish network would release Tropic, a show Bobbie did back in 1979 and very much the sexy housewife and naughty husbands epic!
JB
 
Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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Influenced in part by Potter's watching and liking of BLAKE'S 7....


Cold Lazarus

Cold Lazarus
Created by Dennis Potter
Starring Albert Finney
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 4
Production
Producer(s) Kenith Trodd
Editor(s) Clare Douglas
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original network Channel 4
BBC One
Original release 1996
Cold Lazarus is a four-part British television drama written by Dennis Potter with the knowledge that he was dying of cancer of the pancreas.

It forms the second half of a pair with the television serial Karaoke. The two serials were filmed as a single production by the same team; both were directed by Renny Rye and feature Albert Finney as the writer Daniel Feeld. The plays were unique in being co-productions between the BBC and Channel 4, something Potter had expressly requested before his death. The show was first aired on Channel 4 in 1996 on Sunday evenings, with a repeat on BBC1 the following day.

Parts of Karaoke and Cold Lazarus were filmed in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, which is where Dennis Potter was born and raised, and children from local schools including St. Briavels Parochial Primary School appeared in the film as extras in flashbacks.

As a result of the BBC and Channel 4 collaboration on these works, the copyright and further usage rights have remained unclear.[citation needed] However, both are available to watch online via the Channel 4 website, and Virgin Media's on demand service. Both Karaoke and Cold Lazarus were released on DVD from Acorn Media in September 2010.




 
johnnybear

johnnybear

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Do you know I've never seen the final part of Cold Lazarus! My girlfriend of the time insisted on recording both series for me to watch at her place every weekend! But we split up rather badly at the time of the last show and I was without an ending! :( Good job we split though as now she looks seventy and drives one of those motorised dustbins! We're on better terms now but we didn't see each other for some twenty odd years until about two years back!
JB
 
Doctor Omega

Doctor Omega

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Blake's 7 - the adverts

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Blake's 7's first transmission on BBC1, here's a fun compilation of ads featuring (some more prominently than others) Paul Darrow (x2), Jan Chappell, Glynis Barber, David Jackson & Brian Croucher.
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