They're dropping like flies . . . cricky, I didn't know any of them died until a year ago - I was still waiting for Paul Darrow to produce a B7 Movie !
When I first found this gem of a show back in 1989 , Blake was my favorite...But after watching the entire series , I would have to say Avon is my anti hero.. The best.😁
I'm n my mid 50's and somehow this show evaded my radar until recently. I'm absolutely in love with it! I got a '77 Corgi Liberator recently for my collection too. I will be stealing a lot of Avon's lines.
I remember watching this when it was shown in '91. Very exciting time - the series coming out on VHS for the first time, unedited, all of it. It was like a dream.
Sadly now Paul Darrow as of last month (June 2019). Hardly a mention of his passing on radio or television, no idea it had even happened. First I knew of Mr Darrow being dead was from looking at a B7 episode. Damn shame nearly all the main characters actors are all gone, with only Michael, Sally and Jan left, plus both actors that played Travis
@@andrewphippsphillips1455 ...and the later series' crew...would have been great to have seen the reboot that Paul Darrow and friends were planning, then it fell apart....well maybe the Big Finish eps are fine, as the original characters and actors participated...
I got into Blake’s 7 when it was in reruns shortly after the cancellation of the classic Doctor Who. It was fun SF and the way it ended remains timeless. I’m glad that Big Finish has picked it up. Thank you, Terry, and for the Daleks and Davros too. 🌌
That was great. I wish a film would have been spun from the series. I am younger, but i have watched it many times and i am a fan. Thanks for uploading.
That was Peter Tuddenham sat next to the lady in the audience if I’m not mistaken. The voice of Zen and Orac. Shame they didn’t speak to him during that interview!
Series 4 sometimes got tiresome in terms of Avon calling Vila stupid and the babes calling him a coward...just tired script writing and questionable...
Thats bbc for you ,,,why give fans what they want (with their own money. i might add)...when you can stick the money in your bac-pocket and turn the bbc into a Propaganda station for Eton Public schoolboys !!!!!
I like what Jacqueline Pearce does with her hands from 11:05-11:15...it's one of those subtle attention-getting gestures that Steve McQueen used in Magnificent 7 to steal scenes from Yul Brynner...anyway she looks ravishing here
In Blakes Seven by having a female arch-enemy and female regular arch-villain Servalan was so new at the time and I wish B7 had run longer than it did and IMO B7 should not have been ended in 1981 one horrible year for me been aged 12 and stuck in dreaded school and not able to leave dreaded school until 4 years later
@@patrickmccarthy5462 I didn't say there was, I was just asking if Peter Tuddenham did the voice for the Scorpio's main computer like he did many voices for Dr Who including K9.
I would have bought the clone cop-out, after all the real Blake would not have approached a razzled Avon, and we had Gareth Thomas for 25 years after this and Jacqueline for 27 years...they deserved a big-budget effort...
@@josephfilm73 fitting in the spirit of the show... would have liked to have seen more refs/applications to his safe-cracking ability in the later series...
@@dianegies1845 It is comforting to see people not letting B7 with its great characterizations fade from memory. The current SciFi on BBC1 has great SFX but writing which is not doing its 2005 reboot any favors. Great writing + great acting + great directing led to some memorable B7 moments....
Jonathan Ross *had* intended to speak to Peter Tuddenham if/when he came down into the audience if there was time, but in the end he decided to continue asking about the fan club and fans/conventions after the first (pre-arranged) question. It was a live show so he had to decide on the spot where to go with his questions in the time allotted to the Blake's 7 segment. If it had been pre-recorded he would also have then spoken to Peter and then would have decided later which bits to edit out.
Saw the original transmissions and also have the first release dvd box sets. BBC dvd messed up the season 1 release. Didn't work on all players but was eventually sorted out. Blakes 7 was a brilliant series in spite of very low budgets. RIP to the departed cast members
bRITISH VIEWERS MONEY PAID FOR bLAKES 7 TO BE MADE (THRU ) lICENSE FEE . . . .THE SCUM HAVE GOT SOME CHEEK TO ASK FANS TO PAY ONCE AGAIN TO WATCH THIS SHOW ...- WHERE DOES MONEY GO ??? ..- DIRECTLY TO FUND ETON PUBLIC SCHOOLL ???????
Paul died a month ago. I have no idea why he didn't go but perhaps he was working? I love at conventions how Gareth and Paul would joking through verbal quips at each over.
@@benjaminsidneykidd-bentley3966 Yes I know about his sad passing in June. You are probably right he must have been working, he was the biggest star of B7 that's why I wondered.
B7 having a female arch-enemy in the form of Servalan was awesome in billions of ways and it has never been done again in science fiction a female arch-enemy.
Jacqueline and Michael didst get a lot of talk time , wasted time talking with a bunch of nerds (not a problem) but an 11 minute slot, we want to here the cast
The cast looked more than young enough for another series and of course by 1991 special effects would have been far better. So sad it was never remade but I'm not sure we have the calibre of character actors around at the moment.
..They hastily got rid of the show on bbc orders ...i bet the cast and crew bitterly regretted that for a few years after . . . . .They could have been 'quids-in' ....the passage of Time has revealed this show to be one of the best of all Time ....- and will Never be bettered !! . . .
@@krishnan-resurrection714 The actors were perfectly cast and I think the film Aliens made in 1985 - 86 owes a debt to some of the characters. The tough cookie of a lady - the coward who comes good - the technical expert - the slimy devil ( Servalan - Burke ) and the action man
@@ewaf88 Lets not forget that 'science fiction' as a genre itself is a product of British culture ...inspired by victorian literature such as HG wells and Robert louis stevenson ...ive seen some of the half-hearted USA shows from fairly recently ...and it has to be said at this point ...Blakes 7 will NEVER be bettered as a show . . . . .NEVER . . . . . ..
@@ewaf88 id have to disagree ...it would be like sacrilege ....the Talent just doesnt exist in the same manner that could do justice to the original ..Let sleeping dogs lie ..just enjoy the memory of the original
