THIS WEEK: 18th - 24th October September 2021

LATEST RELEASES FROM BIG FINISH
Blake’s 7: The Clone Masters, the new full-cast audio series from The Worlds of Blake’s 7.
Available now as a collectors CD box set and digital download from Big Finish.
Read our spoiler-free review HERE.

Accompanying this release is the tie-in audio novel Blake’s 7: The Rule of Death, written by Trevor Baxendale and read by Glynis Barber.
Available now on digital download from Big Finish.
Read our spoiler-free review HERE.
Grateful thanks to Horizon member M1795537 OC Virn for the reviews!


BIG FINISH – THE WORLDS OF BLAKE’S 7
The next full cast audio drama and tie-in audio novel will be Bayban the Butcher, due for release in December 2021.
This will be followed in early 2022 by The Terra Nostra. Original cast members returning to their roles include Michael Keating, Sally Knyvette, Jan Chappell, Stephen Greif, Brian Croucher and… Colin Baker!
Details here: Worlds of Blake’s 7.







Available now:
The fantastic Blake’s 7 1982 Annual.
Details here: 1982 Annual.








BLAKE'S 7 ON FORCES TV
Forces TV is screening Blake’s 7. For for the first time since the 1980s, UK viewers are able to to watch B7 as a free-to-air series. Catch it on Sky 181, Freeview 96, Freesat 165, and Virgin 274. Further information here: Forces TV.
If you’re watching Blake’s 7 for the first time, and would like to discuss the episodes while avoiding spoilers, we have a dedicated forum area for newbies HERE.




BLAKE'S 7 ON BRITBOX
BritBox, the streaming service for British TV programmes old and new, will be streaming Blake’s 7 in Australia from 28th September. Details here: B7 on BritBox AU
BritBox is currently showing B7 in the USA and Canada. Details here: B7 on BritBox US
All four seasons are currently available to UK subscribers here: BritBox UK.





CAST & CREW NEWS
News of the Blake’s 7 cast and crew can be found Here.







Forever Avon update: This anthology of fan fiction and artwork featuring Avon, and dedicated to the memory of Paul Darrow, has now raised over £760 for the World Wildlife Fund!
Further details here: Forever Avon – News.














FICLET CHALLENGES – OCTOBER 2021
Try our new ficlet challenges for October!
1. Phrase Prompt: A Day Late and a Dollar Short.
2. It’s Spooky Season - what mysterious things are happening to our favourite characters? .
Post your stories on the thread HERE.
Huge thanks again to Horizon member Purplecleric for organising and inspiring the ficlet challenges, and to our members for their great stories and artwork.

Reminders:
Overlong ficlets may not fit in the monthly collections, so please try to limit your contributions to 500 words. This is a family-friendly website so stories should be rated no higher than PG-13. Previous Ficlet Collections can be read in our Ficlet Challenge Archives.



HORIZON REWATCHES, RE-LISTENS AND RE-READS
Grateful thanks again to Horizon member Trevor Travis for organising the weekly Tuesday evening B7 rewatches, the Monday evening Big Finish Liberator Chronicles relistens, and the Sapphire & Steel rewatches on Wednesdays. Thanks also to Horizon Members Tyce and M1795537 OC Virn for figuring out the timings of the Saturday morning Downunder rewatches when our respective clocks go backforwards.

MONDAY 18th October, 8.00pm BST
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
Restoration Pt2: 2.1 The New Age by Mark Wright.
Released in November 2019, this release is still available for £34.99 on CD or £29.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.

TUESDAY 19th October 8.00pm BST
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Northern Hemisphere
We continue our 40th Anniversary Rewatch of Series 4 with Stardrive - exactly 40 years since its original transmission.

WEDNESDAY NON-B7 REWATCHES
Coming Soon: Star Cops
We’re pausing for a few weeks, and will begin rewatching Star Cops at 7.45pm on 3rd November 2021.
Please note that by then our clocks will have gone backwards / forwards, and chronometers should be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY 23rd October 10.00am BST / 8.00pm Australia
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Southern Hemisphere
We continue our Series 3 downunder rewatch with D1: Rescur.

SUNDAY 24th October 9.00pm BST
Secret Army
Our rewatch of this classic series continues this evening on Talking Pictures TV.

MONDAY 25th October, 8.00pm BST
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
Restoration Pt2: 2.2 Happy Ever After by Steve Lyons.
Released in November 2019, this release is still available for £34.99 on CD or £29.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.



B7 GAMES and PUZZLES
The Preacher711's B7 Video Games are available to download for Android devices. Games are based on B7 episodes, with playable character sprites.

Try Nicholas Pegg’s Blake’s 7 Episodes Emoji Quiz. Some clues are straightforward, some are dreadful puns, some totally cryptic. Can you figure them out?

Try Lurena's B7 Sliding Puzzle, Jigsaw Puzzles (with grateful thanks to Mrs Underhill for the latest additions), Match the Pairs and Maths and Logic Puzzles. You can find more on the forum thread HERE

Try StormyPetrel’s game: Potential Planetary Surfaces. Find somewhere (indoors or outside) that you think resembles a potential planetary surface, take a photo and caption it. Imagination is your only limit!

Join the free-for-all on the forum activities thread for a selection of Phobon Plague Pastimes! Play 'Blakety Blank', or share your own games and ideas.


B7 BLOGS, ARTICLES AND PODCASTS
For our list of recommended blogs and podcasts, click Here








DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

SUNDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2021
Stephen Greif and Sian Phillips share the stage for an afternoon of Lovers, Traitors and Bloody Greeks at Brasserie Zedel. Details HERE

Forever Avon Convention has been rescheduled to take place on 10th July 2022. Huge thanks to Team Blake for making arrangements to ensure a smooth transition of the event from last year. Further details on the forum Here.

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