THIS WEEK: 18th - 25th November 2018



CAST & CREW NEWS
For the latest news of the Blakes 7 cast and crew, click Here








HORIZON ADVENT CALENDAR 2018
It's time to sign up for our 2018 Advent Calendar! Choose a date in December to post your B7-related gift to fellow fans - a joke, a photo, a video, a story, poem, song, quiz, artwork... everyone's welcome to join in!
Huge thanks again to Horizon Moderator Joe Dredd for organising the calendar.







GOING OUT?
Steven Pacey plays choirmaster Steven in the new comedy The Nightingales, starring Ruth Jones and directed by Christopher Luscombe, at the New Theatre Cardiff from 19th - 24th November. The play then tours Chichester and Malvern before transferring to London’s West End.
For further details and tour dates, click here: The Nightingales
For information about group outings to see the play, see the forum thread here: Steven Pacey - The Nightingales

Jan Chappell is the narrator in Vision: The Imagined Testimony of Hildegard of Bingen by The Telling at The Lovekyn Chapel, Kingston Grammar School, 70 London Road, Kingston upon Thames KT2 6PY on Thursday 22nd November 2018.

Julian Glover is among the guests at The London Film Fair at The Royal National Hotel, 38-51 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0DG on Sunday 18th November.
He is also among the guests at MCM Comic Con Birmingham at the NEC, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT on 24th-25th November 2018



STAYING IN?

HORIZON REWATCHES
The Northern Hemisphere continues its Series 4 rewatch with D9: Sand . Join us on Virn for this episode written by the wonderful Tanith Lee.
7.45pm on Tuesday 20th November.

The Southern Hemisphere continues its Series 2 rewatch with B5: Pressure Point . Blake returns to Earth to destroy Central Control. What could possibly go wrong? Join us in Abingdon at 8.30pm Australian time (AEST), 09.30am UK time (GMT) on Saturday 24th November

Paul Darrow and Michael Keating were finalists in a sci fi edition of the popular BBC1 quiz show Pointless Celebrities, seeing off their competitors Hattie Hayridge & Jessie Cave, Peter Davison & Katy Manning, Kiran Shah & Jimmy Vee. First broadcast on Saturday 27th October 2018, and now available on BBC iPlayer.

Jan Chappell was interviewed at MCM Comic Con in Birmingham. You can watch her interview on YouTube HERE

From the Archives: Vere Lorrimer interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Feedback on the ending of Series 4. You can listen on YouTube HERE




FAN FICTION CHALLENGES – NOVEMBER 2018
Try our two November challenges!

1. Word Prompt: Hunt.
2. What if one or several B7 characters appeared on a game show?
Post your ficlets HERE.
Grateful thanks to Horizon member purplecleric for organising the ficlet challenges, and to our members for their contributions!

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.
Comments and suggestions for future ficlet challenges are invited HERE
Previous Ficlet Collections can be read in Horizon's Fan Fiction Section.




MERCHANDISE


Blake’s Legacy: 40 Years of Rebellion
The brand new anthology of fan memoirs, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of B7 and its fandom. Available now from Who Dares Publishing, in support of Alzheimer's Research UK.









Blake’s 7 – 7 Stars Liberated from the Classic TV Series
Koch Media's 40th Anniversary Collectors’ Edition of Blake's 7 Myth Makers interviews, includes the new Interview with Michael Keating, filmed on location at Winspit Quarry earlier this year. Available now from Reeltime Pictures.











BIG FINISH CLASSIC B7 AUDIO ADVENTURES

LATEST B7 RELEASES FROM BIG FINISH
Blake's 7 - Crossfire, Part Three, the third and final box set of episodes in the new full-cast series. Available now on CD and digital download from Big Finish.
You can listen to a trailer here: Trailer
and read our spoiler-free review here: Review.
Blake's 7 - Crossfire, Part Two, the second box set of episodes in the new full-cast series. Available now on CD and digital download from Big Finish. You can read our review HERE.
Blake's 7 - Crossfire, Part One, the first box set of episodes in the new full-cast series, is reviewed HERE.

Blake's 7 – The Way Ahead, a two-hour full cast 40th Anniversary audio drama. There's a spoiler-free review HERE.

Blake's 7 – Heroes - a new anthology of short stories. Available in hardback and eBook formats, and as an audiobook read by Michael Keating. You can read our review HERE.



B7 BLOGS, ARTICLES AND PODCASTS
@MakingBlakes7 on Twitter is now charting the production of Series 2 of Blake's 7, as it happened 40 years ago. Every memo, every script, every effect, every episode.
With rare photos and fascinating behind-the-scenes facts, this is a must-follow for all fans!

For our list of other Blakes 7 blogs and podcasts, click Here





DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
31st October - 8th December Steven Pacey plays choirmaster Steven in the new comedy The Nightingales, starring Ruth Jones and directed by Christopher Luscombe. For details and tour dates, click here: The Nightingales
For information about group outings to see the play, see the forum thread here: Steven Pacey - The Nightingales

12th December 2018 John Leeson performs his one-man show A Dog’s Life at the Quarry Theatre, 6 St Peter’s Street Bedford, MK40 2NN

23rd June 2019 - Maximum Power! - a one-day event in tribute to Jacqueline Pearce, brought to you by Team Blake. Venue: Steventon Village Hall, The Green, Steventon, Abingdon, OX13 6AA, Oxfordshire. Follow the forum thread here: Maximum Power.

B7 40th Anniversary location outing to Pyrton Hill and Abingdon.
This has been postponed - keep an eye on the forum for a new date. Details here: PYRTON HILL.









Jacqueline Pearce passed away on 3rd September.
Fans are invited to join this Forum Thread to share your tributes, thoughts, pictures and memories of the wonderful Jacks.
Horizon's obituary is HERE.
Big Finish pay tribute to Jacqueline in their Podcast 09.09.2018
Matthew Bannister pays tribute to Jacqueline on BBC Radio 4 Last Word.
A special tribute to Jacqueline by SciFiAssasin was screened at the Cygnus Alpha convention, and is available to view on YouTube.

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