THIS WEEK: 25th June – 2nd July 2017





CAST & CREW NEWS

For updated news of the Blakes 7 cast and crew, click Here








GOING OUT?

Josette Simon plays Cleopatra in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Antony and Cleopatra at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon until 7th September 2017. The play transfers to the Barbican Theatre in London from 30th November 2017 - 20th January 2018.
Watch a trailer on Youtube here.




STAYING IN?

Stephen Greif plays Phil in the BBC Radio 4 drama Carter Mysteries: The Incident of the Russian Visitors. First broadcast in 2015, the play was repeated on 16th June and is available now on BBC iPlayer.

HORIZON REWATCHES
Grateful thanks as always to rewatch organisers Trevor Travis and Gauda Cheese.

Northern Hemisphere Season D rewatch continues with D10: Gold. Join us for a great heist story on Tuesday 27th June at 7.45pm BST.

The Southern Hemisphere continues its rewatch of Season C with C8: Rumours of Death. Join us as Avon seeks to avenge the death of Anna Grant. Saturday 1st July 2017, 7.00pm Australian time (AEST), 10.00am UK time (BST).




B7 BLOGS, ARTICLES AND PODCASTS
For our list of recommended Blakes 7 blogs and podcasts, click Here








FAN FICTION CHALLENGES – JUNE 2017
One week left for our June challenges!
1. Word Prompt: Dune
A potential crossover, a further exploration of the episode 'Sand' or perhaps a visit to a beach or desert?
2. June Brides - a tradition which dates back to Roman times. Your challenge is to write a ficlet featuring a marriage or partnership ceremony. Post your ficlets HERE.
Grateful thanks again to Horizon member purplecleric for organising the ficlet challenges, and to all our contributors who have lost no time in submitting their stories!


ARTWORK FAN FICTION CHALLENGE – JUNE 2017
Write a ficlet based on this Picture of Soolin.
Grateful thanks again to Horizon member Lurena for providing the artwork, and the contributors who have found it inspiring!

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.




DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

15th July Jan Chappell plays Beatriz, La Comtessa de Dia, in The Telling's Unsung Heroine, part of the Stoke Newington Early Music Festival. St Mary's Old Church, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 9ES.

16th July Smallspace 6 Model Show celebrates the 40th birthday of K9 with special guests to be announced. Venue: Hanslope Village Hall, Newport Road, Hanslope, Bucks, MK19 7NZ

28th - 30th July 2017 Colin Baker and Deep Roy are among the guests at London Film & Comic Con at London Olympia, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX .

12th August 2017 Paul Darrow is one of the guests at Sheffield Film & Comic Con at the Sheffield Arena, Broughton Lane, Sheffield S9 2DF.

19th August 2017 Colin Baker is one of the guests at Worcester Comic Con at the Worcester Arena Sansome Walk, Worcester WR1 1NU .

12th September Stephen Greif and Fenella Fielding are giving a repeat performance of Just a Little Murder at The Crazy Coqs Theatre, 20 Sherwood St, Soho, London W1F 7ED.

16th September 2017 The annual Bristol Meet Up at The Knight's Templar Inn, 1 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6DG. Everyone welcome!

1st October 2017 Michael Keating, Colin Baker and John Leeson are among the guests at Who's at the Playhouse at Epsom Playhouse, Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5AL.

1st October 2017 Jacqueline Pearce is among the guests at Coventry Comic Con at Sports Connexion, Leamington Rd, Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Coventry CV8 3FL.

27th January 2018 Studio54 and Sgt Bilko’s Emporium present Blakes 40, a special signing event with cast & crew from B7 at The Box in FarGo Village, Far Gosford Street, Coventry CV1 5ED. First guest to be announced is Laurie Goode (Hi-tec patient in Powerplay). Watch this space for further announcements.

28th - 30th September 2018 Tickets have now gone on sale and the first guests have been announced for Cygnus Alpha 4.0, a full weekend celebration of B7's 40th Anniversary.




TIME ON YOUR HANDS?
Try Lurena's Match-the-Pairs Puzzles!


FAN PRODUCTIONS
Fan Anthology Blake's Heaven is available from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle.

Horizon member Clanger68's celebration of the model, prop, sets and visual effects design that went into all four series of Blake's 7 is on YouTube here - B7 Models.

Kevin Davies' Making of Blakes 7 Documentary, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3, which were never released on DVD, are now available to watch on YouTube.

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