THIS WEEK: 25th July - 1st August 2021

STOP PRESS 29TH JULY - RELEASED TODAY! BLAKE'S 7: THE PALLUMA PROJECT
The new B7 novel from Big Finish, written by Tim Gambrell, edited by Xanna Eve Chown and read by Sally Knyvette.
Available as audiobook only, exclusively from Big Finish.
Details here: Palluma Project.
You can read our spoiler-free review here: Review.











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







FICLET CHALLENGES – JULY 2021
Try our new ficlet challenges for July!
1. Phrase Prompt: Birds of a Feather.
2. Some of our favourite quotable lines are literal, such as ‘frying eyeballs’ or ‘throwing nuts at each other’. .
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 to Littlesue for the Sunday evening rewatches of The Champions. 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.

SUNDAY 25th July 9.00pm BST
The Champions
Our rewatch of this classic ITC series continues with Ep21 – The Body Snatchers on Talking Pictures TV.

MONDAY 26th July, 8.00pm BST
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
4.9: Ministry of Truth by Una McCormack.
Released in January 2018, the five-disc Crossfire Part Two box set is still available for £34.99 on CD or £29.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.

TUESDAY 27th July, 7.45pm BST
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere continues its 41st anniversary rewatch of Series 3 with C4: Dawn of the Gods.

WEDNESDAY 28th July, 7.45 pm BST
Sapphire & Steel Rewatch
We begin our Sapphire and Steel rewatch of Assignment 5 – The One with the Dinner Party eps 1 and 2.

SATURDAY 31st July 10.00am BST / 7.00pm Australia
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Southern Hemisphere
We continue our Series 3 downunder rewatch with C2: Powerplay.

MONDAY 2nd August, 8.00pm BST
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
4.10: Refuge by Trevor Baxendale.
Released in April 2018, the five-disc Crossfire Part Three box set is still available for £34.99 on CD or £29.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.




LATEST RELEASE FROM BIG FINISH - AVALON VOL 2
Released on 15th June, Avalon Volume 2 is the second in their new full-cast audio series The Worlds of Blake’s 7.
Available now on CD and digital download from Big Finish – Avalon2
Click HERE for our spoiler-free review by M1795537 OC Virn.











CATCH UP WITH AVALON VOLUME 1
Avalon Volume 1, the first in their new full-cast audio series The Worlds of Blake’s 7.
Available now on CD and digital download from Big Finish – Avalon
Click HERE for our spoiler-free review by M1795537 OC Virn.







BIG FINISH – THE WORLDS OF BLAKE’S 7
Bayban the Butcher returns!
Big Finish have announced three new full cast audio drama box sets and tie-in audio novels: The Clone Masters, The Terra Nostra and Bayban the Butcher. 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.
Sally Knyvette and Stephen Greif returned to their roles in Avalon, the first of Big Finish’s new range of B7 full cast audio dramas.
Click HERE for further details.





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.



Forever Avon update: This anthology of fan fiction and artwork featuring Avon, and dedicated to the memory of Paul Darrow, has now raised over £700 for the World Wildlife Fund!
Further details here: Forever Avon – News.















AVAILABLE NOW FROM BIG FINISH
Lucifer Genesis - the audiobook of the final instalment in Paul Darrow's Lucifer Trilogy, read by Stephen Greif
Click HERE for more details, and HERE for our spoiler-free review by M1795537 OC Virn.

Blake's 7 – Chosen, the audiobook by Niel Bushnell, read by Olivia Poulet. Available to order from Big Finish.
Our special interview with the author is here: Niel Bushnell, and you can read our spoiler-free review here: Chosen - Review.

Blakes 7: Restoration Pt 3 is the final box set in that full cast series. Available now on CD and digital download from Big Finish

Blake's 7 - Outlaw, the audiobook by Trevor Baxendale, read by Stephen Greif. Available on CD and digital download from Big Finish. You can read our review HERE.



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









BritBox, the streaming service for British TV programmes old and new, has added Blake's 7 to its collection. All four seasons are now available to UK subscribers.






DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
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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