THIS WEEK: 7th -14th March 2021

BIG FINISH LOCKDOWNLOAD
Free Download of Paul Darrow - You're Him Aren't You: Our Hero Lives!
Only one day left to grab this free download of the first chapter of Paul Darrow's autobiography, read by Paul himself!
There are also special discounts and bundles on the full autobiography, and Paul's Lucifer trilogy of novels.
Click HERE to access the free download chapter, and HERE for the full audiobook.
Hurry! These deals end at midnight GMT on Sunday 7th March.






OUT NOW: LUCIFER GENESIS AUDIOBOOK
The final instalment of Paul Darrow's Lucifer Trilogy, read by Stephen Greif
There are also special discounts and bundles on the Lucifer novels in hardback, eBook and audiobooks read by Paul Darrow.
Click HERE for more details!









NEW B7 RANGE ANNOUNCED BY BIG FINISH!
The Worlds of Blake's 7
Big Finish have announced a brand new range of full cast audio dramas, with familiar voices and characters from the original series. Click HERE for further details!









CAST & CREW NEWS
For updated news of the Blake’s 7 cast and crew, including appearances on screen and audio, click Here







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 Blackadder rewatches on Wednesdays. Thanks to Littlesue for the forthcoming Sunday evening rewatches of The Champions. Thanks also to Horizon Member Tyce for figuring out the timings of the Saturday morning Downunder rewatches, especially when our respective clocks go backforwards.

SUNDAY 7th March, 9.00pm GMT
The Champions
We begin our rewatch of this classic ITC series with Ep1 – The Beginning on Talking Pictures TV

MONDAY 8th March, 8.00pm GMT
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
2.1 Scimitar by Trevor Baxendale.
Released in November 2014, Scimitar is still available for only £4.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.

TUESDAY 9th March, 7.45pm GMT
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere continues its 43rd anniversary rewatch of Series 1 with A10: Breakdown.

WEDNESDAY 10th March, 7.45 pm GMT
Blackadder Rewatch
We begin our rewatch of Blackadder The Third with 3.1 Dish and Dishonesy / 3.2 Ink And Incapability .

SATURDAY 13th March, 9.00am GMT / 8.00pm Australia
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Southern Hemisphere
We continue our rewatch downunder with A10: Breakdown. A chance to catch up for those who missed it on Tuesday!

MONDAY 15th March, 8.00pm GMT
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
2.2 Fortuitas by George Mann.
Released in December 2014, Scimitar is still available for only £4.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.



FICLET CHALLENGES – MARCH 2021
Try our new ficlet challenges for March!
1. Phrase Prompt: A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted.
2. It appears that the crew have travelled back in time!.
Post your stories on the thread HERE, and look out for new challenges next week!
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.



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 nearly £700 for the World Wildlife Fund!
Further details here: Forever Avon – News.













OTHER RELEASES FROM BIG FINISH
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 the new all-cast series. Available now on CD and digital download from Big Finish

Outlaw, the B7 audiobook by Trevor Baxendale, read by Stephen Greif.
Available on CD and digital download from Big Finish.
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

THURSDAY 1st April 2021 7.45pm GMT
Terry Pratchett Re-Read
Join us to discuss Feet of Clay, as Ankh Morpork City Watch find they have a golem problem on their hands (and paws).
The threads for Pyramids, Guards Guards, Wyrd Sisters, The Wee Free Men, Mort, Thief of Time, Witches Abroad, Men at Arms, The Truth, Maskerade, Hogfather, Small Gods and Moving Pictures are still open for comments.

Forever Avon Convention has been rescheduled to take place on Sunday 18th July 2021. Huge thanks to Team Blake for this sensible decision, and for making arrangements with the venue, hotels, ticket holders and guests to ensure a smooth transition of the event from last year.
Further details on the forum Here.

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