THIS WEEK: 24th-31st January 2021

SUNDAY 31 JANUARY 2021
Cygnus Alpha - Teleport Day
Virtual Blake's 7 event taking place over Zoom, with a total of 5 Zoom chats with B7 cast and crew.
Confirmed guests: Michael Keating (Vila), Brian Croucher (Travis 2), John Leeson (Pascoe / Toise), Gillian Bailey (Ravella), Michael Mackenzie (Dainer), Carol Royle (Mutoid), Judy Matheson (Mutoid), Stewart Bevan (Max), Judy Buxton (Inga), Adrienne Burgess (Hanna), Gareth Armstrong (Parton), Dicken Ashworth (Gun-Sar) and Sasha Mitchell (Arlen). Further details on the forum HERE.



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







Forever Avon is an anthology of fan fiction and artwork chronicling the life of Kerr Avon, with a Foreword by Stephen Greif. It honours the memory of Paul Darrow, and is raising funds for the World Wildlife Fund. To date, approximately £600 has been donated to the charity!
Further details here: Forever Avon – News.













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 Red Dwarf rewatches on Wednesdays.
Thanks also to Horizon Member Tyce for figuring out the timings of the Saturday morning Downunder rewatches, especially when our respective clocks go backforwards.

MONDAY 25th January, 7.45pm GMT
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
1.1 Fractures by Justin Richards.
Released in January 2014, Fractures is still available on Digital Download from Big Finish HERE.

TUESDAY 26th January, 7.45pm GMT
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere continues its 43rd anniversary rewatch of Series 1 with A4: Time Squad.

WEDNESDAY 27th January, 7.45 pm
Blackadder Rewatch
Having concluded our rewatch of Red Dwarf, we now embark on rewatching Blackadder! Beginning at the beginning, with Series 1: The Black Adder 1.1 The Foretelling / 1.2 Born to be King.

SATURDAY 30th January, 9.00am GMT / 8.00pm Australia
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Southern Hemisphere
We continue our rewatch downunder with A4: Time Squad. A chance to catch up for those who missed it on Tuesday!

MONDAY 1st February, 7.45pm GMT
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
1.2 Battleground by Andrew Smith.
Released in January 2014, Battleground is still available for only £4.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.



FICLET CHALLENGES – JANUARY 2021
Try our brand new ficlet challenges for 2021!
1. Phrase Prompt: Money Doesn't Grow On Trees.
2. The crew have come down with a mysterious illness....
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 ADVENT CALENDAR 2020
Our Advent Calendar is still available to enjoy. Click on Advent for all manner of B7-related gifts!
You can add comments here.
Huge thanks again to Horizon Moderator Joe Dredd for organising the calendar, and to all our wonderful contributors!






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, 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.




LATEST RELEASES FROM BIG FINISH
Blake's 7 – Chosen, the new audiobook by Niel Bushnell, read by Olivia Poulet. Available to order now 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








DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

THURSDAY 4th February 2021 7.45pm
Terry Pratchett Re-Read
Join us to discuss Small Gods, Terry Pratchett’s quirky look at religion, belief and the gods themselves (rescheduled from 21st January).
The threads for Pyramids, Guards Guards, Wyrd Sisters, The Wee Free Men, Mort, Thief of Time, Witches Abroad, Men at Arms, The Truth, Maskerade and Hogfather 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 to next year.
Further details on the forum Here.

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