THIS WEEK: 24th – 1st October 2017


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







GOING OUT?

Michael Keating, Colin Baker and John Leeson are guests at Who's at the Playhouse on Sunday1st October 2017 at Epsom Playhouse, Ashley Avenue, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5AL.

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

Steven Pacey plays the eccentric Mr Burgess in The Knowledge at Charing Cross Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street London WC2N 6NL from 4th September to 11th November 2017. There is a group outing to see the matinee on Saturday 28th October.

Glynis Barber plays Alice Russell in Gore Vidal’s award-winning political thriller The Best Man, starring Martin Shaw as presidential candidate William Russell. At Theatre Royal, Brighton New Rd, Brighton BN1 1SD from 25th to 30th September, then transferring to Richmond Theatre from 2nd to 7th October. Future venues for this tour are Bath, Cambridge and Sheffield.



STAYING IN?

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

The Northern Hemisphere continues rewatching Season B with B9: Countdown. Join us for super-cool action and a fiery mercenary on Tuesday 26th September at 7.45pm BST.

There will be a Special Tribute Rewatch of A12: Deliverance on Tuesday 3rd October, in memory of Suzan Farmer (Meegat) who passed away last week.

The Southern Hemisphere begins its rewatch of Season D with D1: Rescue, postponed again-again from last week. Join us to meet Dorian, Soolin and Slave on Saturday 30th September at 7.00pm Australian time (AEST), 10.00am UK time (BST).



BLAKES 7 FROM BIG FINISH
Coming soon: Blake's 7 - Crossfire Part One. Click Here for more information about this new audio series!

Details of their previous release, Blake's 7 - The Spoils of War, can be found here, and you can read our review here.
Coming in November 2017: a new anthology of B7 short stories Blake's 7 – Heroes. More information here.
The full range of new audio dramas starring the original cast, interviews and novels can be found on the Big Finish website.





FAN FICTION CHALLENGES – SEPTEMBER 2017
There's still time to try our September challenges!
1. Word Prompt: Fall
2. Write a B7 fairy tale
Post your ficlets HERE.
Grateful thanks again to Horizon member purplecleric for organising the ficlet challenges!


ARTWORK FAN FICTION CHALLENGE – SEPTEMBER 2017
Write a ficlet based on this scene featuring Vila, Cally, Jenna and...?.
Grateful thanks again to Horizon member Lurena for providing the 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.
Comments and suggestions for future ficlet challenges are invited HERE
Previous Ficlet Collections can be read in Horizon's Fan Fiction Section.




B7 BLOGS, ARTICLES AND PODCASTS
Highly recommended: @MakingBlakes7 on Twitter. The year is 1977. We're charting the production 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 recommended Blakes 7 blogs and podcasts, click Here





DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

17-19 November 2017 Colin Baker, John Leeson, Lisa Bowerman and Kevin Jon Davies are among the guests at Pandorica 2017 at Future Inn, Bond Street South, Bristol BS1 3ENL.

30th November 2017 - 20th January 2018 Josette Simon plays Cleopatra in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Antony and Cleopatra at the Barbican Theatre Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS. There is a group outing to see the evening performance on Saturday 6th January.

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. Guests announced so far: Laurie Goode (Hi-tec patient in Powerplay), John Leeson, Peter Miles, Nick Joseph and Jacqueline Pearce.

28th - 30th September 2018 Cygnus Alpha 4.0, a full weekend celebration of B7's 40th Anniversary.


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.


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

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