THIS WEEK: 19th - 26th September 2021

BLAKE'S 7 ON FORCES TV
Forces TV is screening Blake’s 7. For for the first time since the 1980s, UK viewers are able to to watch B7 as a free-to-air series. Catch it on Sky 181, Freeview 96, Freesat 165, and Virgin 274. Further information here: Forces TV.




BLAKE'S 7 ON BRITBOX
BritBox, the streaming service for British TV programmes old and new, will be streaming Blake’s 7 in Australia from 28th September. Details here: B7 on BritBox AU
BritBox is currently showing B7 in the USA and Canada. Details here: B7 on BritBox US
All four seasons are currently available to UK subscribers here: BritBox UK.





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







Forever Avon update: This anthology of fan fiction and artwork featuring Avon, and dedicated to the memory of Paul Darrow, has now raised over £750 for the World Wildlife Fund!
Further details here: Forever Avon – News.














FICLET CHALLENGES – SEPTEMBER 2021
Try our new ficlet challenges for September!
1. Phrase Prompt: A Leg Up.
2. September is Back to School month. What were our favourite characters like at school? .
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 19th September 9.00pm BST
The Champions
Our rewatch of this classic ITC series concludes with Ep30 – Autokill on Talking Pictures TV.

MONDAY 20th September, 8.00pm BST
Big Finish Relisten – B7 Full Cast Audios
Restoration Pt1: The Hunted by by Iain McLaughlin.
Released in January 2019, this release is still available for £34.99 on CD or £29.99 on Download from Big Finish HERE.

TUESDAY 21st September 7.45pm BST
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Northern Hemisphere
The Northern Hemisphere continues its 41st anniversary rewatch of Series 3 with C12: Death-Watch.

WEDNESDAY REWATCHES
Coming Soon: Star Cops
We’re pausing for a few weeks, and will begin rewatching Star Cops at 7.45pm on 3rd November 2021.
Please note that by then our clocks will have gone backwards / forwards, and chronometers should be adjusted accordingly.

SATURDAY 25th September 10.00am BST / 7.00pm Australia
Blake's 7 Rewatch - Southern Hemisphere
We continue our Series 3 downunder rewatch with C10: Ultraworld.



LATEST RELEASES FROM BIG FINISH
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.





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.


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






DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

SUNDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2021
Stephen Greif and Sian Phillips share the stage for an afternoon of Lovers, Traitors and Bloody Greeks at Brasserie Zedel. Details HERE

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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