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Subject: Blake's 7 poised for comeback
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/08 at 1:13 pm
Full report on BBC News Online
A new remake of sci-fi series Blake's 7 could soon return to television screens, Sky One has revealed.
The satellite channel has given the green light for the development of two 60-minute scripts for a "potential event series".
Blake's 7, which originally ran on BBC One between 1978 and 1981, followed a gang of rebels fighting an evil federation that ruled the galaxy.
It is not yet known if and when production on the series will begin.
"The time is ripe for a revival of a show that represents the best traditions of the genre, not to mention one of the best-loved and most successful dramas of all time," Elaine Pyke, commissioning editor for drama at Sky One, Two and Three, said.
Sky is working alongside Blake's 7 Productions, a subsidiary of Blake's 7 Media who owns the licence to the show.
The planned new episodes would follow recent re-workings of other sci-fi shows Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman.
The original Blake's 7 series featured Gareth Thomas as lead character Roj Blake and Paul Darrow as cynical-but-charming computer fraudster Kerr Avon.
In 2003 Darrow was involved in plans to make a new TV mini-series, but it fell through.
A series of Blake's 7 radio dramas featuring Colin Salmon and Daniela Nardini were broadcast last year on BBC7.
Subject: Re: Blake's 7 poised for comeback
Written By: ralfy on 04/15/16 at 7:03 am
"Gareth Thomas, Blake's 7 actor, dies aged 71"
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36041534
Subject: Re: Blake's 7 poised for comeback
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/16 at 7:10 am
"Gareth Thomas, Blake's 7 actor, dies aged 71"
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36041534
The notice of the passing of Gareth Thomas is on the Celebrity Heaven board at: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=53539.0
Subject: Re: Blake's 7 poised for comeback
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/16 at 7:12 am
Full report on BBC News Online
A new remake of sci-fi series Blake's 7 could soon return to television screens, Sky One has revealed.
The satellite channel has given the green light for the development of two 60-minute scripts for a "potential event series".
Blake's 7, which originally ran on BBC One between 1978 and 1981, followed a gang of rebels fighting an evil federation that ruled the galaxy.
It is not yet known if and when production on the series will begin.
"The time is ripe for a revival of a show that represents the best traditions of the genre, not to mention one of the best-loved and most successful dramas of all time," Elaine Pyke, commissioning editor for drama at Sky One, Two and Three, said.
Sky is working alongside Blake's 7 Productions, a subsidiary of Blake's 7 Media who owns the licence to the show.
The planned new episodes would follow recent re-workings of other sci-fi shows Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman.
The original Blake's 7 series featured Gareth Thomas as lead character Roj Blake and Paul Darrow as cynical-but-charming computer fraudster Kerr Avon.
In 2003 Darrow was involved in plans to make a new TV mini-series, but it fell through.
A series of Blake's 7 radio dramas featuring Colin Salmon and Daniela Nardini were broadcast last year on BBC7.
Nothing has materialised of a comeback, so I am locking this topic.