R.I.P. Blake from Blake's 7

[accountantpete]

Sad news that Gareth Thomas has died.

Blake's 7 managed to be awful and awfully watchable at the same time.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/04/14/blakes-7-actor-gareth-thomas-dies-aged-71/

 

[Hill Wimp]

So sad. Blake 7 along with The Tomorrow People was my childhood Sci Fi of choice. My Dad and i used to sit down together for each episode.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

So sad. Blake 7 along with The Tomorrow People was my childhood Sci Fi of choice. My Dad and i used to sit down together for each episode.

I saw part of an episode of The Tomorrow People on some programme or other not long ago it was quite awful, but really good in its time

 

[Fnaar]

I've put an episode of Children of The Stones in the Ancient Monuments thread. He was in that too.

 

[biggs682]

Blakes 7 was watchable back in the day.

 

[MontyVeda]

He was in loads of top stuff back in the day... The Knights of God was a good watch too.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Sad, but I was annoyed with him for leaving the series.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Another hero from my childhood gone. I loved Blakes 7 back in the day, remember being stunned by the ending of the final episode. Although the SFX were dirt cheap and Thomas himself once called it 'bargain basement Star trek', it was good fun. RIP Roj, free at last.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

RIP

 

[Mireystock]

 

[John the Monkey]

... Although the SFX were dirt cheap and Thomas himself once called it 'bargain basement Star trek', it was good fun. RIP Roj, free at last.

There are some shockers in the overall run, but I found it pretty enjoyable on rewatching it.

The box sets have some nice extra features on the sort of limitations that the production (mostly) overcame. There's also a podcast series "Shake and Blake" that's an episode by episode rewatch, and makes a nice accompaniment.

Blake's Seven is what I know Thomas best from, although I'm sure I've seen him in other things - RIP.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Great series.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

RIP Blake, I loved that show for all its cheesiness, I met him once as he was playing King Rat in pantomime in Newcastle and we went to a matinee as a school trip, he was a perfect gentleman with loads of mithery kids just after he'd finished performing.

 

[captain nemo1701]

Great series.

I have recently started watching it again on Youtube. Looking back, despite the cheapness, the stories were great and Avon was a riot!.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Blakes 6 now