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Post by Katy Manning's Chinese Husband on Jul 15, 2016 4:58:53 GMT
Call Me Jacks - Jacqueline Pearce In Conversation:
Call Me Jacks - Jacqueline Pearce In Conversation is an interview with Blake's 7 legend Jacqueline Pearce by Nick Briggs.
Released by Big Finish Productions in March 2016.
While Blake's 7 is mentioned here it makes little of this conversation overall as Jacks mainly talks about life and career.
Jacks tells what her life has been like and does not shy away from using the f word here emphasizing just how bad things were for her.
Jacks does not look too fondly on her youth something I can sympathise with as I have my own bad memories of my youth.
Interesting to hear of her time filming the Jerry Lewis movie Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower The River with her saying that Lewis was an unpleasant person and what a bomb the movie became.
A very fascinating interview with Jacks as she gave a no-holds barred account of her life and career.
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Post by Katy Manning's Chinese Husband on Aug 12, 2016 22:59:54 GMT
The Actor Speaks: Gareth Thomas -Roj Blake - A Childhood Remembered: Roj Blake - A Childhood Remembered is the first segment in The Actor Speaks Volume 1: Gareth Thomas CD release.
This was released in 2000 but I got the said segment months after Thomas' death in April 2016.
Some interesting remarks from Thomas of what he thought of Blake's background and his motivations including him saying that Blake was the only one of his crew who was a non-criminal in that he was only one who got framed with the crime he was charged with. In fact the false crime that Blake was charged with was why the first episode The Way Back was not shown initially in the US and went straight instead to the second episode Space Fall. Somehow his remarks that Blake had been using his crew for his own ends felt unsettling.
Despite Blake's motivations with the use of his crew it did not however prevent his mourning of Gan when he died in Pressure Point.
A good reflection from Thomas on playing Blake.
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Post by Katy Manning's Chinese Husband on Dec 2, 2016 21:06:58 GMT
Warship: Warship is an audio episode of Blake’s 7 released by Big Finish in January 2013. Warship takes place from the last bit of the season 2 finale Star One and shortly afterwards. Impressive when the last scene of Star One got re-created here with Vila telling Avon that this was stupid and Avon saying when did that ever stop them. Warship is impressive in showing what else was going on during those last bits of Star One and shortly afterwards. Impressive on how we leave Blake here as it seems like the proper coda for Blake leaving Liberator for the very last time.
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Post by Katy Manning's Chinese Husband on Mar 25, 2021 14:37:34 GMT
Norman Hartley has passed away.
Hartley was in the Blake’s 7 episode Gold playing Captain Kennedy.
Hartley had also appeared in the Doctor Who stories The Time Meddler playing Ulf and in The Invasion playing Sergeant Peters. Both stories were directed by Douglas Camfield. Camfield had also cast Hartley outside Doctor Who including the Out of the Unknown episode The Last Lonely Man.
The Time Meddler starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor and Hartley previously worked with Hartnell in the first Carry On movie Carry On Sergeant in which Hartnell was the said sergeant. Hartley’s other work included Adam Adamant Lives, Man In A Suitcase, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, The Secret Adversary, Dempsey and Makepeace & John and Yoko: A Love Story. Hartley died on February 19 or 20 2020 at the age of 89.
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Post by Katy Manning's Chinese Husband on Aug 23, 2021 17:28:19 GMT
Avalon: Terra Firma: Terra Firma is the first episode of Avalon from Big Finish. Avalon is a spin-off of Blake's 7 from Big Finish. Coming under the banner of The Worlds of Blake's 7 which came about when Big Finish made an assessment about the future of them making Blake's 7 after the death of Paul Darrow (Avon) in 2019. The character of Avalon was a one-off character in the Blake's 7 TV series where she was played by Julia Vidler in Project Avalon. When Big Finish came to use the character for the 40th anniversary special The Way Ahead they cast Olivia Poulet to play her. Poulet reprises Avalon for this spin-off. Terra Firma also features Sally Knyvette as Jenna. It was established in Project Avalon that Jenna was an associate of Avalon in a time before Jenna met Blake. Terra Firma takes place at that time as it is set at the same time that Blake was on trial as seen in the Blake's 7 episode The Way Back. Terra Firma is written by Steve Lyons. Fascinating look into Avalon with Poulet being able to expand on the character that she first played in The Way Ahead. Definitely a well presented narrative as Avalon makes her attack on the Federation with Jenna also being present in this in Avalon's spin-off debut. Quite neat that in the midst of all this how this set up Jenna's eventual meeting with Blake.
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