Blakes 7

40 years ago on Monday 26 March episode 13 of Blakes 7 'Orac' was transmitted on BBC1. The question is is anyone here young enough here to remember it



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*raised hand (just about though)*

Question is - why is this significant? Personal involvement in that episode, Mr T?

By the way, love that second photo. Love studio set pictures that feature whats to be seen if the TV camera panned up and to either the left or right.

Which studio was the spacecraft internals done in? Guessing either TC1, 3 or 6.

The reason I posted it now was that I was busy with work when the debut episode aired on 1st Jan. Just to clarify the age thing I was 13 when it aired ..I'm quite grey enough without adding any more years

Im sure the final batch of episodes were shot in TC6. Ill go and get my Ovaltine

I've just started watching it, coincidentally at the same time as the 40th anniversary back in January! Great series, just got to the Duel episode.

There's a great twitter account going into day by day detail on the production of series 1 with photos and quotes from cast and crew at https://twitter.com/makingblakes7

Sees a thread titled "Blake's 7" on TVForum. Pulse quickens... quickly followed by disappointment.

Blake's 7 has a great pres-related story attached to it. Series 3 was expected to be the last - they blew the ship up, and its set. Bill Cotton, then Head of Television, happened to have been watching and enjoyed it so much that he phoned in and told them to announce that it would back for another series - much to the surprise of any cast and crew who were watching.

Sad to report the death of Jaqueline Pearce aged 74. A brilliant actress and a lovely lady, she will always be President and Supreme Commander of the Federation.