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History Of Blake's 7
:''This article is specifically about the production history of the television series ''Blake's 7'': for a more general overview of this series, please see the main ''Blake's 7'' article.'' ''Blake's 7'' is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for its station BBC One, BBC1. Set in the far future, ''Blake's 7'' follows the fortunes of a group of rebellion, rebels in their fight against the dictatorship, dictatorial Terran Federation. Four thirteen-episode series were produced between 1978 and 1981. ''Blake's 7'' was created by Terry Nation, who later described it as "''The Dirty Dozen'' in space". David Maloney was assigned to produce the series and Chris Boucher (writer), Chris Boucher was appointed as the script editor. Gareth Thomas (actor), Gareth Thomas was cast as the eponymous Blake (Blake's 7), Blake. The series' budget was severely restricted, which limited the scope for visual effects. Nation wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake's 7
''Blake's 7'' (sometimes styled ''Blakes7'') is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, produced by David Maloney (series 1–3) and Vere Lorrimer (series 4), and the script editor throughout its run was Chris Boucher, who wrote nine of its episodes. The main character for the first two series was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. ''Blake's 7'', which was broadcast in 25 other countries, had a low budget but featured many tropes of space opera, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens. Critical responses have been varied; some reviewers praised the programme for its dystopian themes, strong characterisation, ambiguous morality and pessimistic tone, as well as displaying an "enormous sense of fun", but others have criticised its production values, dialogue, and accused it of lacking originality. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |