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2 January 1978 (UK) more
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In the third century of the second calendar, a corrupt galactic federation, with Earth at its center... more
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One of my favourite childhood TV series! more (44 total)

Cast

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Michael Keating ... Vila Restal (52 episodes, 1978-1981)
Paul Darrow ... Kerr Avon (51 episodes, 1978-1981)
Peter Tuddenham ... Orac / ... (49 episodes, 1978-1981)
Jan Chappell ... Cally / ... (37 episodes, 1978-1981)

Gareth Thomas ... Roj Blake / ... (29 episodes, 1978-1981)
Jacqueline Pearce ... Servalan / ... (29 episodes, 1978-1981)
Sally Knyvette ... Jenna Stannis (26 episodes, 1978-1979)
Steven Pacey ... Del Tarrant / ... (26 episodes, 1980-1981)
Josette Simon ... Dayna Mellanby (26 episodes, 1980-1981)
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50 min (52 episodes)
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Potential Vila actors were Peter Benson, Forbes Collins and Mike Grady. more
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Vila Restal: [about Jenna] She's a big name. It's an honor to be locked up with her. more
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Referenced in Battlespace (2006) (V) more

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10 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
One of my favourite childhood TV series!, 25 May 2002
Author: ShaneofPg from Ireland

I was 8 years old when Blake's 7 first aired on BBC 1 and I loved it.

I was a fan of DR.Who so I liked Blake's 7 also. I have been watching it recently on UK Gold and it has brought back fond memories. Admittedly the Special Effects were very low budget just like DR.Who-You could always spot the shaky badly handpainted sets! The acting was a mix of good and bad, Avon (Paul Darrow) was excellent as was Servalan (Jaqueline Pearce) and Villa (Michael Keating) was very good also. Some episodes were really good and the script was great with some great dialogue by Avon. If you can overlook the very poor effects and men in rubber suits dressed as monsters then this was overall a great show.The last episode was a great cliffhanger although it upset me when I first saw it. I would love to see the series remade with Paul Darrow and the others-we never did know whether or not Avon and company died or not, so it could be remade. This was a classic series!

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