B7 DVDs - SEASON 4 - LAUNCH EVENT 1ST MAY 2006

The Blake's 7 S4 DVDs will be released on 24th April 2006 - conveniently
coinciding with another Showmasters event, Collectormania 9 and so once again
Showmasters are hosting the launch event - with special guests to sign your DVD
box sets confirmed (subject to work committments) being PAUL DARROW, GARETH
THOMAS, MICHAEL KEATING, STEVEN PACEY, PETER TUDDENHAM and GLYNIS BARBER.



Glynis Barber and husband Michael Brandon will be making their FIRST EVER
CONVENTION/SIGNING APPEARANCE - they will be promoting the release of Season 1
and the upcoming Season 2 of Dempsey & Makepeace on DVD and of course Glynis
will be available to sign Blake's 7 DVDs and photos too. DON'T MISS THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO MEET GLYNIS BARBER...



Collectormania 9 runs from Friday 28th April to Monday 1st May - Glynis and the
Blake's 7 cast will ONLY be appearing on MONDAY 1ST MAY.



Collectormania on the Monday runs from 10am to 5pm at The Centre: MK, Milton
Keynes - see www.collectormania.com It is anticipated that there will be a Q&A
panel with the Blake's 7 cast and some of the cast will then be hosting a buffet
supper where you'll be able to eat, drink and make merry in their company. More
info on this & advance ticket purchase (limited availability) shortly.



Ordering info for the S4 DVDs if you are unable to attend the launch event will
follow on Monday but will include the usual deal of at least one cast signature
and entry into special prize draw for orders received before 21st April, and the
option to purchase all attending cast signatures.



More info on the Extra Features on the S4 DVDs



Introducing Soolin - 2:30 - self explanatory, similar to the previous
introductions

Introducing Slave - 1:50 - again, self explanatory

Commentaries - Commentaries by Paul Darrow, Jacqueline Pearce, Steven Pacey,
Chris Boucher & Gareth Thomas on 3 episodes

Blakes Bloops S4 - 15:44 - with the swearing bleeped out!!

Liz Parker on Pebble Mill - 5:06 - originally broadcast 11 April 1979

Blue Peter: How to make a Scorpio Bracelet - 8:48 - broadcast 6 June 1983, with
Janet Ellis. Includes a clip from 'Assassin'

Ken Ledsham's B7 Designs: Slash Drapes Corridors and Cheap Tin Trays - 30:58 -
Interviews with Ken Ledsham, Roger Murray Leach & others talking about set
designs, etc.

Special Sounds: Radiophonics - 38:46 - this is a documentary about the history
of the Radiophonics workshop and its relevance to Blake's 7. Interviews with
Liz Parker and Richard Yeoman-Clark, with Mark Ayres and Brian Lighthill

Forever Avon: "You're Him, Aren't You?" - 30:15 - this is what we've all been
waiting for, a specially recorded interview with Paul, talking about his time on
B7, his book, his childhood, Terry Nation and more. It was recorded in December
at the Science Museum (where they currently have an exhibition on Alien Life, so
it seemed appropriate) and it's a REALLY good interview. You even get to see
Paul finally owning the Liberator and trying on his original jacket from
'Harvest of Kairos' - and yes, it still fits him, though doesn't look quite as
cool as in his Avon days, since he's wearing a shirt and tie underneath. And if
you buy the S4 DVDs from Horizon, you'll get a free copy of an exclusive photo
taken during the interview of Paul wearing the jacket.

S4 Clean Titles - 0:56

Terry Nation on Series 4 - 2:16 - Terry Nation talking about his thoughts on
killing the crew off in 'Blake' - from 1991

S4 Studio Recordings (Footage that didn't make it to broadcast - includes
optional information text - fascinating stuff)

a.. Games 1 - Eyes Locked 11:35 - Jacqueline Pearce locks eyes with Belkov!
b.. Games 2 - Standby to Lurch - 2:35 - practicing their lurching techniques!
c.. Gold, Guns & Airlocks - 6:44 - with the regular cast, and Roy Kinnear -
includes several takes of Avon trying to follow the others back to Scorpio from
the Space Princess. As you know, he didn't make it through the doors in the
televised version, and had to teleported back in the nick of time. But what if
he'd run a little faster. (VERY funny)

PS Apologies for the odd wording in the last bulletin - that's what you get for
typing bulletins at 3am - sorry!!



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