Via Blakes 7 newsletter: Hear the trailer for the Blake’s 7: Audio Adventures!

“Prepare for a new rebellion as an innocent man is framed by a corrupt regime and becomes a legendary outlaw… B7 Productions in association with the Sci-Fi Channel presents the all-new Blake’s 7: The Audio Adventures.

Across three hour long episodes, Rebel, Traitor and Liberator, experience the birth of a revolutionary icon in a truly cinematic audio production. The entire production will be streamed on the Sci-Fi website (www.scifiuk.com).

The trailer is available to download as an MP3 now on B7Media.com.”

So reports the Independent: Blake’s 8: The cult is back

Now, following the success of the new Doctor Who, the series is to be given not one but two new leases of life in 2024.

First, in the spring, will be a series of newly penned hour-long audio episodes, with a new cast playing the original characters. Among them are This Life’s Daniela Nardini, Craig Kelly from Queer as Folk, James Bond actor Colin Salmon and former Robin of Sherwood star Michael Praed.

The audio adventures, which will initially be podcast in five-minute segments over the internet, have already been recorded in a London studio. It is hoped that they will be followed by a mini-series, Blake’s 7: Legacy, to be set 30 years after the bloodbath on the planet of Gauda Prime, which ended the original 52-episode run. The series, which has been scripted but is yet to be cast, will feature a new set of heroes, but with “strong links” to the original series, and a possible return for anti-hero Avon - the only main cast member not slain in the final hail of gunfire.

Intriguing–especially if Avon returns.