Space Fall: A Blake’s 7 Podcast

Two fans have a look at each episode of Blake's 7, in order, discussing what we love about it, but also going into more depth about the stories and characters.

We'll also be looking at the guests stars, and including some fun segments such as "look, it was the 1980s", "what cool lines did Chris Boucher write for Avon this week?", and "player of the week"!

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Episodes

15 - Redemption

Monday Dec 17, 2018

Monday Dec 17, 2018

“Like an outer space Robin Hood and his band, Blake and the crew of the spaceship Liberator continue their fight against the all-powerful Federation. This new series begins with Blake seeing a vision of a gigantic explosion that, according to his all-knowing computer, will inevitably destroy the Liberator."
Synopsis from The Canberra Times (Australia), February 1980.
Join us for a discussion of the first episode of Blakes 7 Series 2, first broadcast on January 9th, 1979.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, February 29th 1980 at 7:30pm)

14 - Series A Special

Monday Nov 19, 2018

Monday Nov 19, 2018

Join us for a look back at Series 1 as we give our thoughts on the season as a whole, look forward into Series B, give our Top and Bottom 3 and catch up on some listener feedback.

13 - Orac

Sunday Oct 28, 2018

Sunday Oct 28, 2018

“The Federation is willing to pay a hundred million credits for Orac. Blake must get to Orac first - but what is it? Orac is a radically new computer-brain which has access to all the knowledge of the universe and is the creation of the renegade Professor Ensor.”
Synopsis from The Canberra Times (Canberra), 15 June 1979.
Join us for a discussion of the 13th episode of Blakes 7, first broadcast on March 27th, 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, June 15th 1979 at 8:15pm)

12 - Deliverance

Friday Sep 21, 2018

Friday Sep 21, 2018

“President Sarkoff is a prisoner of the Federation. While Blake and Cally are trying to rescue him, the Liberator answers a distress call and runs into trouble.”
Synopsis from The Canberra Times (Canberra), 01 June 1979.
Join us for a discussion of the 11th episode of Blakes 7, first broadcast on March 13th, 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, June 1st, 1979 at 8:15pm)

11 - Bounty

Tuesday Sep 04, 2018

Tuesday Sep 04, 2018

“President Sarkoff is a prisoner of the Federation. While Blake and Cally are trying to rescue him, the Liberator answers a distress call and runs into trouble.”
Synopsis from The Canberra Times (Canberra), 01 June 1979.
Join us for a discussion of the 11th episode of Blakes 7, first broadcast on March 13th, 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, June 1st, 1979 at 8:15pm)

10 - Breakdown

Thursday Aug 16, 2018

Thursday Aug 16, 2018

“The implant in Gan’s brain malfunctions and he attacks with superhuman violence.”
Synopsis from The Age (Melbourne), 24 May 1979
Join us for a discussion of the 10th episode of Blakes 7, first broadcast on March 6th, 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, May 25th 1979 at 8:15pm)

09 - Project Avalon

Wednesday Jun 27, 2018

Wednesday Jun 27, 2018

Blake and the Liberator crew travel to rendezvous with rebel leader Avalon, however Travis and Servalan have set an elaborate trap.
Join us for a discussion of the 9th episode of Blakes 7, first broadcast on February 27th, 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, May 18th 1979 at 8:15pm)

08 - Duel

Thursday May 31, 2018

Thursday May 31, 2018

“Blake and Travis fight with their space ships, but there is a strange intervention.”
Synopsis from The Age (Melbourne), 10 May 1979.
Join us for a discussion of the 8th episode of Blakes 7, first broadcast on Monday, February 20th, 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, May 11th 1979 at 8:15pm)

07 - Mission to Destiny

Thursday May 17, 2018

Thursday May 17, 2018

Synopsis from The Age (Melbourne), 03 May 1979:
"The crippled spaceship presents a series of mysteries, and for Avon and Cally, it becomes a matter of life and death."
Join us for a discussion of the 7th episode of Blakes 7, first broadcast on February 13th, 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, May 3rd 1979 at 8:15pm)

04 - Time Squad

Monday Apr 09, 2018

Monday Apr 09, 2018

We've discovered some listeners had an issue with last week's release appearing in their feeds, so this is a re-release (no new material!) which will hopefully solve the problem.
The crew of the Liberator launch their campaign against the Federation
with an attack on a Federation communication complex. The situation is
complicated by the discovery of a strange spacecraft...
Join us for the fourth episode of Blake's 7, first
broadcast on 23 January 1978.
(First shown in Australia on Friday, April 13th 1979.)

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