Somehow I missed this on Thursday. It's funny, now that Star Trek is no longer an issue, all sorts of things can be done in Science fiction television. I hope they can do the same for this as BBC has done for Dr. Who.
Daryle On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:01:45 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Blake's 7 poised for Sky comeback > A new remake of sci-fi series Blake's 7 could soon return to television > screens, Sky One has revealed. > The satellite channel has given the green light for the development of > two > 60-minute scripts for a "potential event series". > Blake's 7, which originally ran on BBC One between 1978 and 1981, > followed a > gang of rebels fighting an evil federation that ruled the galaxy. > It is not yet known if and when production on the series will begin. > "The time is ripe for a revival of a show that represents the best > traditions > of the genre, not to mention one of the best-loved and most successful > dramas > of all time," Elaine Pyke, commissioning editor for drama at Sky One, > Two and > Three, said. > Sky is working alongside Blake's 7 Productions, a subsidiary of Blake's 7 > Media who owns the licence to the show. > The planned new episodes would follow recent re-workings of other sci-fi > shows Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica and Bionic Woman. > The original Blake's 7 series featured Gareth Thomas as lead character > Roj > Blake and Paul Darrow as cynical-but-charming computer fraudster Kerr > Avon. > In 2003 Darrow was involved in plans to make a new TV mini-series, but it > fell through. > A series of Blake's 7 radio dramas featuring Colin Salmon and Daniela > Nardini > were broadcast last year on BBC7. > > > > **************Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used > car > listings at AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking as we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
