Blake's 7: A Critical Guide to Series 1-4

Blake's 7: A Critical Guide to Series 1-4Political satire, comic strip action adventure, science fiction, space opera, Orwellian dystopia, costume drama, Western Drawing on a range of genres, Terry Nations Blakes 7 resists categorisation or labelling; a ground breaking piece of television drama. Presenting itself as easy viewing, early evening entertainment for a (largely) teenage audience which, on one level, it was it tackles state surveillance, propaganda, corruption, genocide,

Political satire, comic strip action adventure, science fiction, space opera, Orwellian dystopia, costume drama, Western...Drawing on a range of genres, Terry NationÕs BlakeÕs 7 resists categorisation or labelling; a ground-breaking piece of television drama. Presenting itself as easy-viewing, early evening entertainment for a (largely) teenage audience Ð which, on one level, it was Ð it tackles state-surveillance, propaganda, corruption, genocide, revolution, and terrorism.
Avengers expert Rodney Marshall turns his attention to BlakeÕs 7, offering unauthorised, entertaining, thought-provoking critical guides to all fifty-two episodes in Series 1-4. Horizon (the official BlakeÕs 7 fan club) moderator Alex Pinfold has added a Foreword to this third edition, while television historian Matthew Lee has penned an essay on Terry Nation and BlakeÕs 7.
Combining dark humour, surrealism, shiny surfaces and dramatic depth, BlakeÕs 7 blurs the boundary between hero/villain.

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