Blake's 7: A Critical Guide to Series 1-4
Author | : Rodney Marshall |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2015-04-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781326251505 |
ISBN-13 | : 1326251503 |
Rating | : 4/5 (503 Downloads) |
Download or read book Blake's 7: A Critical Guide to Series 1-4 written by Rodney Marshall and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political satire, comic strip action adventure, science fiction, space opera, Orwellian dystopia, costume drama, Western...Drawing on a range of genres, Terry Nation's Blake's 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, revolution, and terrorism. Avengers expert Rodney Marshall turns his attention to Blake's 7, offering unauthorised, entertaining, thought-provoking critical guides to all fifty-two episodes in Series 1-4. Horizon (the official Blake's 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 Blake's 7. Combining dark humour, surrealism, shiny surfaces and dramatic depth, Blake's 7 blurs the boundary between hero/villain.