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Mark B Oliver
Telos
30 April 2012 / ISBN 13: 9781845830595
Non-Fiction/TV Tie-In
Amazon
Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Back in 1978 if you were living in Britain a new SF series burst
onto the small screen. This was Blake's Seven, and it proved to
be a great success roaring on until it's shocking end just before
Christmas 1981. Here is a guide to all the merchandise ever made
to tie in with the series (or at least up until earlier this year).
Illustrated in glorious color this is much more than a catalog of
memorabilia. Certainly it is that too, complete with notes about
each item, how much it cost when new, date issued and how rare it
is now. There are books, models, garments, magazines, copies of
the theme tune and much more certainly more than I ever realized
was out there. There is a brief introduction to the series and the
background for the merchandise as well as interviews with various
people connected with it all - Chris Boucher, Trevor Hoyle, Tony
Attwood etc. It certainly had me nostalgic for those days and wishing
TV was like this now. I always think that these guides are as much
about social history as anything else although this one is mainly
about the merchandise. If you are a collector then this is surely
the book to get.
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