Funky_Gibbon   42 #1 Posted April 14, 2016 Gareth Thomas, who played Roj Blake in 'Blake's 7', died on Monday of heart failure at the age of 71.  I loved Blake's 7 when I was growing up. The dark and cynical nature of the show appealed to me as a child growing up in the 80s much more than safe, moralistic sci-fi of Star Trek.  RIP Gareth. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
CheekyBandit   10 #2 Posted April 14, 2016 Also loved the show - a re-run of the last series in 1983 (I think) was a must-watch programme at the time. RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blake   10 #3 Posted April 14, 2016 Avon : is he dead?  Zen : confirmed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Daven   10 #4 Posted April 14, 2016 Also famous for the Nescafe adverts  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
canetoad   10 #5 Posted April 14, 2016 That was Gareth hunt the new avengers guy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Daven   10 #6 Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) Ooops I'm a dozy mare sometimes. Apologies to Gareth Hunts family and sympathy to Gareth Thomas' Edited April 15, 2016 by Daven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blake   10 #7 Posted April 16, 2016 Gareth Thomas appeared in arguably the scariest children's television programme ever - 'Children of the Stones'.  back in those days, television producers, in this case the 'Celtic fringe' one, HTV, thought they had a duty to try and traumatise children as much they could, so Children of the Stones had to have the freakiest, scariest theme music of any children's show ever, then, after the horror of the introductory music was over, the drama began and it got even more traumatising for the poor innocent little darlings.  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   863 #8 Posted April 16, 2016 Gareth Thomas appeared in arguably the scariest children's television programme ever - 'Children of the Stones'.  back in those days, television producers, in this case the 'Celtic fringe' one, HTV, thought they had a duty to try and traumatise children as much they could, so Children of the Stones had to have the freakiest, scariest theme music of any children's show ever, then, after the horror of the introductory music was over, the drama began and it got even more traumatising for the poor innocent little darlings.   interesting, cheers, that intros trippy as hell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Funky_Gibbon   42 #9 Posted April 16, 2016 Gareth Thomas appeared in arguably the scariest children's television programme ever - 'Children of the Stones'.  back in those days, television producers, in this case the 'Celtic fringe' one, HTV, thought they had a duty to try and traumatise children as much they could, so Children of the Stones had to have the freakiest, scariest theme music of any children's show ever, then, after the horror of the introductory music was over, the drama began and it got even more traumatising for the poor innocent little darlings.   I vaguely remember that but I think I was too young to really care.  But your link did lead me to watch Nigel 'Quatermass' Kneale's The Stone Tapes on youtube. Top stuff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...