With today’s release of Restoration Volume 3, an era of Blake’s 7 production at Big Finish has come to an end.

Following Paul Darrow’s death in June last year, the concluding part of the latest box set was reworked to provide a satisfactory conclusion.

However, as producer John Ainsworth notes, this isn’t the end of Blake’s 7 adventures on audio.

“These final four adventures bring the Restoration trilogy to a climax, and with the loss of Avon the remaining crew of the Liberator find their relationships strained as they struggle to regain control of their ship. 

“With the sad loss of Paul Darrow, producing this concluding box set has been an emotional ride for the cast and crew. Our goal has been to conclude the story in a satisfying way that honours Paul’s memory, and remains true to the chronology and spirit of the TV series.

“There is definitely still a future for Blake’s 7 at Big Finish. However, emulating the format of the TV series – which has always been the goal – is now no longer possible. We don’t feel it would be appropriate to re-cast, and continuing the series without either Blake or Avon just isn’t feasible. However, this is not to say that there will be no more full-cast adventures set in the Blake’s 7 universe. It’s early days yet, but we are devising a new format for the series that will allow the surviving cast members to appear in further adventures.”

To mark the end of the era, Big Finish has discounted a number of their Blake’s 7 releases: https://www.bigfinish.com/collections/v/blake-s-7-offers
Additionally, they have released the final recording Paul did with Big Finish. The Story of Blake’s 7 is now a video, available to view on the Big Finish YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/1Yhd8Uqs6cU 
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