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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on April 14, 2016, 02:08:43 PM

Title: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 14, 2016, 02:08:43 PM

I have resisted revisiting Blake's 7 but it had a campery I enjoyed.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36041534
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: horsethorn on April 14, 2016, 02:32:40 PM
Blake's 7 was quite innovative at the time (for the first few seasons, anyway). I rather enjoyed it; I might just have to get the boxed set now :)

BTW did you know that Vila was the only person that appeared in every episode?!

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Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: Shaker on April 14, 2016, 02:34:10 PM
My immediate, initial, automatic response to the thread title was to think of the rugby chap  :o
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 14, 2016, 02:54:41 PM
My immediate, initial, automatic response to the thread title was to think of the rugby chap  :o
who has reacted nicely on Twitter to the confusion
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: Free Willy on April 16, 2016, 12:59:05 PM
Blake's 7 was quite innovative at the time (for the first few seasons, anyway). I rather enjoyed it; I might just have to get the boxed set now :)

BTW did you know that Vila was the only person that appeared in every episode?!

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If it had been made by ATV at their West Midland studios he would have been Aston Vila.
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: ilex on April 20, 2016, 06:18:38 AM
When Blake's Seven was in its prime, my wife and I went to Stratford to see Twelfth Night. Gareth Thomas played Orsino who stood on an empty stage and declaimed:

If music be the food of love play on


He was a very accomplished actor who was with the RSC for many years.
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: Enki on April 20, 2016, 11:40:06 AM
When Blake's Seven was in its prime, my wife and I went to Stratford to see Twelfth Night. Gareth Thomas played Orsino who stood on an empty stage and declaimed:

If music be the food of love play on


He was a very accomplished actor who was with the RSC for many years.

I can vouch for that, Ilex. We saw him in a series of Shakespeare's history plays when he was with the ESC, performed at the New Theatre Hull. We were lucky enough to be invited backstage when the plays had finished, and I managed to talk to him for a short time. He was an excellent actor and an extremely pleasant person to talk to. My wife also got to meet John Woodvine, whom she admired greatly. For us, it was quite a night to remember.

Incidentally, welcome to the Board. :)
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: Harrowby Hall on April 20, 2016, 07:36:05 PM
I can vouch for that, Ilex. We saw him in a series of Shakespeare's history plays when he was with the ESC, performed at the New Theatre Hull. We were lucky enough to be invited backstage when the plays had finished, and I managed to talk to him for a short time. He was an excellent actor and an extremely pleasant person to talk to. My wife also got to meet John Woodvine, whom she admired greatly. For us, it was quite a night to remember.

Incidentally, welcome to the Board. :)

I can now come out from behind the disguise ...

John Woodvine was in the same production. He played Malvolio.
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: SweetPea on April 20, 2016, 10:43:08 PM
I can now come out from behind the disguise ...

John Woodvine was in the same production. He played Malvolio.

Disguise? Were/are you ilex?

Anyway, good to see you posting again. Haven't seen you on here for months. Hope all is well.
Title: Re: Gareth Thomas dead
Post by: Harrowby Hall on April 21, 2016, 06:10:38 AM
Disguise? Were/are you ilex?

Anyway, good to see you posting again. Haven't seen you on here for months. Hope all is well.

I had a computing catastrophe a few months ago and lost all my password files/information. I was therefore locked out of the forum.

I tried to re-register about three or four times but can only guess that my computer's IP address or something flagged me up as potentially troublesome. So I tried again with a new computer and new identity. Gordon has kindly restored me to my former condition.