Welcome to the Podcast Roundup for February 2023 – our favourites in the worlds of CultBox. Our picks this month, in no particular order, are… Shrink The Box: Ep1 – The Sopranos – Tony Soprano Actor and comedian Ben Bailey Smith and psychotherapist Sasha Bates team up to put fictional characters on the couch. It’s … >
Big Finish has revealed the Bayban the Butcher cover as Colin Baker returns to Blake’s 7 Bayban the Butcher returns in a box set of his own in the next instalment of The Worlds of Blake’s 7, due for release in December 2021. Colin Baker makes his return as the career criminal first introduced to audiences in the 1980s Blake’s 7 episode, City at the Edge of the … >
The second volume of Big Finish’s latest audio adventures from the universe of Blake’s 7 focusing on the rebel leader Avalon offers a new trilogy of stories set in deep space. The first volume of Avalon stories had been Earth-bound. But this latest boxset expands that vista, opening up a wider sense of Avalon’s role … >
This first volume of new original audio adventures focusing on the character of rebel leader Avalon signals a new chapter in Big Finish’s association with the universe of Blake’s 7. The sad death of Paul Darrow (Avon), following the passing of both Gareth Thomas (Blake) and Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan), meant it was no longer credible … >
Big Finish is expanding its Worlds of Blake’s 7 range with several new titles and some welcome returning characters To date the Big Finish Worlds of Blake’s 7 range features just one release — Avalon volumes 1 and 2. Due this May (and watch out for our review) these star Olivia Poulet and Sally Knyvette (Jenna from the … >
There’s intrigue, assignations and assassinations aplenty in Lucifer: Genesis, the concluding instalment in Paul Darrow’s epic exploration of the unseen history of the Blake’s 7 universe, now available for the first time as a single-voice audiobook. This third entry in the Lucifer trilogy was first published in print and electronic formats back in 2015. The … >
With Travis as its unexpected anti-hero, new Big Finish Blake’s 7 audiobook Outlaw, examines the off-screen history of the series’ most celebrated male villain. The plot carefully aligns with and extends the show’s canonical history to impressive effect. The book explores two separate timelines: the early years of Blake’s putative rebellion against the Federation, which … >
Once he and his ill-assorted crew had seized control of the Liberator, Roj Blake became preoccupied (some might say obsessed) by the goal of becoming a catalyst for a popular rebellion against The Federation. Time and again Blake and his band of rebels attempted to inspire the oppressed to revolt, sabotaged Federation operations, sought out … >