Multi-Coloured Swap Shop 10th March 1979 - Gareth Thomas and Jacqueline Pearce - Blake's 7

Noel Edmonds chats with Jacqueline Pearce and Gareth Thomas from Blake's 7, and they take calls from viewers, on a Saturday morning in 1979.

[@gmf121266]

Thankyou Gareth and Jaqui for many wonderful childhood memories. RIP.

[@Turbomgzt]

OMFG! 1:18:40 time mark, line three David Dempster!!! That was me aged 12. I recall it so clearly over the years still. Never ever thought I'd see it for real aged 55. Just searched for blake 7 swap shop and here it is. Little did I know at the time, that Jacqueline lived about 5 miles away in West Byfleet. I was in Addlestone. Thank you so very much for uploading this! I'm indebted to you!!!!

[@appropriatedsubdiffusion9260]

You're most welcome - it must be great to see it after all this time, glad you found it!

[@robalexander8065]

Great clip. RIP Gareth and Jackie.

[@Eltonlaleham]

Blake and his arch-enemy Servalan on swap shop is awesome I met them both in real life at various conventions it is a shame Gareth and Jackie are gone from this universe as are Gan Avon Zen Orac and Slave I imagine they are reunited in the place where they have gone to I shall miss them and never forget them

[@rolandrothwell4840]

You are so lucky in meeting Gareth and Jacqueline. I was a childhood fan in the very late 70s. I got my nephew into the series in tge 1990s. He loved it! There was something very special about the show.

[@georgedoyle2487]

@@rolandrothwell4840 Yes! Brilliant sci-fi and great soundtrack and story line. Loved the Blake 7 classic inter galactic space ship!

[@georgedoyle2487]

Wow!! This was brilliant!! Especially that reference to the space ship leaving Earth to travel for thousands of years. I’m a 70s child so i used to watch swap shop and skippy the kangaroo every Saturday morning. We also had a big chunky green telephone in our hall way at home similar to the ones in this clip. I loved Blake 7 seven back in the day and great soundtrack. I think it was on television on Sunday night after A Question of Sport. We only had 3 TV channels back then. What a great childhood we had in the 70s and 80s. Thank you very much for sharing!

[@rolandrothwell4840]

I actually remember this episode of Swop Shop. And I loved Blake 7

[@martinhudecek8886]

2 legends and citizen edmonds

[@මලින්දසමරසිංහ]

Miss you Servelan

[@Eltonlaleham]

Servalan was and always will be the best ever female arch-enemy in sci-fi she is alegend and unbeatable

[@මලින්දසමරසිංහ]

@@Eltonlaleham Absolutely Sir.Absolutely .Thank You.

[@MD-fu6ly]

love it but wish Jacqui had been asked more questions too!

[@මලින්දසමරසිංහ]

I really hope that physics would be able to support us in the near future in covering vast distances of our galaxy as Servelan did.

[@ba55bar]

a Liberator bracelet and Travis's eyepatch as a prize? I wonder if the winner still has them

[@kennyharris2407]

Yeah, Wow, Great Prizes, i would have been Chuffed to have won those when i was 8 and a half... ; )

[@TheLowerIntestine]

These will be priceless now.

[@georgedoyle2487]

Wow!! What a prize I hope they looked after those prizes. That’s a nice prize to give to a child to treasure and especially for a Sci-fi fan.

[@timelordvictorious]

god bless Jacqueline pierce she did not mind not a lot of questions came to her. Also that welch lad was really cheeky

[@knoxyish]

the lovely Jaqueline pierce aka servalan ! i used to rush in and watch this after the late shift! terrible effects but a great story that needs retelling with some money thrown at it but please not a hollywood one .

[@plasticmancvoguish8390]

Where did Blake get his mid-season haircut ? Assuming series 2 was recorded out of broadcast order.

[@mosheridan7016]

When tv was tv

[@MD-fu6ly]

TV is always TV. We always think the TV from our own youth is best, just as kids today do. Don't be that person.

[@mosheridan7016]

@@MD-fu6ly But it was

[@MD-fu6ly]

@@mosheridan7016 and today's youth will say the same. Just as when Blake's 7 aired people said their TV from the 50s was best. As I said , don't be that person.

[@johnmc3862]

When it wasn’t the radio lol 😂

[@georgedoyle2487]

Exactly!! Even the adverts back in the 70s and 80s were more entertaining than the programs we have now.

[@ticketyboo2456]

And to think there are morans out there who preferred TISWAS...

[@thefurrybastard1964]

Jacqueline Pearce was stunning looking at her with adult eyes.