Blake's 7 star Gareth Thomas has sadly died.

What a brilliant actor the man was. He gave Blake a real gravitas and made him real, even when the character was at his selfish worst, he always made it work. He wasn't my favourite character in Blake's 7, but he never once let the show down while he was in it and indeed, he makes the last episode something truly special.
Despite his voice aging, I very much enjoyed his returns to the role for Big Finish and I'm saddened to learn they were just about to do some more full cast audios which now sadly will probably not happen.

But Blake was only part of his career. He had a distinguished theatre career, working with the RSC and appeared in many other TV shows including Children of the Stones, which I know is much loved around here.

RIP Gareth.