Post by MS on Sept 2, 2013 18:37:32 GMT -5
Just saw the Alfred Hitchc(o)ck Presents episode The Avon Emeralds which had starred Roger Moore.
This was originally broadcast in 1959 and it was before he started playing the Saint in 1962 and whilst Moore was playing the Saint in the season 5 finale The Gadic Collection it had guest starred Paul Darrow who would later play Avon in Blake’s 7.
Blake’s 7 creator Terry Nation had written for The Saint but The Gadic Collection was not one of his episodes. From memory I am not that certain how much Nation was involved with Darrow’s casting as Avon in Blake’s 7 and it is a matter of speculation whether Nation had seen Moore in the aforementioned Alfred Hitchc(o)ck episode and whether he had remember the Avon name from this episode for him to later use as the character played by Darrow in Blake’s 7.
This was originally broadcast in 1959 and it was before he started playing the Saint in 1962 and whilst Moore was playing the Saint in the season 5 finale The Gadic Collection it had guest starred Paul Darrow who would later play Avon in Blake’s 7.
Blake’s 7 creator Terry Nation had written for The Saint but The Gadic Collection was not one of his episodes. From memory I am not that certain how much Nation was involved with Darrow’s casting as Avon in Blake’s 7 and it is a matter of speculation whether Nation had seen Moore in the aforementioned Alfred Hitchc(o)ck episode and whether he had remember the Avon name from this episode for him to later use as the character played by Darrow in Blake’s 7.