[TV] RIP Servalan

[Boys 9d]

Two heroines of my younger days gone. First Aretha and now Servalan. R I P.

 

[Don Tmatter]

Was she a villain in one of the Superman (Christopher Reeve) movies as well with Terrence Stamp?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Just 3 TV channels existed when Servalan was first on our screens - and BBC2 wasn't up to much if I remember correctly. This was proper boxset TV for the time.

 

[chaileyjem]

As a child we sat in a beer garden in Sussex (probably after my dad was playing cricket) and this odd threesome were having a drink together.

Servalan
Peter Purvis
and the bloke with the beard you used to do fingerbobs

Rick fingerbobs Jones also known for this , much sampled, bit of mad 70s jazz/pop.

https://youtu.be/2mAQaQfx_ZE

The drum break is the last few seconds Paid in Full - the Eric B/Coldcut/Rakim track.

 

[graysgull]

Another one of my favourites has gone. RIP

 

[drew]

Ah Blakes Seven. The ultimate beige and brown early 1970's low budget TV Sci-Fi. Star Wars it wasn't...

From what I recall Blake was more of a Woodwork Teacher than a Galactic Rebel and his character eventually got binned so the morally dubious but far more fun Avon could run the Rebellion.

For some reason this included having several free and frank Ugandan Discussions with Servalan. Lucky Boy!

Think the lead decided he was a better actor and merited better than Blake's 7.

 

[jakarta]

Think the lead decided he was a better actor and merited better than Blake's 7.

Can't remember him in anything else so not the best career move. Especially the lack of Servalan action.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Loved Servolan as a 12 year old boy. Sob. R.I.P,

This raises all sorts of issues!

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

This raises all sorts of issues!

It's all okay if the love was only a crush from the child!

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

It's all okay if the love was only a crush from the child!

That's an - er - relief! (I think I was a bit older when I watched it. She made me want to be an astronaut, but I only made space cadet.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Orac sounded like Basil Brush!

 

[marlowe]

She did a nude scene in the film White Mischief but unfortunately because she didn't have the Servalan haircut at the time it just didn't have the same effect.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Is she the Welsh Doris from Hi-Di-Hi?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Is she the Welsh Doris from Hi-Di-Hi?

No thats Ruth Madoc

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Was she a villain in one of the Superman (Christopher Reeve) movies as well with Terrence Stamp?

No thats Sarah Douglas

 

[Pevenseagull]

I think she had a restaurant in Lewes a few years ago.