
B4: HORIZON
RADIO TIMES: Fleeing from pursuit ship patrols. Blake takes the Liberator far out towards the edge of the galaxy. But even here he is not free of the Federation. On a planet code-named ' Horizon' he is finally captured...

Broadcast: Tuesday 30th January, 1979: 7.20pm-8.10pm, BBC 1
Writer: Allan Prior
Director: Jonathan Wright Miller
"I'm glad you're coming round to the truth, Ro. It would have hurt me to eliminate you." Kommissar
GUEST CAST
Kommissar - William Squire
Ro - Darien Angadi
Selma - Souad Faress
Assistant Kommissar - Brian Miller
Chief Guard - Paul Haley
CREW
Production Assistant - Ralph Wilton
Production Unit Manager - Sheelagh Rees
Film Cameraman - Peter Chapman
Film Recordist - Ian Sansam
Film Editor - Sheila S. Tomlinson
Series Videotape Editors - Sam Upton (Uncredited), Malcolm Banthorpe (Uncredited)
Visual Effects Designer - Mat Irvine, Peter Pegrum, Andrew Lazell
Electronic Effects - A.J. Mitchell
Studio Lighting - Brian Clemett
Studio Sound - Clive Gifford
Special Sound - Richard Yeoman-Clark
Costume Designer - June Hudson
Make Up Artist - Marianne Ford
Music By - Dudley Simpson
Series Created By - Terry Nation
FACT FILE
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Horizon was commissioned from award-winning novelist and television scripwriter Allan Prior in early 1978.
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Horizon was originally intended to be episode 8 in Series B but was moved forward to 4 to replace Pip & Jane Baker’s abandoned script Death Squad.
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Horizon originally didn’t include Gan who would already have died if the episode had retained its place later in the season.
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The surface scenes on Horizon were filmed at Clearwell, Gloucestershire, from 10th-12th August, 1978.
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The freighter followed by the Liberator was stock footage of the London from Series A, as were the Federation fighters.
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Deleted scenes included Vila begging for soma before teleporting down to Horizon and a long speech by the Kommissar to Ro.
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The main guest actor in Horizon was William Squire who had appeared as a regular in the spy series Callan.
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Squire was also the voice of Gandalf in the animated version of The Lord of the Rings (1978) and was the Shadow in The Armageddon Factor (Doctor Who, 1979).
![]() Gan (David Jackson) on set with OracRehearsal shot of David Jackson. Notice the blocks holding up Orac's trolley. BBC copyright image | ![]() Blake negotiates with RoBBC copyright image |
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