Best Paul Darrow Audiobooks
Paul Darrow is inseparable from Avon, the coldly brilliant antihero he played on the BBC's Blake's 7 for four television series — and in these audio productions, he steps back into that skin like he never left. His voice is a controlled instrument: clipped, sardonic, with a silken menace that makes every line feel like a calculated move. Across titles like Blake's 7: 2.2 Fortuitas and Blake's 7: 2.3 Mindset, he anchors ensemble casts that include fellow series veterans Michael Keating and Steven Pacey, lending the productions an authenticity that no recasting could replicate. Darrow isn't a chameleon narrator in the Ray Porter mold — he's more like a gravitational center, and everything orbits his presence. If you were a fan of the original series, these recordings will feel like a reunion. If you're new to Blake's 7 entirely, Darrow's performance is reason enough to start.
Best Paul Darrow Audiobooks
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Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles
Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles • Book 6
by Peter Anghelides, Steve Lyons, Mark Wright, Cavan Scott, Gareth Thomas, Paul Darrow, Sally Knyvette, Steven Pacey
Narrated by Gareth Thomas, Paul Darrow, Sally Knyvette, Steven Pacey
★ 3.58 ABR Score (27 ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (22) ★ 4.6 Audible (5)2h 56m listening time • Released 2016 - 2
Blake's 7: Lucifer
by Paul Darrow, Xanna Eve Chown, Jason Haigh-Ellery, Nicholas Briggs, Cavan Scott, Andrew Mark Sewell, Terry Nation, Anthony Lamb
Narrated by Paul Darrow
★ 3.57 ABR Score (23 ratings)★ 4.5 Goodreads (2) ★ 4.29 Audible (21)7h 14m listening time • Released 2016 - 3
Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles
Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles • Book 12
by Andy Lane, Guy Adams, Lisa Bowerman
Narrated by Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Michael Keating, Steven Pacey, David Warner
★ 3.56 ABR Score (16 ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (11) ★ 5 Audible (5)2h 41m listening time • Released 2017The original cast returning to voice their characters transforms these three stories into something closer to a radio drama than an audiobook, especially when Steven Pacey and David Warner are involved.
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Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles
Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles • Book 9
by Cavan Scott, Mark Wright
Narrated by Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon, David Warner
★ 3.55 ABR Score (16 ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (13) ★ 5 Audible (3)2h 57m listening time • Released 2017The original cast reunites to deepen these character-driven stories, and hearing Darrow, Keating, Chappell, and Pacey inhabit their roles three decades later gives the whole thing a bittersweet weight that new actors simply couldn't match.
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Blake's 7 2.4 Ghost Ship
by Iain McLaughlin
Narrated by Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon
★ 3.54 ABR Score (1 ratings)★ 5 Audible (1)1h 11m listening time • Released 2016 - 6
Blake's 7 - The Liberator Chronicles
Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles • Book 7
by Simon Guerrier, Eddie Robson, James Swallow, Gareth Thomas, Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Gemma Whelan
Narrated by Gareth Thomas, Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Gemma Whelan
★ 3.54 ABR Score (21 ratings)★ 3.79 Goodreads (19) ★ 4.5 Audible (2)2h 47m listening time • Released 2016 - 7
Blake's 7: 2.2 Fortuitas
Blake's 7: Classic Audio Adventures #2.2
by George Mann
Narrated by Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon
★ 3.47 ABR Score (34 ratings)★ 3.71 Goodreads (34)1h 13m listening time • Released 2016 - 8
Blake's 7: 2.3 Mindset
by Jacqueline Rayner
Narrated by Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Steven Pacey, Tom Chadbon
★ 3.35 ABR Score (4 ratings)★ 3.75 Goodreads (4)1h 10m listening time • Released 2016The original cast delivers their characters with such lived-in chemistry that this audio drama feels less like a recreation and more like stepping back into the Liberator itself mid-crisis.