OUT NOW!! Classic British Sci-Fi - 'Star Cops: The High Frontier 1' from BIG FINISH!!

STAR COPS is a British science fiction television drama series first broadcast on BBC2 in 1987. It was devised by CHRIS BOUCHER, a writer who had previously worked on the science fiction television series DOCTOR WHO and BLAKE'S 7 as well as crime dramas such as Juliet Bravo and Bergerac.

In 2018, Big Finish continued the story, with original cast members DAVID CALDER, TREVOR COOPER and LINDA NEWTON joined by new characters played by RHAKEE THAKRAR and PHILIP OLIVIER.

I was delighted to be asked to be a part of it's latest BOXSET: 3A - 'Star Cops: The High Frontier 1' comprising of THREE interconnected episodes.

3.1 Dead Air by Roland Moore

When Sonia Garrett dies during a routine moonwalk, the Star Cops suspect that her suit was sabotaged. As part of the investigation, Devis and Paul travel to an ancient space station to interview XANDER O'BRIEN (played by my good self in a guest lead role!). But the reclusive meteorologist has a surprise in store. He knows exactly who killed Sonia Garrett. Aliens!

I also turn up in the two other episodes of the boxset:3.2 Hostile Takeover by Rossa McPhillips and 3.3 Death in the Desert by Sarah Grochala playing a Moonbase Worker and a Soldier respectively!

It's cracking stuff here, great fun to record and extra special to work with some of the original stars of the show and all wonderfully directed by HELEN GOLDWYN ...

Here's a full cast list for the three episodes:

3A - Star Cops: The High Frontier 1

David Calder (Nathan Spring)

Trevor Cooper (Inspector Colin Devis)

Linda Newton (Acting Chief Superintendent Pal Kenzy)

Philip Olivier (Inspector Paul Bailey)

Sean Connolly (Xander O’Brien / Soldier 1)

Billie Fulford-Brown (Kathy Marshall / Clare Jones)

Sarah Lawrie (Dr Kay Jones)

Lynsey Murrell (Alice Okoro)

Jason Nwoga (Professor Sani Habib / Sergeant Hamza)

Graham Vick (James Winfield / Torsten Arthurton)

Becky Wright (Sonia Garrett / Chef)

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OUT IN JULY - Re-uniting with the SIXTH DOCTOR in a new BIG FINISH ADVENTURE - 'Memories Of A Tyrant' ...

The cover for the new SIXTH DOCTOR ADVENTURE from BIG FINISH - 'Memories Of A Tyrant' ...

I'm more than a little delighted to announce that I recently had the opportunity to reacquaint myself with the SIXTH DOCTOR - COLIN BAKER and his companion PERI played as ever by the wonderful NICOLA BRYANT. 

The occasion was of course to record a BRAND NEW ADVENTURE from the fine folk at BIG FINISH called 'MEMORIES OF A TYRANT', part of the regular DOCTOR WHO MONTHLY RANGE - written by ROLAND MOORE and directed by JOHN AINSWORTH.

So what's it all about and hear you cry ..?

Without giving too much away, here is the official blurb from the BIG FINISH website.

"What if you’d committed a truly dreadful crime but couldn’t remember?

The Doctor takes Peri to the Memory Farm – a state of the art space station where hidden memories can be harvested and analysed. To their surprise, they find the station in lock-down and all its resources dedicated to probing the memories of an elderly man. Garius Moro may, or may not, have been responsible for the deaths of billions of people many years ago, but he simply can’t remember.

The assembled representatives of two opposing factions, each with their own agenda, anxiously wait for the truth to be unlocked from Moro’s mind. But when a memory does eventually surface, everyone is surprised to learn that it is of Peri..."

John assembled a great cast for this FOUR-PART ADVENTURE which is RELEASED THIS JULY, including Diane Keen (Varish), Caleb Frederick (Offram), John Green (Otwoe), Joseph Mydell (Garius Moro), Charlotte Strevens (Naras) and Steven Wickham (Grisk / Venorg). Oh I nearly forgot ... I play KENNEDY - Head of Security on the Memory Farm! and that's ALL you're getting out of me at this point!!

It's always a pleasure to work alongside Colin and Nicola but it was a particular thrill to meet and work with DIANE KEEN (below) having been a big fan of her classic television comedy series' 'THE CUCKOO WALTZ' and 'RINGS ON THEIR FINGERS' and of course latterly spending NINE YEARS on the daytime television series 'DOCTORS' (I'm surprised we hadn't met before!) ...

Actor and Voice Artist SEAN CONNOLLY with DIANE KEEN during a break from recording 'Memories Of A Tyrant' for BIG FINISH ...

More details to follow, nearer the time of release. It's sure to be a good one, a great time was had over the two days in the studio ... Check back soon!