Josette SimonFilmography

Milk and Honey

Cry Freedom

Actors: Kevin Kline, Penelope Wilton, Denzel Washington, Kevin McNally

Synopsis: Richard Attenborough directed this dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko (Denzel Washington Read More

Blakes 7: Stardrive

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: The Scorpio crew attempts to get its hands on the hyper-accelerated Photonic Drive, which will provide their ship with unimaginable speed and destructive capabilities. Unfortunately, the Drive is currently controlled by the Space Rats, a band of deranged "speed junkies." There is nothing for the Read More

Blakes 7: Animals

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Dayna (Josette Simon) is marooned on a strange planet with Justin (Peter Byrne), her former mentor and sweetheart. Justin is in the midst of developing genetic creatures, designed to work around high radiation. Both the "good guys," represented by Avon, and the villains, headed by Servalan, would Read More

Blakes 7: Headhunter

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Avon (Paul Darrow) endeavors to enlist the aid of Muller (John Westbrook), a cybernetics expert. But an accident reveals that Muller is not Muller at all, but instead the scientist's lookalike, an insane android. Now the crew of the Scorpio must prevent Muller's electronic clone from merging its Read More

Blakes 7: Rescue

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: The fourth and final season of Blakes 7 begins on a sour note, with the Liberator destroyed, the computer Orac in disrepair, and crew member Cally lying dead. The remaining crewpersons are rescued from the planet Terminal by Dorian (Geoffrey Burridge), who bundles them into his own ship, the Read More

Blakes 7: Power

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Avon hopes to escape Xenon by overriding Dorian's security lock and taking charge of the space vessel Scorpio. Meanwhile, the crew members find themselves in the thick of a fierce battle between the men and women of the planet. This time around, it falls to Dayna (Josette Simon) to rescue herself Read More

Blakes 7: Traitor

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Taking control of Scorpio, Avon guides the ship away from Xenon and heads to a different planet. Alas, this world is under the thumb of the newly regenerated Federation, which has developed an even stronger mind-control drug than before. Crew members Tarrant (Steven Pacey) and Dayna (Josette Read More

Blakes 7: Gold

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Diminutive comic actor Roy Kinnear, a familiar face to fans of the films of director Richard Lester, appears in this episode as Keiller, an old chum of Scorpio skipper Avon (Paul Darrow). Though now employed as purser on the cruiser Space Princess, Keiller has not quite forsaken his former Read More

Blakes 7: Orbit

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Avon (Paul Darrow) agrees to trade the ship's computer, Orac, for a new, highly destructive long-range weapon, the tachyon funnel. Unfortunately, the inventor of the weapon, a megalomaniac recluse named Egrorian (John Savident) double-crosses Avon and sabotages the Scorpio crew's space shuttle. Read More

Blakes 7: Warlord

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: In order to produce an antidote for the Federation's mind-controlling drugs, Avon must forge an alliance within a group of anti-Federation warlords. One of these leaders is Zukan (Roy Boyd), who has a pretty daughter named Zeeona (Bobbie Brown). When it turns out that Zukan is in league with Read More

Blakes 7: Assassin

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Having been frustrated in her previous efforts to knock off the Scorpio crew, Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) hires a chameleonlike professional assassin named Cancer (John Wyman). In their efforts to get to Cancer before he can get to them, the crew members inadvertently cause the death of the slave Read More

Blakes 7: Games

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: The crew attempts to smuggle vital power-source crystals onto the Scorpio. This action may well cost them their lives -- unless they can outwit the game-playing computer owned by shifty swindler Belkov (Stratford Johns). And what of the evil Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce), who now has a score to Read More

Blakes 7: Sand

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Bitter enemies Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) and Tarrant (Steven Pacey) are stranded on Virn, a planet controlled by living, omnivorous sand. Servalan braces herself for the worst: Her lover, Don Keller (Jonathan David), has already been devoured by the sand, along with several other colonists. For Read More

Blakes 7: Blake

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey, Glynis Barber

Synopsis: Just in time for the final episode of Blakes 7, the titular Roj Blake (Gareth Thomas) makes a return appearance. The Scorpio crew has crash-landed on Guardia Prime, where Blake is reportedly ekeing out a living as a bounty hunter. Convinced that Blake has sold the crew out to the Federation, Avon Read More

Blakes 7: Volcano

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Avon (Paul Darrow) chooses the peace-loving planet Obsidian for his new headquarters. Dayna (Josette Simon) and Tarrant (Steven Pacey) likewise arrive on Obsidian, hoping to negotiate a truce between their warring civilizations. Alas, Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) is prepared to launch an attack Read More

Blakes 7: Dawn of the Gods

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Sucked into a black hole in space, the Liberator crew comes across a hitherto uncharted domain. The area is held in thrall by the Thaarn (Marcus Powell), a creature from the mythology of Cally's home planet. Recognizing someone from his own culture, the hideous Thaarn demands that Cally (Jan Read More

Blakes 7: The Harvest of Kairos

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Under the leadership of Tarrant (Steven Pacey), the Liberator crew steals the Kairopan crystal harvest, which would otherwise be used for the Federation's weaponry. Unfortunately, Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) and her Federation minions have managed to board the disabled Liberator, leaving the crew Read More

Blakes 7: Death-Watch

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Tarrant (Steven Pacey) is appalled to discover that his brother, Deeta (also Steven Pacey), is to fight a duel to determine the outcome of an interplanetary field. Even more disturbing is the fact that the evil Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) has set herself up as a neutral "judge," the better to Read More

Blakes 7: Aftermath

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Picking up where season two left off, the third season of Blakes 7 was launched with the episode titled "Aftermath." With the intergalactic war coming to an end, the crew of the Liberator -- minus the titular Blake and crew member Jenna (actors Gareth Thomas and Sally Knyvette had left the series) Read More

Blakes 7: Powerplay

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Returning to Liberator with his new friend, Dayna (Josette Simon), Avon (Paul Darrow) finds that the ship has been captured by a Federation death squad, commanded by Tarrant (Steven Pacey, in his first series appearance). Meanwhile, Cally (Jan Chappell) has spirited the wounded Vila (Michael Read More

Blakes 7: City at the Edge of the World

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Anxious to obtain some crystals necessary to activate the Liberator's weaponry, Avon (Paul Darrow) enters into a slightly unsavory arrangement with criminal leader Bayban the Beserker (Colin Baker). In exchange for Bayban's assistance, Vila (Michael Keating) must use his lock-picking skills to Read More

Blakes 7: Ultraworld

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: The crew of the Liberator lands upon what appears to be an uncharted planet. The disturbing telepathic reaction of Cally (Jan Chappell) is the first clue that this gigantic "world" is actually a huge computer, which remains alive by sapping the intellects of others. Not surprisingly, the computer Read More

Blakes 7: Moloch

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: While in pursuit of the evil Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce), the Liberator is drawn into the energy field of Sardos, an unchartered planet controlled by liberated Federation convicts. These men and women intend to link up with a group of renegade Federation troops, who have harnessed the power of Read More

Blakes 7: Terminal

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: The long-missing Blake (Gareth Thomas) apparently resurfaces out of nowhere, issuing a coded message from afar to his former comrade-in-arms, Avon (Paul Darrow). Deciphering the code, Avon pilots the Liberator to Terminal, a synthetic planet. Unfortunately, the crew has been lured into a trap by Read More

Blakes 7: Children of Auron

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon

Synopsis: Jan Chappell plays a dual role in this episode, as alien telepath Cally and as Cally's sister, Zelda. Receiving a mental message from Zelda, Cally learns of a deadly plague on her home planet, Auron. The person responsible for this calamity is Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce), who wants to get her Read More

Blakes 7: Rumours of Death

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: While searching for the killer of his former lover, Anna Grant (Lorna Heilbron), Avon (Paul Darrow) finds out that she is not dead after all. Unfortunately, Anna (now known as Sula) can no longer be trusted -- a fact that is but one element of a complex power play within the Federation, involving Read More

Blakes 7: Sarcophagus

Actors: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Steven Pacey

Synopsis: Although she refuses to acknowledge the fact, Cally (Jan Chappell) is in the telepathic thrall of a derelict space vessel. Things heat up when the artificially sustained intelligence of the ship's long-deceased navigator causes Cally to behave in a near-homicidal manner toward the other crew Read More