Best Paul Darrow Audiobooks

The best audiobooks narrated by Paul Darrow — 8 titles spanning Sci-Fi, averaging 3.52 ABR stars.

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.

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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
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    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
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    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 2017

    The 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 2017

    The 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
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    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
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    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
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    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 2016

    The 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.

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