\u201cI could be the new Servalan, it\u2019s always interesting to play someone evil,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve been getting into practice with my new role on Hollyoaks<\/a> playing a terrifying gangster, which has been great fun!\u201d<\/p>\n Barber has just joined the Channel 4 soap as Norma Crow, an organised crime boss who is being billed as one of the most dangerous characters the village has ever seen \u2013 and that\u2019s saying something.<\/p>\n It sounds like a great grounding for taking on Blake\u2019s 7 vivacious villainess, brought memorably to life by the late Jacqueline Pearce who passed away in 2018.<\/p>\n Servalan was the sinister supreme commander of the Terran Federation, who hunted a disparate gang of fugitive rebels (the \u2018seven\u2019 of the title), across the galaxy for four seasons from 1978 to 1981.<\/p>\n Barber has fond recollections of joining Blake\u2019s 7\u2019s Scorpio crew in the final seeason. Although one of the good guys, Soolin was pretty scary herself as her backstory described a tough childhood on dangerous planet Gauda Prime, where she\u2019d learnt to fight dirty to avenge the murder of her parents by intergalactic mercenaries. No wonder the actors needed some light relief while making the show\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019d go to the old BBC rehearsal rooms in Acton which looked like a classroom,\u201d she recalls. \u201cJust like you do in school, the cast would be talking and laughing, until the director got angry with a few of us and said: \u2018If you two don\u2019t stop giggling I\u2019m going to give you separate seats in the space ship!\u2019 \u2013 it was great fun but I was fresh out of drama school and probably didn\u2019t take it seriously enough to be honest.\u201d<\/p> In our in-depth interview, Barber also reflects on her other famous characters including Ronnie and Roxy\u2019s manipulative mum Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders<\/a> and Harriet Makepeace, one half of legendary 1980s crimefighting duo Dempsey and Makepeace, where she met future husband Michael Brandon. Is that a role she\u2019d like to revisit?<\/p>\n \u201cLike Blake\u2019s 7 a remake has been spoken about it for years but never happened. It could be interesting to see how the characters have involved \u2013 I am convinced that Sergeant Makepeace is now the head of MI5!\u201d<\/p>\n The full Big RT Interview with Glynis Barber will be available to read from tomorrow (Friday, 29th April) on RadioTimes.com. Her first episode of Hollyoaks also airs tomorrow at 7pm on E4. <\/strong>Blake\u2019s 7 is available to watch now on BritBox<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Drama<\/a>\u00a0hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Johnathon Hughes Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 12:00 am Fans of cult sci-fi classic Blake\u2019s 7 have been waiting patiently for news on a much-mooted reboot for years, but there\u2019s one member of the cast who\u2019s keen to revisit the series \u2013 as long as they can play a different character. 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