• Interviewee

  Stephen Greif

• Portrayed

  Space Commander Travis in Blake’s 7, 1978

From King Lear, with The Royal Shakespeare Company, to the film version of No Sex Please We’re British, Stephen Grief has tried his hand at just about every kind of acting role. A true professional in every sense, Stephen usually prefers to be seen acting rather than as himself.

However, one role set him apart - got him recognised. A role he played so quintessentially that he made it his own. As Travis in Blake’s 7, Stephen was Blake’s nemesis and his equal. A man to be reckoned with.

In this Myth Makers, Nicholas Briggs takes Stephen back to locations used for the Blake’s 7 story Duel and together they delve back into Stephen’s past… with a little help from an unseen friend…