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Blake's 7
1978 - 1981 7.2 (43 votes) 4 Seasons
Official Website
Genres
Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
BBC One
Created By
Terry Nation

Blake's 7

Overview

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

Key Crew

Producer: Vere Lorrimer

Top Cast

Josette Simon
Josette Simon

Dayna Mellanby

Michael Keating
Michael Keating

Vila Restal

Paul Darrow
Paul Darrow

Kerr Avon

Peter Tuddenham
Peter Tuddenham

Slave / ORAC

Steven Pacey
Steven Pacey

Del Tarrant

Glynis Barber
Glynis Barber

Soolin

Seasons

Season 0 (2006)

No overview available.

38 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Cult of... Blake's 7
2006-12-12

The BBC paid tribute to the series with a thirty minute documentary, The Cult of... Blake's 7, first broadcast on 12 December 2006 on BBC Four as part of that channel's Science Fiction Britannia series.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: Blake's Junction 7
2011-01-15

Cult '80s sci-fi gang "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: Making Blake's 7 Ep 1
1970-01-01

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: Making Blake's 7 Ep 2
1970-01-01

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: Making Blake's 7 Ep 3
1970-01-01

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: Series 3 DVD Extras
1970-01-03

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Series 4 Special Features, Part 1 or 2
1970-01-06

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 8: Series 4 Special Features, Part 2 or 2
1970-01-08

Runtime: N/A min
Episode 9: 2 Out-takes, a missing scene, 1 robot, 2 flat feet and a blooper

Series 1 DVD Extra

Runtime: 7 min
Episode 10: Blue Peter
1978-02-23

Lesley Judd shows how to make a Liberator Bracelet on popular children's show Blue Peter.

Runtime: 8 min
Episode 11: Introducing Roj Blake

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 12: Introducing Jenna Stannis

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 13: Introducing Kerr Avon

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 14: Introducing Cally

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 15: Introducing Vila Restal

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 16: Introducing Olag Gan

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 17: Introducing Zen

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 18: Introducing Travis

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 19: Introducing Servalan

Character introduction. Series 1 DVD Extra.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 20: Sally Knyvette (Jenna Stannis) Interviewed in 2002 - Part 1
2002-01-01

Hidden extra on DVD Series 2 Disk 2

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 21: Brain Croucher (Travis in Series 2) Interviewed in 1993 - Part 1
1993-01-01

Hidden DVD extra on Series 2 Disk 2

Runtime: 1 min
Episode 22: Pennant Roberts (Director) Interviewed in 2003
2003-01-01

Hidden DVD Extra on Series 2 Disk 2

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 23: Jan Chappell (Cally) Interviewed in 1993
1993-01-01

Hidden DVD extra on Series 2 Disk 4

Runtime: 1 min
Episode 24: Sally Knyvette (Jenna Stannis) Interviewed in 2002 - Part 2
2002-01-01

Hidden DVD Extra Series 2 Disk 4

Runtime: 1 min
Episode 25: Brain Croucher (Travis in Series 2) Interviewed in 1993 - Part 2
1993-01-01

Hidden DVD Extra Series 2 Disk 4

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 26: Saturday Superstore
1983-01-08

Saturday morning children's TV explains how the Blake's 7 teleported effect was achieved.

Runtime: 5 min
Episode 27: Jane Hudson's Costume Collection

Jane Hudson talks about the BBC Costume Department at Television Center, and her work on Blake's 7.

Runtime: 18 min
Episode 28: Mat's Models

Mat Irvine (Visual Effects Designer) talks about his work on Blake's 7.

Runtime: 12 min
Episode 29: Introducing Orac

Runtime: 1 min
Episode 30: The Mutoids

Brief photos and quotes about the Federation's Mutoid soldiers set to a heat-beat.

Runtime: 2 min
Episode 31: The Ballad of Travis II

Footage of Travis' trial and death set to a country ballad.

Runtime: 3 min
Episode 32: Scene Today
1991-01-24

Scene Today interviews Gareth Thomas and Jacqueline Pearce back in January 1991.

Runtime: 11 min
Episode 33: Multi-Coloured Swap-Shop
1979-03-10

Noel Edmunds interviews Gareth Thomas and Jacqueline Pearce on Saturday morning BBC children's TV. March 10th 1979.

Runtime: 20 min
Episode 34: Small World
1980-08-28

Small World (1980)'s coverage of Mat Irvine's model work, including Blake's 7.

Runtime: 9 min
Episode 35: Liberation
2024-10-12

Actors Sally Knyvette and Jon Chappell (Cally) meet to reminisce about making the first series. With contributions from cast and crew including Michael E. Briant, and designer Roger Murray-Leach.

Runtime: 84 min
Episode 36: A Glint In The Eye - The Life of Stephen Grief
2024-12-10

Friends and colleagues reminisce about the actor who first played Space Commander Travis

Runtime: 35 min
Episode 37: Michael Briant in Conversation
2024-12-12

The prolific director discusses his life, career and sci-fi work.

Runtime: 88 min
Episode 38: The Making of Blake's 7 - Part One
2024-12-10

Part 1 of an unreleased documentary originally slated for release in the 1990s, featuring a comprehensive look back at Series 1 and featuring interviews with Gareth Thomas, Jacqueline Pearce, Michael Keating, Stephen Greif and more.

Runtime: 42 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1978)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Way Back
1978-01-02

A rebel leader, his memory altered by an oppressive galactic government, suffers injustice after witnessing a massacre.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: Space Fall
1978-01-09

Blake and some criminals attempt to seize control of the prison ship London as it passes a space war where an abandoned ship is found.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: Cygnus Alpha
1978-01-16

Blake tries to rescue the remaining prisoners from the prison planet Cygnus Alpha only to find they have a disease that can be cured by the power mad high priest Vargas.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: Time Squad
1978-01-23

A ship whose crew had been put in suspended animation is picked up by the Liberator, while Blake attempts to destroy the Federation Communication base on Saurian Major.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: The Web
1978-01-30

The Liberator runs into a web created by psionic means; the crew meets the race of genetically-engineered Decimas. Blake learns of the attempt at genocide being waged against the Decimas by the creator of the Web.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: Seek-Locate-Destroy
1978-02-06

The crew steals a Federation deciphering unit and accidently leave Cally behind. Travis finds her and decides to used her in a hostage trap for Blake.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: Mission to Destiny
1978-02-13

The crippled spaceship Ortega presents Blake and his companions with a series of mysteries. Who murdered the pilot and sabotaged the controls ? What happened to the crew and why ? For Avon and Cally, the answers become a matter of life and death.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: Duel
1978-02-20

The flight of Federation pursuit ships, commanded by Travis, finally succeed in trapping the Liberator.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: Project Avalon
1978-02-27

Travis devises a plan to destroy Blake and capture the Liberator.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: Breakdown
1978-03-06

Gan's limiter malfunctions, and the crew go to space station XK-72 to have it repaired, at the risk of being discovered. The neurosurgeon notifies the Federation and delays surgery long enough for Federation forces to arrive.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: Bounty
1978-03-13

The crew land on the planet Lindor, where a deposed leader has been held in exile. Blake and Cally ask him to return to his people. Meanwhile, a ship in distress is helped by the Liberator, only to encounter a group of bounty hunters who seek to turn Blake and the Liberator over to the Federation.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: Deliverance
1978-03-20

The Liberator crew brings back the survivor of a ship that blew up while delivering some medical supplies to Ensor, the survivor's father. Jenna is captured on the planet, while the survivor of the destroyed ship forces Blake to leave the planet by holding Cally at gunpoint. On the planet, Avon is considered a god by a priestess leading her people there.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: Orac
1978-03-27

The Liberator crew fly to Aristo to deliver the supplies to Ensor, in exchange for radiation drugs and the computer Orac, which Ensor gives to Blake before he dies. Orac predicts the destruction of the Liberator.

Runtime: 50 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1979)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Redemption
1979-01-09

The crew encounter the System, builders and original owners of the Liberator (known to them as Deep Space Vehicle-2). They disable its defense systems in an attempt to try to get their craft back. A sister ship (DSV-1), in pursuit, is destroyed by Orac.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: Shadow
1979-01-16

The Liberator reaches Space City where Blake seeks the assistance of the Terra Nostra, a criminal group who control the deadly drug Shadow. Blake must find out what the link with the Federation is, and why Orac is telepathically torturing Cally. The key appears to be the planet Zonda.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: Weapon
1979-01-23

The rebels and the Federation are searching for the stolen prototype of Imipak, a deadly new weapon. Servalan and Travis use a Blake clone to get information on this weapon from one of Blake's friends.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: Horizon
1979-01-30

Horizon is a mysterious planet which neither Zen nor Orac can shed any light on. After teleporting down the crew are captured by Federation guards. Avon considers leaving the planet by himself with the Liberator.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: Pressure Point
1979-02-06

The Liberator returns to Earth, and Blake wants to capture Federation Control, in the belief that it would cripple the Federation.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: Trial
1979-02-13

Blake is questioning his purpose and motives after Gan's death and goes to a barren planet to reflect on things. Travis is put on trial and court-martialled for the deaths of civilans all courtesy of Servalan.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: Killer
1979-02-20

The Liberator crew journey to a planet where a friend of Avon's works, in order to get TP crystals. The derelict spaceship K-47 is retrieved, and an on-board virus spreads throughout the complex.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: Hostage
1979-02-27

The Liberator is ambushed by several Federation ships. Travis captures Blake's cousin. He claims to want to join Blake's crew.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: Countdown
1979-03-06

The crew travels to the planet Albian in search of information on the location of the Federation computer system Star One. Avon defuses a bomb with the help of Del Grant, who had thought Avon deserted his sister.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: Voice from the Past
1979-03-13

A ""time bomb"" planted in Blake's memory by the Federation has been stimulated. He goes to an asteroid to meet with the legendary Shivar and Governor Le Grand, who also wish to overthrow the Federation.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: Gambit
1979-03-20

Blake believes Docholli knows the location of Star One, and has traced him to Freedom City, a gambler's paradise. At the Big Wheel gambling casino, a miniaturized Orac helps Avon and Vila win large amounts of money. Little do they know Servalan has got there ahead of them.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: The Keeper
1979-03-27

In their quest for information on the location of Star One, the crew search for a member of the royal family of Goth who has an amulet containing a brain print.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: Star One
1979-04-03

The crew reach Star One, only to find it is already being overtaken by Andromedan forces. While Blake plots the destruction of Star One Travis plots the destruction of the entire human race. Avon kills Travis and the Federation computer is destroyed. Blake is seriously hurt.

Runtime: 50 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1980)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Aftermath
1980-01-07

Severely damaged by combat in the Galactic War, the Liberator disperses its crew while it repairs itself. Avon lands on a planet and is rescued by the daughter of a former revolutionary. Priceless scenes between Avon and Servalan.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: Powerplay
1980-01-14

Avon and Dayna return to the Liberator, only to find it has been claimed by Tarrant. The rest of the crew are rescued by a medical ship and eventually brought back to the Liberator.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: Volcano
1980-01-21

The crew search for a new home base on the planet Obsidian, whose volcanic outbursts -- and a nuclear device buried in the planet's core by its inhabitants -- protect the planet from being overtaken. Servalan employs an elaborate plan to take control of the Liberator.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: Dawn of the Gods
1980-01-28

Orac steers Liberator off course to investigate a black hole and the Thaarn reach out to Cally from her childhood stories. Liberator lands on the artificial planet Crador.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: The Harvest of Kairos
1980-02-04

Tarrant decides to raid a Federation freighter carrying valuable Kairopan crystal, but he heads right into Jarvik's trap and the Liberator is captured. The crew of the Liberator are left marooned on Kairos, a planet where nobody survives after the short crystal harvest season.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: City at the Edge of the World
1980-02-11

The crew strike a deal for crystals needed for Liberator's weapon systems. In exchange, Vila must help in obtaining a treasure on the planet Keezarn but in doing so he finds a gateway to another world.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: Children of Auron
1980-02-19

Servalan introduces a plague to the people of Auron, and the crew journey to Cally's homeworld to save them. Servalan uses this plan as bait to get the Liberator, and to make clones in her image, the only offspring she feels she could trust.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: Rumours of Death
1980-02-25

Avon wishes to hunt down the Federation inquisitor, Shrinker, who killed his former girlfriend, Anna Grant. He finds her alive, now working as an agent of the Federation.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: Sarcophagus
1980-03-03

The crew find a drifting ship, whose artifacts have a strange effect on Cally. An alien avoiding death has possessed her, and Avon has to break the spell.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: Ultraworld
1980-03-10

The crew go to the planet Ultraworld, only to discover it is a mental reprocessing plant. Vila saves the crew by telling riddles to Orac.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: Moloch
1980-03-17

Tarrant is teleported into a spaceship bound for the invisible planet Sardos, which the crew of Liberator discover after nearly crashing into it. Servalan is interested in the matter replication technology developed by the inhabitants of the planet.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: Death-Watch
1980-03-24

The crew visits the Teal and Vandor systems, currently at war with each other. A representative of each system is chosen for a battle. Tarrant kills the warrior who killed his brother.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: Terminal
1980-03-31

Avon secretly takes over the ship and flies it through a field containing enzymes which eat away at the Liberator's hull. They reach the planetoid Terminal, where Avon believes Blake is residing.

Runtime: 50 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1981)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Rescue
1981-09-28

Dorian, owner of the spaceship Scorpio, rescues the crew from Terminal. He tries to enlist the help of Orac to build a teleport mechanism for Scorpio and attempts to kill the crew.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 2: Power
1981-10-05

The Scorpio, rendered inaccessible by an elaborate security system, is stolen by a native of the planet who seeks to escape. Avon completes the Scorpio teleport system with the help of Orac.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 3: Traitor
1981-10-12

The planet Helotrix is falling easily to attack from a new Federation pacification drug, as are many other star systems. Tarrant and Dayna teleport down to the surface to investigate. Servalan, deposed of her presidency in the Federation, is back under the alias Commissioner Sleer having wiped all records connecting herself with the identity of Servalan.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 4: Stardrive
1981-10-19

After attempts to match the course of an asteroid for cover result in collision with the asteroid and severe damage to Scorpio's engines, the crew search for an experimental stardrive developed by an ex-Federation designer who is now working for a terrorist group.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 5: Animals
1981-10-26

Dayna meets an old friend, Justin, to seek help with synthesizing an antidote to the Federation pacification drug. Servalan learns of Scorpio's visit to Justin's planet and of the genetic research he is performing there.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 6: Headhunter
1981-11-02

The crew rescue a protege of Ensor's who instead turns out to be his android creation seeking to unite with Orac.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 7: Assassin
1981-11-09

Servalan hires an assassin to kill the crew by luring them to a trap set aboard the assassin's ship.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 8: Games
1981-11-16

The scientist Belkov has stripped a planet of a valuable crystalline substance and tries to double cross both Servalan and the Scorpio crew in an attempt to escape with the private stash he has collected. He is aided by his computer, an amalgamation of a standard Federation computer and a pleasure planet gaming machine.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 9: Sand
1981-11-23

Servalan investigates a planet which contains an unknown substance of potential usefulness whose investigation team mysteriously died. The crew learn of Servalan's trip and decide to investigate for themselves.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 10: Gold
1981-11-30

A plan to steal a shipment of atomically converted gold being transported from the planet Xeroc aboard a domestic passenger ship winds up turning into a major loss for the crew.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 11: Orbit
1981-12-07

The scientist Egrorian offers Avon a powerful weapon, the Tachyon Funnel, in exchange for Orac. Servalan, who is behind the transfer, prepares a plan to double-cross Avon that would give her both the Tachyon Funnel and Orac.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 12: Warlord
1981-12-14

Avon tries to form an alliance to produce an anti-pacification drug by negotiating with the leaders of three warring star systems. The Xenon base is sabotaged by explosives and a deadly virus. Tarrant falls in love with the daughter of the saboteur.

Runtime: 50 min
Episode 13: Blake
1981-12-21

After Orac traces Blake's trail to the planet Gauda Prime, Avon and crew travel there, leaving the destroyed Xenon base behind. Scorpio is attacked on approach to the planet and crash lands on the surface of Gauda Prime. Avon and crew travel in search of Blake, and discover that he may have sold out to the Federation.

Runtime: 50 min

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