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The Best Episodes of Blake's 7

Every episode of Blake's 7 ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Blake's 7!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 13 - Blake
    8.8/10(303 votes)

    #1 - Blake

    S4:E13

    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.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  2. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 13 - Star One
    8.7/10(273 votes)

    #2 - Star One

    S2:E13

    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 confronts Travis and the Federation computer is destroyed. Blake is seriously hurt.

    Director:David Maloney
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  3. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 13 - Terminal
    8.6/10(232 votes)

    #3 - Terminal

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  4. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 8 - Rumours of Death
    8.4/10(244 votes)

    #4 - Rumours of Death

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  5. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 11 - Orbit
    8.3/10(217 votes)

    #5 - Orbit

    S4:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Holmes

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  6. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 2 - Space Fall
    8.1/10(364 votes)

    #6 - Space Fall

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  7. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 5 - Pressure Point
    8.1/10(256 votes)

    #7 - Pressure Point

    S2:E5

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

    Director:George Spenton-Foster
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  8. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 6 - City at the Edge of the World
    8.1/10(257 votes)

    #8 - City at the Edge of the World

    S3:E6

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  9. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 1 - The Way Back
    7.9/10(419 votes)

    #9 - The Way Back

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  10. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 1 - Aftermath
    7.9/10(248 votes)

    #10 - Aftermath

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  11. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 2 - Powerplay
    7.9/10(225 votes)

    #11 - Powerplay

    S3:E2

    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.

    Director:David Maloney
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  12. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 10 - Gold
    7.9/10(197 votes)

    #12 - Gold

    S4:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 6 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
    7.8/10(313 votes)

    #13 - Seek-Locate-Destroy

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  14. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 13 - Orac
    7.8/10(285 votes)

    #14 - Orac

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  15. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 1 - Redemption
    7.8/10(252 votes)

    #15 - Redemption

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  16. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 7 - Killer
    7.8/10(245 votes)

    #16 - Killer

    S2:E7

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Robert Holmes

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  17. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 9 - Countdown
    7.8/10(242 votes)

    #17 - Countdown

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  18. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 9 - Project Avalon
    7.7/10(296 votes)

    #18 - Project Avalon

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  19. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 12 - Death-Watch
    7.7/10(207 votes)

    #19 - Death-Watch

    S3:E12

    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.

    Director:Gerald Blake
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  20. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 9 - Sand
    7.7/10(215 votes)

    #20 - Sand

    S4:E9

    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.

    Director:Vivienne Cozens
    Writer:Tanith Lee

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  21. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 6 - Trial
    7.5/10(239 votes)

    #21 - Trial

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Derek Martinus
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  22. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 11 - Gambit
    7.5/10(255 votes)

    #22 - Gambit

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:George Spenton-Foster
    Writer:Robert Holmes

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  23. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 8 - Duel
    7.4/10(352 votes)

    #23 - Duel

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Douglas Camfield
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  24. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 2 - Shadow
    7.4/10(241 votes)

    #24 - Shadow

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Jonathan Wright Miller
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  25. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 7 - Children of Auron
    7.4/10(214 votes)

    #25 - Children of Auron

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Roger Parkes

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Best Episodes Summary

"Blake" is the best rated episode of "Blake's 7". It scored 8.8/10 based on 303 votes. Directed by Mary Ridge and written by Chris Boucher, it aired on 12/21/1981. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Star One".