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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!

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 1 Episode 1 - The Way Back
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    #1 - 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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  2. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 2 - Space Fall
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    #2 - 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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  3. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 3 - Cygnus Alpha
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    #3 - Cygnus Alpha

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  4. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 4 - Time Squad
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    #4 - Time Squad

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  5. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 5 - The Web
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    #5 - The Web

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  6. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 6 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
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    #6 - 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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  7. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 7 - Mission to Destiny
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    #7 - Mission to Destiny

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  8. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 8 - Duel
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    #8 - 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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  9. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 9 - Project Avalon
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    #9 - 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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  10. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 10 - Breakdown
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    #10 - Breakdown

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  11. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 11 - Bounty
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    #11 - Bounty

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Pennant Roberts
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  12. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 12 - Deliverance
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    #12 - Deliverance

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  13. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 13 - Orac
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    #13 - 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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  14. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 1 - Redemption
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    #14 - 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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  15. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 2 - Shadow
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    #15 - 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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  16. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 3 - Weapon
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    #16 - Weapon

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:George Spenton-Foster
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  17. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 4 - Horizon
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    #17 - Horizon

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Jonathan Wright Miller
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  18. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 5 - Pressure Point
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    #18 - 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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  19. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 6 - Trial
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    #19 - 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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  20. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 7 - Killer
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    #20 - 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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  21. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 8 - Hostage
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    #21 - Hostage

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Vere Lorrimer
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  22. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 9 - Countdown
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    #22 - 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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  23. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
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    #23 - Voice from the Past

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:George Spenton-Foster
    Writer:Roger Parkes

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  24. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 11 - Gambit
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    #24 - 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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  25. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 12 - The Keeper
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    #25 - The Keeper

    S2:E12

    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.

    Director:Derek Martinus
    Writer:Allan Prior

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Way Back" is the best rated episode of "Blake's 7". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Michael E. Briant and written by Terry Nation, it aired on 1/2/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Space Fall".