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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 1 Episode 9 - Project Avalon
    10.0/10(292 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 13 - Star One
    10.0/10(264 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 4 Episode 10 - Gold
    10.0/10(193 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 13 - Blake
    10.0/10(298 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 1 - Redemption
    9.5/10(250 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 8 - Rumours of Death
    9.5/10(238 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 9 - Sand
    9.5/10(209 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 13 - Orac
    9.0/10(281 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 6 - City at the Edge of the World
    9.0/10(251 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 7 - Children of Auron
    9.0/10(207 votes)

    #10 - 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:Andrew Morgan
    Writer:Roger Parkes

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  11. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 9 - Sarcophagus
    9.0/10(208 votes)

    #11 - Sarcophagus

    S3:E9

    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.

    Director:Fiona Cumming
    Writer:Tanith Lee

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  12. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 13 - Terminal
    9.0/10(227 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 6 - Headhunter
    9.0/10(205 votes)

    #13 - Headhunter

    S4:E6

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

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Roger Parkes

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  14. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 7 - Assassin
    9.0/10(202 votes)

    #14 - Assassin

    S4:E7

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

    Director:David Sullivan Proudfoot
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 2 - Space Fall
    8.5/10(364 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 12 - Deliverance
    8.5/10(263 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 6 - Trial
    8.5/10(235 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 1 - Aftermath
    8.5/10(244 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 1 - Rescue
    8.5/10(230 votes)

    #19 - Rescue

    S4:E1

    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.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Chris Boucher

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  20. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 8 - Games
    8.5/10(192 votes)

    #20 - Games

    S4:E8

    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.

    Director:Vivienne Cozens
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 11 - Orbit
    8.5/10(211 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 12 - Warlord
    8.5/10(210 votes)

    #22 - Warlord

    S4:E12

    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.

    Director:Viktors Ritelis
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 1 - The Way Back
    8.0/10(419 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 7 - Mission to Destiny
    8.0/10(307 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 8 - Duel
    8.0/10(350 votes)

    #25 - 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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Best Episodes Summary

"Project Avalon" is the best rated episode of "Blake's 7". It scored 10/10 based on 292 votes. Directed by Michael E. Briant and written by Terry Nation, it aired on 2/27/1978. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Star One".