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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 Worst Episode
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    Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 5 - Animals
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Animals

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  2. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 5 - The Web
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 11 - Bounty
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 11 - Gambit
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 5 - The Harvest of Kairos
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - The Harvest of Kairos

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Gerald Blake
    Writers:Terry Nation, Ben Steed

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  6. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 4 - Time Squad
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 10 - Breakdown
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 3 - Weapon
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 12 - The Keeper
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 3 - Volcano
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Volcano

    S3:E3

    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.

    Director:Desmond McCarthy
    Writer:Allan Prior

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  11. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 4 - Dawn of the Gods
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Dawn of the Gods

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Desmond McCarthy
    Writer:James Follett

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  12. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 3 - Cygnus Alpha
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 6 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
    7.5/10(2 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 2 Episode 4 - Horizon
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 7 - Killer
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 9 - Countdown
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Blake's 7 Season 2 Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Blake's 7 Season 3 Episode 12 - Death-Watch
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 2 - Power
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Power

    S4:E2

    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.

    Director:Mary Ridge
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Blake's 7 Season 4 Episode 4 - Stardrive
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Stardrive

    S4:E4

    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.

    Director:David Sullivan Proudfoot
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 1 - The Way Back
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 7 - Mission to Destiny
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 8 - Duel
    8.0/10(2 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
    8.0/10(2 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 2 Episode 5 - Pressure Point
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Animals" is the worst rated episode of "Blake's 7". It scored 6/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Mary Ridge and written by Allan Prior, it aired on 10/26/1981. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Web".