Blake's 7 (1978–1981)

Plot
In this British series by Terry Nation, Blake is a rebel framed for pedophilia. En route to a penal colony, Blake convinces several of his fellow prisoners to revolt. They find an alien spaceship and strike out to bring down the Empire. Some of them want freedom, some of them want money, some of them want to be left alone. Together, they are... Blake's 7.
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Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01
Project AvalonTravis devises a plan to destroy Blake and capture the Liberator. - 02
Star OneThe 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. - 03
GoldA 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.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
The Way BackJanuary 2, 1978A rebel leader, his memory altered by an oppressive galactic government, suffers injustice after witnessing a massacre. - S01E02
Space FallJanuary 9, 1978Blake and some criminals attempt to seize control of the prison ship London as it passes a space war where an abandoned ship is found. - S01E03
Cygnus AlphaJanuary 16, 1978Blake 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 - S01E04
Time SquadJanuary 23, 1978A ship whose crew had been put in suspended animation is picked up by the Liberator, while Blake attempts to destroy the Federation Communic - S01E05
The WebJanuary 30, 1978The Liberator runs into a web created by psionic means; the crew meets the race of genetically-engineered Decimas. Blake learns of the attem - S01E06
Seek-Locate-DestroyFebruary 6, 1978The crew steals a Federation deciphering unit and accidently leave Cally behind. Travis finds her and decides to use her in a hostage trap f - S01E07
Mission to DestinyFebruary 13, 1978The crippled spaceship Ortega presents Blake and his companions with a series of mysteries. Who murdered the pilot and sabotaged the control - S01E08
DuelFebruary 20, 1978The flight of Federation pursuit ships, commanded by Travis, finally succeed in trapping the Liberator. - S01E09
Season's bestProject AvalonFebruary 27, 1978Travis devises a plan to destroy Blake and capture the Liberator. - S01E10
BreakdownMarch 6, 1978Gan's limiter malfunctions, and the crew go to space station XK-72 to have it repaired, at the risk of being discovered. The neurosurgeon no - S01E11
BountyMarch 13, 1978The 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. Meanwhil - S01E12
DeliveranceMarch 20, 1978The Liberator crew brings back the survivor of a ship that blew up while delivering some medical supplies to Ensor, the survivor's father. J - S01E13
OracMarch 27, 1978The Liberator crew fly to Aristo to deliver the supplies to Ensor, in exchange for radiation drugs and the computer Orac, which Ensor gives
Season02
- S02E01
RedemptionJanuary 9, 1979The crew encounter the System, builders and original owners of the Liberator (known to them as Deep Space Vehicle-2). They disable its defen - S02E02
ShadowJanuary 16, 1979The Liberator reaches Space City where Blake seeks the assistance of the Terra Nostra, a criminal group who control the deadly drug Shadow. - S02E03
WeaponJanuary 23, 1979The rebels and the Federation are searching for the stolen prototype of Imipak, a deadly new weapon. Servalan and Travis use a Blake clone t - S02E04
HorizonJanuary 30, 1979Horizon is a mysterious planet which neither Zen nor Orac can shed any light on. After teleporting down the crew are captured by Federation - S02E05
Pressure PointFebruary 6, 1979The Liberator returns to Earth, and Blake wants to capture Federation Control, in the belief that it would cripple the Federation. - S02E06
TrialFebruary 13, 1979Blake 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 - S02E07
KillerFebruary 20, 1979The 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 - S02E08
HostageFebruary 27, 1979The Liberator is ambushed by several Federation ships. Travis captures Blake's cousin. He claims to want to join Blake's crew. - S02E09
CountdownMarch 6, 1979The crew travels to the planet Albian in search of information on the location of the Federation computer system Star One. Avon defuses a bo - S02E10
Voice from the PastMarch 13, 1979A "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 - S02E11
GambitMarch 20, 1979Blake believes Docholli knows the location of Star One, and has traced him to Freedom City, a gambler's paradise. At the Big Wheel gambling - S02E12
The KeeperMarch 27, 1979In 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 conta - S02E13
Season's bestStar OneApril 3, 1979The crew reach Star One, only to find it is already being overtaken by Andromedan forces. While Blake plots the destruction of Star One Trav
Season03
- S03E01
AftermathJanuary 7, 1980Severely damaged by combat in the Galactic War, the Liberator disperses its crew while it repairs itself. Avon lands on a planet and is resc - S03E02
PowerplayJanuary 14, 1980Avon 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 - S03E03
VolcanoJanuary 21, 1980The 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 - S03E04
Dawn of the GodsJanuary 28, 1980Orac steers Liberator off course to investigate a black hole and the Thaarn reach out to Cally from her childhood stories. Liberator lands - S03E05
The Harvest of KairosFebruary 4, 1980Tarrant decides to raid a Federation freighter carrying valuable Kairopan crystal, but he heads right into Jarvik's trap and the Liberator i - S03E06
City at the Edge of the WorldFebruary 11, 1980The crew strike a deal for crystals needed for Liberator's weapon systems. In exchange, Vila must help in obtaining a treasure on the planet - S03E07
Children of AuronFebruary 19, 1980Servalan 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 - S03E08
Season's bestRumours of DeathFebruary 25, 1980Avon wishes to hunt down the Federation inquisitor, Shrinker, who killed his former girlfriend, Anna Grant. He finds her alive, now working - S03E09
SarcophagusMarch 3, 1980The crew find a drifting ship, whose artifacts have a strange effect on Cally. An alien avoiding death has possessed her, and Avon has to br - S03E10
UltraworldMarch 10, 1980The crew go to the planet Ultraworld, only to discover it is a mental reprocessing plant. Vila saves the crew by telling riddles to Orac. - S03E11
MolochMarch 17, 1980Tarrant is teleported into a spaceship bound for the invisible planet Sardos, which the crew of Liberator discover after nearly crashing int - S03E12
Death-WatchMarch 24, 1980The crew visits the Teal and Vandor systems, currently at war with each other. A representative of each system is chosen for a battle. Tarra - S03E13
TerminalMarch 31, 1980Avon secretly takes over the ship and flies it through a field containing enzymes which eat away at the Liberator's hull. They reach the pla
Season04Best season
- S04E01
RescueSeptember 28, 1981Dorian, owner of the spaceship Scorpio, rescues the crew from Terminal. He tries to enlist the help of Orac to build a teleport mechanism fo - S04E02
PowerOctober 5, 1981The Scorpio, rendered inaccessible by an elaborate security system, is stolen by a native of the planet who seeks to escape. Avon completes - S04E03
TraitorOctober 12, 1981The planet Helotrix is falling easily to attack from a new Federation pacification drug, as are many other star systems. Tarrant and Dayna t - S04E04
StardriveOctober 19, 1981After attempts to match the course of an asteroid for cover result in collision with the asteroid and severe damage to Scorpio's engines, th - S04E05
AnimalsOctober 26, 1981Dayna meets an old friend, Justin, to seek help with synthesizing an antidote to the Federation pacification drug. Servalan learns of Scorpi - S04E06
HeadhunterNovember 2, 1981The crew rescue a protege of Ensor's who instead turns out to be his android creation seeking to unite with Orac. - S04E07
AssassinNovember 9, 1981Servalan hires an assassin to kill the crew by luring them to a trap set aboard the assassin's ship. - S04E08
GamesNovember 16, 1981The scientist Belkov has stripped a planet of a valuable crystalline substance and tries to double cross both Servalan and the Scorpio crew - S04E09
SandNovember 23, 1981Servalan investigates a planet which contains an unknown substance of potential usefulness whose investigation team mysteriously died. The c - S04E10
Season's bestGoldNovember 30, 1981A plan to steal a shipment of atomically converted gold being transported from the planet Xeroc aboard a domestic passenger ship winds up tu - S04E11
OrbitDecember 7, 1981The scientist Egrorian offers Avon a powerful weapon, the Tachyon Funnel, in exchange for Orac. Servalan, who is behind the transfer, prepar - S04E12
WarlordDecember 14, 1981Avon tries to form an alliance to produce an anti-pacification drug by negotiating with the leaders of three warring star systems. The Xenon - S04E13
BlakeDecember 21, 1981After Orac traces Blake's trail to the planet Gauda Prime, Avon and crew travel there, leaving the destroyed Xenon base behind. Scorpio is a
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