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Blake's 7(TV show/series, 1978-1981)

50min per episode | Genres: Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Scripted Reality in 4 seasons with 52 episodes

Blake's 7Rating: 3.5/5 (with 18 votes)
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, produced by David Maloney (series 1–3) and Vere Lorrimer (series 4), and the script editor throughout its run was Chris Boucher, who wrote nine of its episodes. The main character for the first two series was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. Blake's 7, which was broadcast in 25 other countries, had a low budget but featured many tropes of space opera, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens. Critical responses have been varied; some reviewers praised the programme for its dystopian themes, strong characterisation, ambiguous morality and pessimistic tone, as well as displaying an "enormous sense of fun", but others have criticised its production values, dialogue, and accused it of lacking originality. A limited range of Blake's 7 merchandise was issued, and books, magazines a... ()
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About 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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Blake's 7 Seasons and Episodes

09/28/1981Season 4 - 13 episodes
#1 | 09/28/1981Rescue
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.
#2 | 10/05/1981Power
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.
#3 | 10/12/1981Traitor
The planet Helotrix is falling easily to attack from a new Federation pacification drug, as are many other star systems. Tarrant and Dayna teleport down to the surface to investigate. Servalan, deposed of her presidency in the Federation, is back under the alias Commissioner Sleer having wiped all records connecting herself with the identity of Servalan.
#4 | 10/19/1981Stardrive
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.
#5 | 10/26/1981Animals
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.
#6 | 11/02/1981Headhunter
The crew rescue a protege of Ensor's who instead turns out to be his android creation seeking to unite with Orac.
#7 | 11/09/1981Assassin
Servalan hires an assassin to kill the crew by luring them to a trap set aboard the assassin's ship.
#8 | 11/16/1981Games
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.
#9 | 11/23/1981Sand
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.
#10 | 11/30/1981Gold
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.
#11 | 12/07/1981Orbit
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.
#12 | 12/14/1981Warlord
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.
#13 | 12/21/1981Blake
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.
#14Blake's 7 TV Movie
01/07/1980Season 3 - 13 episodes
01/09/1979Season 2 - 13 episodes
01/02/1978Season 1 - 13 episodes
12/12/2006Specials - 34 episodes

Additional Information

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 5 languages: Bosnian (BS), Greek (EL), English (EN), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/02/1978
Last episode released on: 12/21/1981
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Blakes 7"
Camera Setup: Multiple-camera setup

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:3904, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 04/23/2024