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The Best Episodes of Blake's 7 Season 1

Every episode of Blake's 7 Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Blake's 7 Season 1!

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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
    Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 2 - Space Fall
    8.1/10(374 votes)

    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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  2. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 1 - The Way Back
    7.9/10(429 votes)

    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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  3. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 13 - Orac
    7.8/10(284 votes)

    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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  4. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 6 - Seek-Locate-Destroy
    7.7/10(318 votes)

    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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  5. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 9 - Project Avalon
    7.6/10(294 votes)

    S1:E9

    Travis devises a plan to destroy Blake and capture the Liberator.

    Director:Michael E. Briant
    Writer:Terry Nation

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  6. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 8 - Duel
    7.4/10(354 votes)

    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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  7. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 7 - Mission to Destiny
    7.2/10(312 votes)

    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 3 - Cygnus Alpha
    7.0/10(353 votes)

    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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  9. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 10 - Breakdown
    7.0/10(270 votes)

    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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  10. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 12 - Deliverance
    7.0/10(265 votes)

    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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  11. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 4 - Time Squad
    6.8/10(334 votes)

    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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  12. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 5 - The Web
    6.7/10(338 votes)

    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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  13. Blake's 7 Season 1 Episode 11 - Bounty
    6.7/10(283 votes)

    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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Space Fall" is the best rated episode of "Blake's 7" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 374 votes. Directed by Pennant Roberts and written by Terry Nation, it aired on 1/9/1978. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Way Back".