Plot IMdB: A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.

Blake's 7 is a British science fiction show which aired from January 2nd 1978 till December 21, 1981. All 4 series consist of 13 episodes appr. 50 minutes, created by Terry Nation who pitched Blake's 7 to the BBC as "The Dirty Dozen in space". The title refers to the 7 characters of the initial group Blake, Vila, Gan, Jenna, Avon and Cally, also included Zen as the seventh member. It is set at least 700 years in the future.

 

I myself was a young boy when Blake's 7 was first airing. I am not sure but I believe it wasn't even on the Dutch television, I think I remember it was on the Belgian TV station BRT, same with Buck Rogers from that same time period. Blake's 7 was one of my first encounters with SCI-FI. I remember I regularly watched it, probably not every episode but enough to know that I really liked it as a boy! I have to admit, I have never seen it again! For one, in the 80's and 90's it never came back in the re-run and when the Star Treks came, and shows like Babylon 5, Space: Above and Beyond and Farscape, there was enough SCI-FI for me to sink my teeth in. If I remember correctly, I believe that the creator of Babylon 5, JMS, is a big fan of Blake's 7.

 

But last few years it was nagging me, I really wanted to watch it again and in my case it meant I had to buy the series on DVD because unfortunately it has not been released on Blu-ray, and not a streaming service I am a member of. So recently I purchased it and I will do an "unboxing....sort of, of the UK complete series set, which was released for its 40th anniversary. In 2023 Blake's 7 celebrates its 45th anniversary, a blog will be written for this, but not by me but by @TPreacher711 ,who is a BIG fan of the show! Really looking forward to this!


Blake's 7 - Trailer & Season 3 opening


Episode Guide

Season 1:

  1. The Way Back
  2. Space Fall
  3. Cygnus Alpha
  4. Time Squad
  5. The Web
  6. Seek-Locate-Destroy
  7. Mission to Destiny
  8. Duel
  9. Project Avalon
  10. Breakdown
  11. Bounty
  12. Deliverance
  13. Orac

Season 2:

  1. Redemption
  2. Shadow
  3. Weapon
  4. Horizon
  5. Pressure Point
  6. Trial
  7. Killer
  8. Hostage
  9. Countdown
  10. Voice from the Past
  11. Gambit
  12. The Keeper
  13. Star One

Season 3:

  1. Aftermath
  2. Powerplay
  3. Volcano
  4. Dawn of the Gods
  5. The Harvest of Kairos
  6. City at the Edge of the World
  7. Children of Auron
  8. Rumours of Death
  9. Sarcophagus
  10. Ultraworld
  11. Moloch
  12. Death-Watch
  13. Terminal

Season 4:

  1. Rescue
  2. Power
  3. Traitor
  4. Stardrive
  5. Animals
  6. Headhunter
  7. Assassin
  8. Games
  9. Sand
  10. Gold
  11. Orbit
  12. Warlord
  13. Blake

Blogs written about Blake's 7


Blake's 7 on DVD (UK - 40 Year Anniversary Edition)


Characters

Roj Blake

Kerr Avon

Jenna Stannis

Vila Restal


Olag Gan

Servalan

Dayna Mellanby

Zen


Cally

Soolin

Del Tarrant

Orac



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