Blake's 7

Blake's 7 was a British sci-fi program which aired for four series (seasons) on BBC1 from 1978 to 1981. Each series consisted of thirteen episodes. The show was created by Doctor Who alumni Terry Nation with David Maloney producing the first three series. Vere Lorrimer produced series four. The BBC began issuing Blake's 7 on videotape from 1985. The initial releases, which were made available on both VHS and Betamax formats, comprised four compilation tapes containing selected episodes from the first three series. Starting in 1991, the entire series was released, in order, on VHS with two episodes per tape over twenty-six volumes. The plot of the programn centered on Roj Blake, a political refugee who escapes the totalitarian regime of the Terran Federation along with six other like-minded individuals aboard their star ship the Liberator.

Notes & Trivia

 * The series was created by Terry Nation, the man responsible for developing the popular Dalek species featured in the Doctor Who program.


 * The plot of the series is very similar to the central theme from Farscape.