The BEST episodes of Blake's 7 season 4

Every episode of Blake's 7 season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Blake's 7 season 4!

Seven very different individuals with one common connection: they are all escaped prisoners sentenced to live out the rest of their lives on Cygnus Alpha, a barren and sparsely populated prison planet far from Earth, by a corrupt totalitarian government known as the Terran Federation. Blake, a former resistance leader who had his memories suppressed by the Federation, must now try to hold together his assorted crew of criminals and others. They have control over a very powerful, but mysterious spaceship they call the Liberator. Together they try to bring down the corrupt and tyrannical Federation.

Last Updated: 11/17/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Blake
star
8.31
121 votes

#1 - Blake

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1981

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.

Directors: Mary Ridge
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Assassin
star
8.13
89 votes

#2 - Assassin

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1981

Servalan hires an assassin to kill the crew by luring them to a trap set aboard the assassin's ship.

Writer: Rod Beacham
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Headhunter
star
8.09
120 votes

#3 - Headhunter

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1981

The crew rescue a protégé of Ensor's who is inexplicably in a murderous rage and somehow controlling the Scorpio.

Directors: Mary Ridge
Writer: Roger Parkes
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Power
star
7.98
146 votes

#4 - Power

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1981

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.

Directors: Mary Ridge
Writer: Ben Steed
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Sand
star
7.59
140 votes

#5 - Sand

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1981

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.

Directors: Vivienne Cozens
Writer: Tanith Lee
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Orbit
star
7.58
114 votes

#6 - Orbit

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1981

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.

Directors: Brian Lighthill
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Rescue
star
7.57
150 votes

#7 - Rescue

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1981

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.

Directors: Mary Ridge
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Gold
star
7.45
145 votes

#8 - Gold

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1981

Avon and his team plan to steal a shipment of atomically converted gold being transported from the planet Xeroc aboard a domestic passenger ship.

Directors: Brian Lighthill
Writer: Colin Davis
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Warlord
star
7.45
116 votes

#9 - Warlord

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1981

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.

Directors: Viktors Ritelis
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Games
star
7.41
114 votes

#10 - Games

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1981

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.

Directors: Vivienne Cozens
Writer: Bill Lyons
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Traitor
star
7.19
119 votes

#11 - Traitor

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1981

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. There they find a rebellion in full swing, with the enemy using a drug to prevent the population from attacking.

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Animals
star
7.09
117 votes

#12 - Animals

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1981

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.

Directors: Mary Ridge
Writer: Allan Prior
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Stardrive
star
6.60
116 votes

#13 - Stardrive

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1981

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.

Writer: Jim Follett
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