Federation Strike: A Journey Through Blake's 7
Jun 25, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 13 segments
**Teleporting in... welcome to Federation Strike: A Journey Through Blake's 7!** This is it! Series 2 of Blake's 7 comes to an end with Star One, and neither of us quite got what we were expecting…
star one is upon us mate we are finally here i remember your words from oh i think it was back in pressure points i believe when i think it's the episode pressure point episode five where they first mentioned star one was it was it that one or was that control just control they mentioned
I think it was either that one or Countdown.
Because, no, that's right.
Oh, no, I'm getting confused now.
I think it might have been Countdown because the guy says it at the end, doesn't he? Star One.
Oh, that's, of course, yeah.
Yeah, he says
he's dying, yeah.
Oh, that's right, yeah.
And I remember, oh, yes, I think back in Pressure Point they were just talking about destroying something called Control.
that's it
the main nerve centre of the federation it wasn't mentioned as star one but actually yeah you're right so at the end of countdown you said to me at the time mate you'll need to keep that name in your head for a bit because that's going to be quite prevalent as we go through and you were absolutely bang on mate now that we've got to the end of it It's all been about Star 1, isn't it? This whole sort of latter half of...
Certainly since Episode 9, this whole thing has now been about how do we get to the location of Star 1? What's it all about? What's the sitch? And here we are.
So...
It was written by Chris Boucher, overseen by Chris Boucher as well as the editor, directed by David Maloney, although uncredited at the time, but it was directed by Dave Maloney.
And the synopsis from the old VHS tape is...
It's very short and sweet.
So, while Blake plots to annihilate the Federation once and for all, Travis is planning for greater destruction, that of the entire human race.
So, Bud, over to you as always from a long-timer who has seen this many times.
What was your feeling going into this? Because I know when I've asked you that question before over when we normally do these, you say to me, I wonder what Gary thinks.
when you were watching this you obviously knew all the stuff that was going to go down so did you think actually no this was different on a rewatch and also did you think crikey what's what's gary going to make of this as always
Um, yeah, I did think that about you because I was thinking while watching this, it's always an episode.
So just straight off the bat, it's always an episode I thought was quite strong.
I've always liked this one.
star one is upon us mate we are finally here i remember your words from oh i think it was back in pressure points i believe when i think it's the episode pressure point episode five where they first mentioned star one was it was it that one or was that control just control they mentioned
I think it was either that one or Countdown.
Because, no, that's right.
Oh, no, I'm getting confused now.
I think it might have been Countdown because the guy says it at the end, doesn't he? Star One.
Oh, that's, of course, yeah.
Yeah, he says
he's dying, yeah.
Oh, that's right, yeah.
And I remember, oh, yes, I think back in Pressure Point they were just talking about destroying something called Control.
that's it
the main nerve centre of the federation it wasn't mentioned as star one but actually yeah you're right so at the end of countdown you said to me at the time mate you'll need to keep that name in your head for a bit because that's going to be quite prevalent as we go through and you were absolutely bang on mate now that we've got to the end of it It's all been about Star 1, isn't it? This whole sort of latter half of...
Certainly since Episode 9, this whole thing has now been about how do we get to the location of Star 1? What's it all about? What's the sitch? And here we are.
So...
It was written by Chris Boucher, overseen by Chris Boucher as well as the editor, directed by David Maloney, although uncredited at the time, but it was directed by Dave Maloney.
And the synopsis from the old VHS tape is...
It's very short and sweet.
So, while Blake plots to annihilate the Federation once and for all, Travis is planning for greater destruction, that of the entire human race.
So, Bud, over to you as always from a long-timer who has seen this many times.
What was your feeling going into this? Because I know when I've asked you that question before over when we normally do these, you say to me, I wonder what Gary thinks.
when you were watching this you obviously knew all the stuff that was going to go down so did you think actually no this was different on a rewatch and also did you think crikey what's what's gary going to make of this as always
Um, yeah, I did think that about you because I was thinking while watching this, it's always an episode.
So just straight off the bat, it's always an episode I thought was quite strong.
I've always liked this one.
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