Blake's 7 Full Ending thru credits

[ismcb4sc]

does he do a river song spin shoot thing and kill em all

[pizzaDhut]

Best ending ever!

[darksideka]

7.05 Villa got backed into a corner, She felt the tigers wrath BigTime CHOP CHOP, Hail Villa the Beast

[borgduck]

That hits me everytime!

[Hellquake]

I just love the 70s

[Hellquake]

From HellsQ U A K E

[Hellquake]

Hi there I just adore the blake 7.it's the best never have I forgoton

[debilt8]

Many years ago while traveling for work I caught the very tail end of an episode on late night PBS and was hooked. Over the years I'd been unable to see more episodes or purchase any since they weren't formatted for the US. About 4 years ago I bought what turned out to be transfers from VHS. The last 4 discs didn't work and my Canadian "distributor" never responded. So I chalked it up to experience, put them away and never saw the ending until today. Too bad they never made the movie.

[facecycle]

Heh heh, it's like Forrest Whitaker got a reverse tan.

[briandalek]

good

[briandalek]

any of you ever read "Afterlife" by Tony Attwood? Published in 1984, it tells the story of Avon, Villa's, and other's survival. Check it out.

[mirrorcob]

This was not the last one lol

[kaledranger18]

this shocks me EVERY TIME.

[kaledranger18]

what? what!? AVON YOU... ah screw it. D:

[PutItAway101]

In the radio series made a few years ago Avon is still alive, someone says they thought he was dead for sure after a shootout with the federation, he says something like "Yes I'm not really sure how I got out of that one myself" LOL

[temporal3x]

I don't "like" it, but I LIKED it anyway. Now, I'll learn to "like" it and ask for more.

[Cybrludite]

Avon ducked.

[mulefa1]

Guys, Avon escapes. Listen to the sound of his pistol and then listen to the sound of the Fed troopers. The one playing in the credits is Avon's!

[lowcomedy]

It was actually a teaser for series 5, which was never made.

[Yellowswift3]

"What on Earth happened to you?"

"Oh most of it wasn't on Earth, Tarrant, not what happened to me."

Best lines from the four series for me.

[rojblake82]

@Yellowswift3 I strongly disagree with Blake saying there is always a choice that is guff, there is not always a choice in this life. I would not work at all if I had achoice like if I had millions, billions or trillions and also I would live in a totally different town to where I live at the moment.I would move away where I am not known to anybody, it is largely that I want to move away and also I would have to move away if I was rich will millions, billions or even trillions for safety.

[Yellowswift3]

@rojblake82

Hi,

Re an earlier comment you made, I also would have liked Servalan to have been in the last episode, seemed somewhat unfitting to me that she wasn't.

[rojblake82]

@Yellowswift3 I do in billions of ways, think Colin Baker should have played Blake largely because he would never have left B7 after season two like Gareth Thomas. Much as I liked Gareth Thomas he had no stickability to saty in B7, I also liked Colin Bakers role as Byaban in City at the edge of the world Colin would have been excellent as Blake a shame Colin never got the part.He would have been my choice af actor for Blake, if he was available and he would have been excellent.

[rojblake82]

It was a shame arch enemy Servalan was omitted from this last episode, but never mind these things happen.

[penninefilms]

I have to say this is a brilliant series and the ending was one of the beat in TV history to kill off all the cast in one go I real hope the BBC do not make a remake of the series it would just distrust the classic one.

[doctorwhoone]

Avon obviously does die, there's no way in hell he could kill all those guys surrounding him.

Think about it, theres 1 of him and, give or take, 16 - 17 of them ? . . . . no chance he could have survived, take about 2 or 3 with him i guess, but the lot of them ? no . . . .. he aint exactly Superman so wasting fast enough in taking them all out.

Still, atleast he got to bare a grin before his death one last time.

[rojblake82]

@doctorwhoone Nobody is superman not even Avon, he was as mortal as Blake and everybody else who lives we all die sooner or later we don't have any real choice in that matter that is a fact and not an opinion.

[SciFiFangirlsFTW]

@doctorwhoone He's Avon. He can do anything. =P

[rojblake82]

@SciFiFangirlsFTW Avon is not immortal butthead, he is also not invincible either.

[SciFiFangirlsFTW]

@rojblake82 I was joking. But he does survive a lot, you can't hide that.

[rojblake82]

@SciFiFangirlsFTW Every living person is mortal, and we all die sooner or later not even you can deny that fact.

[SciFiFangirlsFTW]

@rojblake82 ...It's just a TV show.

[Martinio567]

Blakes 7 is still one of my favourite TV series, It looks very dated nowadays, and the fight scenes are shocking, but it still had some brilliant lines and writing.

[dariowestern]

Massacres achieve nothing. What a useless way to end what was a promising show.

[pappajudas]

Gareth wanted to be killed off but the show was meant to continue it just never happend Avon and company were meant to have only been stunned or some garbage like that but the raitings on series 4 were to low to revive it for a 5th series. Darrow tried revive the show kind of like the Blakes 7 the next generation with Avon passing the torch on to a new crew of fredom fighters but it never happend. As far as endings go Avon's Futile last stand after killing his only real friend is so powerfull.

[pappajudas]

I't comes full circle doesen't it the show started and ended with a Massacre. I always figured that smile was Avon realizing he was right all along and that "Blake's Big bleading heart " did get them all killed in the End.

[FRMariposa]

I'm surprised none of the comments have mentioned this, but the ending is also an homage to "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid." Both Chris Boucher and Paul Darrow were fans of Westerns, so it can't be unintentional.

[Yellowswift3]

Blake dies, Avon and co don't.

[21shergar]

Gutted to this day.

[vokildir]

Bloody brilliant finale. I remember watching this series with my dad every week. We were in total shock after this! Brilliant way to end a show.

[HopeMonkey]

Best ending ever and thats why it should never come back......the bad guys win...it would ruin this ending if it should ever return

[rojblake82]

I am still confused why arch-enemy Servalan was never included in this final episode, which was a bloody shame. I expect when Deva mentioned a representative from the federation high council come at any moment. I expect the person was arch-enemy Servalan, I also noticed the grave look an Blake's face when he was informed. I think Blake suspects it is Servalan, he has not seen her for ages, but if she ad appeared in this episode he would have known he ragain instantly she would likewise know him

[Coillscath]

@rojblake82 Terry Nation wrote a continuation of the end of this episode, if I recall correctly. It goes that after the screen cuts to the credits, the shots we hear are her and her bodyguards arriving on the scene and opening fire on the federation troops. Avon survives, as does Vila, who faked getting shot, apparently. Trust him to fake his own death to avoid getting shot.

[DDOPAT]

Back in the day there was the B7 Magazine.. and it told you the gun shots and who fired etc....

Best show ever, best ending ever for a show....

[MrGingerninjer1]

Brill show and fantastic ending & not long just finished watching the whole 4 seasons. With his reflexes i would not be suprised if he ducked down to the veiwers left (the ones in front n behind him get killed with the own weapons). He gets behind a wall that we dont see and kills just about everyone. Either that or a fed enemy comes running in and starts shooting.

[antipoti]

kill all the main caracters in slowmo :D

[EmpireLS56KW]

Maybe Avon, span around quickly while shooting down all the federation troops. LOL

[GoblinGirl]

I didn't watch Blake's 7 much, but one night on my public TV station I tuned in and saw this. Despite not having watched the show that much, I remember totally stunned and shocked that a series would end with practically its entire cast killed off (I was young). Today I admire the writers/producers for doing it. It's one of the most devastating endings to a series in TV history, and it still works. Can't imagine an American TV show doing something like this.

[Nautilus1972]

@GoblinGirl A bit like Bambi's mother getting shot early in the film. Three or four years old and you're like 'WTF?'

[timepoet77]

@GoblinGirl Well, give the US shows time and they will do something like this. In the meantime...really shows how "real" life operates, doesn't it?

[doctorw2]

never ever doublecross avon or you end up stone dead!

[LadySappho]

An interesting theory I've just read, is that it was all a set up. Boiled down, the theory goes that the various guns held by the characters were stun guns (there's even precedent - think Project Avalon). The blood from Blake's shooting was specifically aimed at Arlen. She was known to be Federation and the idea was that she'd take the message of Blake's death back to the Federation. I can't seem to post the link, so for the whole theory, search the terms "Gauda Prime setup theory".

[rojblake82]

@LadySappho I think Arlen was an agent of arch-enemy Servalan and it is a bloody shame Servalan was not preesent in this last episode. I think Servalan should have been in this last episode, and she should have been shot dead like Blake and all the others. I also think it was disgusting the arch-enemy was omitted from the final episode, it was something Jacqueline Pearce herself was hacked off about that fact Servalan was omitted from the last ever episode.

[baldbollocks]

the ending is ridiculous !!!

[Noodles37UK]

Cell Block H in Space

[RevengeOfTheAbyss]

Blake went eye-crazy...

[SPeacock]

@RevengeOfTheAbyss I think the scar on his eye symbolises just how obsessed he's become with fighting the Federation, much like Travis was obsessed with killing Blake. In that context, Blake (in this episode) has replaced Travis.

[sixstanger00]

@SPeacock He had become his own worst enemy.

[RevengeOfTheAbyss]

Up until this episode there was a lot of interesting plot twists involving the art of betrayal, definitley a politician or military leader would find this useful in being able to read people's motives etc. At the end of this episode I was guessing whether or not Avon had something to do with it, as the guards do not shoot him immediatley. But I think its just a final irony for the whole story, sort of fits in, like a "space western".

[DamselinaCrinoline]

GOD that is depressing.

I love it.

[clickforseo]

LOL btw mrRowney1

[clickforseo]

thats because he didnt want anyone else picking up the mantle... it was planned. Its only a matter of time before this great sci-fi story is revived, or reimagined...

[oakbooks]

Thank you for posting this video!

[LFCmadness08]

Does anyone have any idea what the name of the song was that played during Tv's 50 greatest endings on sky one, when blakes 7 came up, I saw the tv show yesterday and was wondering what the song was

[CYBERDOODY]

@LFCmadness08 what place did it come?

[LFCmadness08]

@CYBERDOODY It's ok, found the song, its Joy Division Love will tear us apart

[KevServo]

The last scene is screaming for a Dear Sister parody.

[concertinasoup]

One of the most dramatic and unexpected shocks here, for me, was Arlen shooting Dayna. Get Josette Simon's brilliantly agonised look as she was blasted!

[MrRowney1]

blake is not dead , he returns to antonio bay to look for a gold cross and hangs about in a fog bank

[Superplex1001]

That final smile at the end from Avon. Awesomeness.

[protoss77]

He didn't die he goes to tie his shoelaces as the feds open fire and they all friendly fire each other, he grabs Orac and goes off to live in Emerdale for a bit under an assummed alias.

[holmegab]

Is that the guy who played Mawdryn on Doctor Who (Mawdryn Undead)?

[Revival1969]

Blake's dead?

[deadman00]

Avon is completely surrounded on all sides. i honestly dont see how some continuations have him surive.

[bangtwister]

Thanks for uploading, I was gutted when this show finished. Looking back though, the acting was a bit dodgy, well they can't fight for toffee really. It gives Shatner a run for his money on the ham acting front! Best it ended that way really, and not in some 'Dallas' style 'it was all a dream' nonsense.

[masere]

I remember watching this as a young kid and when the last episode aired and the crew were getting shot I was going "no...what...no...what..no" and I was in shock for months hoping they weren't dead and would come back in a new series. Took me ages to get over it.

[SiegfriedRatel]

@masere

No shit. I had the same thing. The end left me in shock.

[SPeacock]

@SiegfriedRatel You're not the only one. Chris Boucher (the script editor for Blake's 7 and the writer of this final episode) was dubbed "The Man Who Killed Father Christmas", as this episode was aired a few days before Christmas 1981.

[VimtoUK]

There was an awful lot of gunfire during the credits, and several different weapons. Time someone stepped up to the plate and showed us what really happened.

[detroyes2]

To this day, whenever I see some fan complain about the way their particular favorite show ends, I always quip, "Well, it could have been worse. They could have gone to Gauda Prime."

[sixstanger00]

How about this for a theory - just as Avon smiles in the belief that the resistance is beaten, the room is suddenly stormed with a resistance group led by the late Blake (hence the shots being fired) Avon hits the deck to avoid getting caught in the cross fire. So introduces a new "seven."

[Alexoneil]

And thus Avon got away with killing his wife. :)

[cod5man091]

ha your all nerds

[michaelthemindfreak]

Well if u listen to the gun shots at the credit rolls there is a different type of gun sound before u hear other type so I think after avon raised the gun, he let out one shot and they killed him

[TheKryten666]

I also feel gutted all these years later. This show made a huge impression on me. My son is named Avon.

[fgldnglbs]

This last, if you don't know, is in reference to Pamela waking up and finding Bobby Ewing, dead the previous season, in the shower.

[sixstanger00]

I was thinking the same thing - Avon was subjected to a machine in "Terminal" that created surreal dreams of Blake and environments - could it be that he actually never woke up? The Liberator is still intact, and season 4 was a dream?

[fgldnglbs]

The show had recently finished its first run in the Philadelphia market in the mid-80s. A Philadelphia conventiongoer suggested to Michael and Paul that maybe the ending was all a dream. This was in reference to Dallas recently copping out a whole season as a dream of Pamela Ewing's. The room got it and roared while Michael merrily replied (paraphrasing?), "Yes, and I should be the one taking a shower!"

[MultiShriek]

Maybe at the end he looks up and says

'I killed the rebel leader Blake. There is a reward isn't there.'

Reading Afterlife however does make it easier to watch.

[spadehatesscrewtube]

the ruddy british teeth just make this

[KaitainCPS]

@spadehatesscrewtube

Zzzz.

[42paulm]

i think terry nation got pissed off with gareth thomas when he left after serious 2 he only wrote 2or 3 episodes for serious 3 then left the project they offered gareth more money to stay but he just wanted to direct a couple of episodes but they refused so he left gareth then pissed everybody off by only agreeing to come back for the last episode if blake was killed off,thus pissing all the fans off as well.shame on him.why did they not bring a new actor in to play blake in serious 3

[21shergar]

Still gutted 27 years later. The kill off lived with an impressionable teenager for some time.

[MichaelLaing71]

I always remembered the ending being slightly different.

[CYBERDOODY]

The Blake that was in this episode could have been the clone from season 2.

[SPeacock]

That's a possibility, but Blake's actions in this episode and the fact that he knows about Jenna contradict the clone theory.

[Kaagh178]

True and the actor who plays Roj Blake, Gareth Thomas, wanted to make Blake's death gorier than others by showing more blood, so there would be no doubt that Blake died. He also wanted Avon to use a different type of gun than was usual in the Series.

[sixstanger00]

All of the events of series 4 seem to be how Avon's mind could have been coping with the situation of Terminal - if he were still dreaming, manifesting as the destruction of the Liberator, the death of Cally, the crash of Scorpio, and the increasing paranoia of series 4, leading the the deaths of the crew - all are symbols of "doom" and "distress." Avon suspected "Terminal" to be a Federation trap - maybe he dreamt the betrayals because when he was drugged, that was what was on his mind.

[SPeacock]

I know a lot of fans suspect Avon survives (I'm sure he does), but I also think Vila survives, as well. At around 07:17 and 07:18, you can see Vila fall to the floor, about a microsecond before the gunshot sound effect occurs. This led me to believe that he survives (And also keeps in character with Vila). Can't say the same about Tarrant, though (07:39 and 07:40 = HEAD SHOT)

[hnonlinemagazine]

Hi Speacock,

I thought the same thing (concerning Avon) and that's why I created an unofficial 3D computer animation based on the last episode of Blake, using a part of the footage of the last episode in combination with 3D software. Feel free to check it out, the animation is titled 'Avon'.

[HypnoToad72]

I too wish they'd release the episodes in region 1 on DVD... great show, and series 4 was a big step up from series 3, even if the first half was rushed... it felt like there was purpose once again...

[detroyes2]

Best TV series ending ever.

As for whether or not Avon survived... the out was always going to be that the Fed troopers had their guns on stun rather than kill; that way, if there was a season five, anyone who didn't want to come back could be more easily written out. Only Blake was actually meant to be really dead. Darrow and Keating both wanted to come back, not sure about the others.

I really wish BBC America would release a Region 1 set of this series on DVD. Its a shame they haven't.

[SPeacock]

@detroyes2 I want to see the series on Blu-ray Disc (BD), remastered in 1080p HD :) But it's unlikely that'll happen. As for the hypothetical "Season 5" scenario, you're right: Paul Darrow (Avon) and Michael Keating (Vila) wanted to continue (I think they would have had to regardless of whether or not they wanted to because they were the only original actors left), and Steven Pacey (Tarrant) did, too. Only the girls didn't want to come back.

[sixstanger00]

@detroyes2 Region B7 DVDs!!! Same here! I wish they would because this series is a real gemstone when it comes to great sci-fi.

[Gallifrey1991]

the Audio Books can't be considered canon can they?? I think its quite clear Avon died... how the hell could he of survived that?

[Kaagh178]

The novel that takes place after this, entitled Afterlife reveals that Avon did survive, because Vila and Tarrant hadn't died and had only faked being shot, so they attacked the Fed troops from behind. Servalan is also shot to death by a resistance fighter in the same book.

[Tripp1993]

R.I.P. Blake's 7

January 2, 1978-December 21, 1981

[Sclemtak]

Who was right and who was wrong?.The BBC was wrong to have copped out and destroyed the series like they did..Pathetic!!.

[TVwriter23]

Well the problem was the series actually ended with season 3. Terry Nation had moved on I believe and when the 4th series was comissioned they had to think fast.

[Sclemtak]

It was still a shame.I loved Blakes-7.And could not Believe the ending..Believe it or not it left me with many sleepless nights. Can even remember writing an alternate script for the ending.Silly as it sounds.

[TVwriter23]

Yeah I know. They should have just left it alone if they didn't know what to do with it. I do like the fan fic where Cally is saved by the doctor and she travels with him. I choose to believe that story beats her dying. There's also one where she didn't die she was at a detention center and Avon, Villa and some others saved her.

[7sevenout7]

Avon was right. Even after suffering incredible casualties in the battle with the Andromedans, and the loss of STAR ONE, and the almost dissolution of the entire government, the Federation managed to survive.

Avon said it best in the third episode of the series, Cygnus Alpha.

AVONWe have to. He's a crusader. He'll look upon all this as just one more weapon to use against the Federation. And he can't win. You know he can't win. What do you want to be rich or dead?

[mepjohnson]

So who was right and who was wrong?

Blake or Avon? or more likely should I really still be annoyed about irt 30 years after the event (iI don't get out much).

Oh Balls I'm going to defer to Orac.

[TVwriter23]

They both were to an extent. They balanced each others ideas

[spmcghee]

i always get very upset since i watched it from the begining and i cry big time.

by the way the woman who says red alert or somthing like it is paul darrow's real life wife and guess who shoots her yes you get it her own hubby.

[Gallifrey1991]

it is SO sad, yet brilliant at the same time! :(

[lozman67]

I disagree. The ending was upsetting to fans - how many series end in death and defeat for the heroes? None I can think of - so it was different and brave in a way that is not done today. It is dangerous to bring up a generation of children who think that they will always win no matter what.

[robotwun]

dont care what anyone says, i did not like this ending. No one should see their heros die !

[manweller1]

If its not broke don't fix it. A remake will be a mess.

[TVwriter23]

Terry Nation wanted to do a sort of wrap up with Paul Darrow. I have a feeling that old servy ain't gone and Avon probably did make it out only to be tortured in the dentention center

[Nautilus1972]

@manweller1 They made BSG better didn't they? And they won't find a better arse than Dayna's.

[johnstone666]

The best ending to anything ever. Really shocked when I saw it. Brave as hell and they pulled it off.

[doctorw2]

hey hang on a minute what were those three lights flying into space near the end of the credits?

[doctorw2]

this was truly a heartstoping moment for me the first time i saw this, i was pretty sure that at least avon was going to live and when i heard those gun shots as the credits were shown i collpased on the floor and wept.

[TVwriter23]

The thing is we don't really know he died. It's too bad Terry Nation and Paul Darrow never got to make that continuation. That would have been cool. Paul Darrow owns the rights along with some other people. I think they had disagreements or something and it was called off.

[mhossell02]

That's what I've always asked myself, did he die?

[7sevenout7]

If you are talking about Blake, yes, he's dead. Gareth Thomas agreed to come back to the series only if they agreed to kill him. He even wanted to be shot with something that would show blood, just so there would be no ambiguity on whether or not Blake survived.

[mhossell02]

I talking about AVON m8

[pryorj2011]

Avon survived! Not sure how though but he got away with Orac and he named his new ship "Blake". Servalan's still trying to either marry him or kill him. It's in the audio books.

[SPeacock]

Hang on - didn't Blake disarm Tarrant earlier by taking his weapon? At 07:43 we can see Tarrant dropping his gun, seemingly having it gotten back from Blake.

[timrollpickering]

He's probably got Vila's instead.

[SPeacock]

Would make sense since Vila never actually fires his gun due to his dislike of weapons.

[7sevenout7]

Nobody knows what happened to blakes eye after he vanished after Star One.

[SPeacock]

What's up with Blake's eye?

[MrWombatPPC]

Personaly id brink them back to life.

Id start the new series from the second to last episode, and run through that and this episode, and on to the future. Afterall there is actualy 2 Blakes in existance. One is a clone. And in this clip you only see Blake get bloody. Hence the others may not be dead, but Stunned.

[TVwriter23]

That would actually be a good idea. Problem is in todays climate how would the show be made? Many shows want really young etc. I did somewhat like the new Survivors, but seriously it didn't have to be remade. And if they were going to change it that much they should have just made it a different show with a different name etc. Same with BSG

[MrWombatPPC]

Well for a start Id Use all the existing caracters and Original cast. Ya they have matured, But thats fine, and you could mix it up with a few Younger faces. Start the show of in some dungon or penal colony and Avon and Villan Working hard in some Mine controled by the corupt federation.End the last episode with, 25+ years later... and Again they have to bust out.

[MrWombatPPC]

But into a presant day. Then you would not have to be to worried about the change in costume and set design, due to the time difference. Ow and I like BSG. !! Avon and Villa and who else could be re-grouped into the show would make excellent Leader material for the younger cast. Ya some of them could be killed of in the escape or futher on in the series, but they Have to die a hero for sure. And the Good guys MUST WIN.

[MasterJediDude]

One of the best endings to any series.  They had the balls to do it and did. Classic!

[ianmatthewmcknight7]

It may have been ORAC who betrayed Avon.

Avon relied on ORAC to keep the 7 ahead of the Federation. ORAC should have known that the Federation were on Gauda Prime. He should have alerted Avon to this fact. HE silenced the SLAVE computer so that it couldn't warn the crew of the impending attack on Scorpio until it was too late to do anything about it.

Either the Federation found a way to tap into ORAC and control it somehow, or ORAC decided it was in its best interest to betray the crew....

[zer05um]

Oh I remember this so well. Hope Sky don't completely bollux up the new show...

[SilentSurvivor]

Damn, that was pretty awesome.

[7sevenout7]

Best ending ever!

[zboy101]

I laugh so hard at the melodramatic line readings. Love the series. "Have...you...betrayed...Me???­" LOL.