Editing Blake's 7 (section)

=== Home video releases ===
During 1985 BBC Video issued four compilation videocassettes containing highlights from the first three series edited into 2 hour features. The first released was ''The Beginning'', containing excerpts from ''The Way Back'', ''Spacefall'', ''Cygnus Alpha'' and ''Time Squad''. ''Duel'' was released in 1986 with highlights of ''Seek–Locate–Destroy'', ''Duel'' and ''Project Avalon''. During the same year ''Orac'' was released, containing excerpts from ''Deliverance'', ''Orac'' and ''Redemption''. The first three tapes were available in both [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]] format. The final tape, ''The Aftermath,'' was released in Australia during 1986, with extracts from ''Aftermath'', ''Powerplay'' and ''Sarcophagus''. During 1990 all four tapes were re-released in the UK on VHS.<ref name="B7 Programme Guide/Merchandise">{{Cite book
| last = Davies
| first = Kevin
| title = Blake's 7: The Programme Guide.
| location = London
| isbn = 0-426-19449-7
| chapter = The Merchandise
| publisher = [[Virgin Books]]
| year = 1994
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/terrynationsblak00attw/page/198 198–207]
| author2 = Attwood, Tony
| author3 = Emery, Rob
| author4 = Ophir, Jackie
| chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/terrynationsblak00attw/page/198
}}</ref>

From 1991, BBC Video released ''Blake's 7'' in episodic order on 26 VHS cassettes with two episodes per tape.<ref name="B7SS"/> Canadian company BFS also released these in North America. During 1997, Fabulous Films company re-released these tapes in different packaging. The BBC and Fabulous Films planned to issue the series as four [[DVD-Video|DVD]] box sets, but this was disrupted by conflicts with rights-holders B7 Enterprises. These issues were resolved and one series per year was released on [[DVD region code#2|region 2]] DVD between 2003 and 2006. During 2007 [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] sold a four-series box set, but a casualty of the difficulties with Blake's 7 Enterprises was ''The Making of Blake's 7'', a four-part documentary directed by [[Kevin Davies (director)|Kevin Davies]], intended originally as an extra feature with each DVD release. B7 Enterprises said it "&nbsp;... did not feel [the documentary] provided a proper tribute or fresh retrospective of the show".<ref>{{cite web |last=Rogerson |first=Steve |title=What is the way forward for Blake's 7? |url=http://www.blakes-7.co.uk/b7e/b7eint.shtml |url-status=dead |work=Louise and Simon's Blake's 7 Fan Site |date=November 2003 |access-date=17 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929211301/http://www.blakes-7.co.uk/b7e/b7eint.shtml |archive-date=29 September 2011 |df=dmy}}</ref> The discs contained extra features including bloopers, out-takes, alternative scenes, voiceover commentaries, interviews and behind the scenes footage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdbits.com/reviews.asp?id=3034 |title=DVD and Blu-ray Reviews and News |work=DVD Bits |publisher=John Zois |author=Bruce Flynn |date=23 October 2005 |access-date=17 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204234215/http://www.dvdbits.com/reviews.asp?id=3034 |archive-date=4 December 2011 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

On 22 August 2024, the BBC announced it would be releasing ''Blake's 7: The Collection – Series 1'', a Blu-ray box set containing the entire first series newly remastered for the release. The set contains bonus features previously seen on the DVD release of the show alongside brand new bonus material, such as optional updated special effects on all 13 episodes, a feature-length documentary detailing the making of the first series, rare convention footage and the previous unreleased ''The Making of Blake's 7 documentary'' originally meant for the DVD release. The box set was released on 11 November 2024.<ref>{{cite AV media |author=BBC Studios |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_MEREpHICIQ |title=Coming Soon – Blake's 7 – The Collection! {{!}} BBC Studios |date=22 August 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024 |via=YouTube}}</ref>