Blake's 7: The Way Back

"The Way Back" is the first episode of series one of the British science fiction television series Blake's 7. It was directed by Michael E. Briant with a script written by Terry Nation. It first aired on Monday, January 2nd, 1978 on BBC One. In this episode, Roj Blake is a former leader of the resistance against the Federation, but he has been brainwashed to forget his involvement. When a massacre against resistance members takes place, the Federation decides to frame Blake rather than execute him, so as to not make him a martyr to the cause. Blake's friends in the Resistance try to restore his true memories and Blake learns the truth.