ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Cygnus Alpha</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="580" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="120" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="B7 Pictures/B7 Logo.jpg" WIDTH="120" HEIGHT="90" BORDER="0" ALT="Blake's 7 Logo"></TD> <TD WIDTH="260" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="4" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'Cygnus Alpha'</B><BR><FONT SIZE="3">by Terry Nation</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="B7 Pictures/B7 S1 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="152" ALT="Blake's 7 Cast"></TD></TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> Aboard the rescued spacecraft, the master computer, Zen, has probed Blake s mind and named the ship <I>Liberator</I>. After discovering a teleport system and powerful handguns, Blake decides to use the vessel in his plans to bring down the Federation; he needs a crew to pilot the ship, and so heads off to Cygnus Alpha to rescue the rest of the convicts. Using the ship s sophisticated systems to teleport down to the surface, he discovers that the prison colony has become a religious cult ruled by a power-mad man known as Vargas. While Blake is away, Avon attempts to persuade Jena to abandon their self-appointed leader, and to leave in the <I>Liberator</I>, taking its store or riches for themselves. However, Jenna s loyalty to Blake wins through, and she refuses to leave. On the planet, Blake discovers that the apparent  sickness that the convicts are suffering from is nothing more that a deception used by Vargas to keep his followers in check. They attempt to overpower Vargas and the members of his cult, but Vargas seizes one of Blake s spare teleport bracelets, and teleports onto <I>Liberator</I>. Jenna is able to teleport him into space, while Blake escapes his captors and returns to the ship along with Vila and Gan. <BR><BR> Gareth Thomas (<B>Blake</B>), Sally Knyvette (<B>Jenna</B>), Michael Keating (<B>Vila</B>), Paul Darrow (<B>Avon</B>), David Jackson (<B>Gan</B), Peter Tuddenham (<B>Zen</B>), Brian Blessed (<B>Vargas</B>), Pamela Salem (<B>Kara</B>), Peter Childs (<B>Arco</B>), David Ryall (<B>Selman</B>), Robert Russell (<B>Laran</B>), Glyn Owen (<B>Leylan</B>), Norman Tipton (<B>Artix</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Vere Lorrimer <BR>Produced by David Maloney</B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR> 16th January, 1978 @ 7.15 pm - 8.10 pm <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring Roj Blake, Kerr Avon, Jenna Stannis, Vila Restal, Olag Gan and Zen <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>