Eileen Mary Ridge (23 June 1925 – 20 September 2000) was a British television director, best known for directing episodes of Blake's 7 and Doctor Who in the early 1980s.

[18] Her other television work includes episodes of The Brothers, Thirty-Minute Theatre, The Long Street (1971), The Runaway Summer, Angels (1979–80, 1982–83), The District Nurse (1984), Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars.

[19] Ridge later commented that she had "felt quite guilty" about the Liberator's demise, adding that "Battles and explosions are a director's heaven, and they're terribly exciting when they work.

[22] "Terminal" had viewing figures of 10 million,[22] and Stevens and Moore credit the show's renewal for a fourth season to the enthusiasm of Bill Cotton, then the head of BBC Television, for this episode.

[24] Ridge became a regular director for season 4,[24] and had input into the design of the set of Scorpio, the crew's new ship, suggesting, for example, the insertion of trap doors to allow more variety in camera angles.

[19] Stevens and Moore consider "Blake" to be perhaps the show's strongest episode; they compare the shootout sequence to the classic western, The Wild Bunch, and the final freeze-frame with Avon still standing and shots sounding over the credits to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

[28] The journalist Joe Nazzaro describes the episode as a "stunning cliffhanger" that guaranteed the show "a place in SF television history".

[32] Production did not run smoothly, marred by an electricians' strike as well as problems with costumes and the set; this resulted in recording overrunning.