Sapphire & Steel (1979)

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All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension.

Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who conceived the programme under the working title The Time Menders, after a stay in an allegedly haunted castle. Hammond also wrote all the stories except for the fifth, which was co-written by Don Houghton and Anthony Read. In 2004, Sapphire and Steel returned in a series of audio dramas starring David Warner and Susannah Harker.

Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of David McCallum
    Steel David McCallum
  • Profile picture of Joanna Lumley
    Sapphire Joanna Lumley
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Assignment VI

1982

4 episodes

Season 6 of Sapphire & Steel premiered on August 19, 1982

The Trap None of the stories had on-screen titles, or any official titles assigned by the writers. The Region 1 Complete Series DVD release gives the titles "Escape Through a Crack in Time", "The Railway Station", "The Creature's Revenge", "The Man Without a Face", "Dr. McDee Must Die" and "The Trap", respectively. These titles have often been cited as having been created by science fiction magazine Time Screen

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