Sapphire & Steel
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.
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Season 1
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Jan 1, 1979
The Nursery Rhymes Jan 1, 1979 Rob decides the only course of action is to escape from the house with his young sister, Helen.
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Jan 1, 1979Theclocks Jan 1, 1979 Rob hears voices in Helen's room and Sapphire becomes trapped in a painting. Only Steel has the power to release her.
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Jul 18, 1979Assignment I: Escape through a Crack in Time (Part 4) Jul 18, 1979 Steel's drastic measures to save Sapphire and trap the pool of light prove effective, if extremely dangerous. Sapphire places the pool of light in a freezer to keep it from escaping again and tends to Steel's recovery. She also enlists Rob and Helen's help in removing all the objects in the house that could become hiding places for other pools of light. Sapphire and Steel welcome the arrival of fellow agent Lead, a gentle giant with a huge personality to match his huge stature.
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Jan 1, 1979The House That Jack Built Jan 1, 1979 Another elemental, Lead, comes to join Sapphire and Steel to help in their fight to overcome the forces of evil in the house.
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Jan 1, 1979The House Jan 1, 1979 Sapphire, Steel and Lead call upon Helen to act as bait and entice the enemy into the cellar.
Season 2
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Jan 1, 1979The Station I Jan 1, 1979 The time agents call in Tully, a ghost hunter, to help contact the angry beings.
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Jan 1, 1979The Station II Jan 1, 1979 Sapphire and Steel see visions of the deaths of those who died prematurely.
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Jan 1, 1979The Station III Jan 1, 1979 The Darkness targets ghost hunter Tully, and closes in on him.
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Jan 1, 1979The Soldier I Jan 1, 1979 Steel has the idea of holding a seance in an attempt to contact the dead beings.
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Jan 1, 1979The Soldier II Jan 1, 1979 Steel interrogates the spirits of the dead and finds himself in trouble.
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Jan 1, 1979The Soldier III Jan 1, 1979 Time is advanced by twelve days.
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Jan 1, 1979The Soldier IV Jan 1, 1979 Steel offers a bargain to the Darkness providing it returns time to its proper course.