List of Sapphire & Steel television stories
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This is a list of all Sapphire & Steel television stories. Each story consists of several, untitled 25-minute episodes.
The overall titles used for each story are unofficial; each has several potential alternatives. The British VHS release of the series names the serials as "Adventure 1" through "6", while the DVD releases replace the word "Adventure" with "Assignment". The North American DVD release calls each an "Assignment" on the packaging but "Adventure" on the DVD, and titles each story as stated below.
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| Serial # | Episode # | Original air dates (UK) | Story title | Writer | Synopsis | Guest cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-01 to 1-06 | July 10 to July 26, 1979 | Escape Through a Crack in Time | P.J. Hammond | A happy family lives in an 18th century house filled with clocks and antiques. One night, a nursery rhyme read aloud to Helen, the little girl, triggers a time fracture that takes away her parents. As Rob, Helen's older brother, tries to understand what has happened, two mysterious strangers appear, promising to fix things. But can Rob trust Sapphire and Steel, or are they the real menace? Lead also arrives to provide assistance. (Hammond novelised this story for Star Books in 1979.) |
Val Pringle as Lead, Steven O'Shea as Rob Jardine, Tamasin Bridge as Helen Jardine, Felicity Harrison as Mother, John Golightly as Father, Ronald Goodale as Countryman |
| 2 | 1-07 to 1-14 | July 31 to November 8, 1979 | The Railway Station | P.J. Hammond | In an abandoned railway station, ghost hunter George Tully conducts an investigation. His solitary task is interrupted by the two Operators, who have an investigation of their own — a sinister, growing darkness that feeds on the resentment of the dead, using Sam Pearce, the ghost of a World War I soldier shot after the armistice had been signed, as a focus and the memories of war to eliminate its foes. |
Gerald James as George Tully, Tom Kelly as Sam Pearce (The Soldier), David Cann as Pilot, David Woodcock as Submariner |
| 3 | 2-01 to 2-06 | January 6 to January 22, 1981 | The Creature's Revenge | P.J. Hammond | Rothwyn and Eldred, a couple living in a modern apartment, are not what they seem. In fact, they are from the 35th Century, the apartment is their time capsule, and the experiment is to live as 20th Century humans. However, the biomechanical system that runs the capsule has experiments it plans to perform on its occupants. This time, Sapphire and Steel have help in the form of the charming Silver. |
David Collings as Silver, David Gant as Eldred, Catherine Hall as Rothwyn, Russell Wooton as Changeling |
| 4 | 2-07 to 2-10 | January 27 to February 5, 1981 | The Man without a Face | P.J. Hammond | Phantom children with sepia-toned skin play in an almost deserted apartment building. A man without a face appears on the stairs. Something has emerged from a photograph, something evil, something powerful enough to turn even Sapphire and Steel into literal two-dimensional versions of themselves. |
Alyson Spiro as Liz, Philip Bird & Bob Hornery as the Shape, Shelagh Stephenson as Ruth, Natalie Hedges as Parasol girl |
| 5 | 3-01 to 3-06 | August 11 to August 26, 1981 | Dr McDee Must Die | Don Houghton and Anthony Read | Dressing up and pretending that it was once again the 1930s seemed to be a novel idea for a dinner party. Then the old-time radio broadcast tapes become live transmissions, the participants are forgetting it is the present and the church that was destroyed during the Blitz can be seen again through the windows. Secrets and lies from fifty years before are resurfacing, Time is trying to rewrite history, and the only ones who can stop it are two uninvited guests named Sapphire and Steel. |
Patience Collier as Emma Mullrine, Davy Kaye as Lord Mullrine, Nan Munro as Felicity McDee, Jeffrey Wickham as Felix Harborough, Jeremy Child as Howard McDee, Jennie Stoller as Annabelle Harborough, Peter Laird as Greville, Stephen MacDonald as George McDee, Christopher Bramwell as Tony Purnell, Patricia Shakesby as Anne Shaw, Debbie Farrington as Veronica Blamey |
| 6 | 4-01 to 4-04 | August 19 to August 31, 1982 | The Trap | P.J. Hammond | An abandoned roadside café where Time has stopped is the scene for Sapphire, Steel and Silver's latest investigation, but even they are not certain exactly what they are supposed to be investigating. The key may lie in two humans in the café who claim to be from 1948, but are they the victims, or merely bait for a trap? |
David Collings as Silver, Edward de Souza as The Man, Johanna Kirby as The Woman, John Boswell as Old man, Chris Fairbank as Johnny Jack |
