Sapphire and Steel (1979-1982)

[Rodders]

I vaguely remember it, but I only ever saw one or two episodes when i was a kid.

Saw it on Britbox and I'm looking to catch up on some genre viewing, so I might watch it in the coming weeks.

 

[svalbard]

Me too. One with a station where they whistled ‘pack up your troubles‘ haunted me for years

Was that the one with the dead WWI soldiers in it. Scared the hell out of me.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Was that the one with the dead WWI soldiers in it. Scared the hell out of me.

That was it. Terrifying

 

[paranoid marvin]

That was it. Terrifying

And the ending is chilling, showing that Sapphire and Steel are not 'good guys', they are there to do a job.

 

[svalbard]

I still have the odd nightmare about that. Amazing what sticks with you over the years.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Anyone who enjoys this show should also check out Children of the Stones, The Stone Tape, The Clifton House Mystery and Into The Labyrinth. Family tv programmes that could send a chill down the spine

 

[paranoid marvin]

I still have the odd nightmare about that. Amazing what sticks with you over the years.

I think that my most memorable story was the one with people with no faces. You don't see that kind of thing on tv nowadays - well, not before the watershed. It's amazing how times of changed, because back then you could have scary tv shows at teat time, but no swearing at all. Nowadays there doesn't seem to be any restriction (within limits) with swearing after about 7pm.

 

[svalbard]

Yes. I watched the show as it was broadcast at the time. Think it was a 7.30pm start time. Before my bedtime anyway. I also remember the faceless people. They would be part of that same dream sequence ai occasionally have.

Streaming has changed TV forever.

 

[svalbard]

Anyone who enjoys this show should also check out Children of the Stones, The Stone Tape, The Clifton House Mystery and Into The Labyrinth. Family tv programmes that could send a chill down the spine

I remember Children of the Stones.

 

[paranoid marvin]

Yes. I watched the show as it was broadcast at the time. Think it was a 7.30pm start time. Before my bedtime anyway. I also remember the faceless people. They would be part of that same dream sequence ai occasionally have.

Streaming has changed TV forever.

The recurring dream I had was floating through a series of caverns. I had only the vaguest notion that it had anything to do with a tv show. With introduction of the internet and after much trawling , I found that it wasn't a figment of my imagination but the intro to 'Into The Labyrinth'. I was very pleased to have been able to buy it on DVD (starring the late great Ron Moody no less and a deliciously evil Pamela Salem). The first series is definitely worth a look.

 

[HareBrain]

teat time

I'm really, really hoping this was a typo.

 

[Rodders]

I remember it, but only vaguely as it was something my parents watched. Perhaps i'll binge it after Space 1999.

 

[Vladd67]

Anyone who enjoys this show should also check out Children of the Stones, The Stone Tape, The Clifton House Mystery and Into The Labyrinth. Family tv programmes that could send a chill down the spine

Into The Labyrinth, was that the one with Ron Moody?

 

[paranoid marvin]

Into The Labyrinth, was that the one with Ron Moody?

Yes that's the one. A great actor.

 

[Vladd67]

I remember watching that after school.

 

[paeng]

Check out the audio plays from Big Finish. I also think shows like Archive 81 are inspired by it.

Archive 81

www.archive81.com

 

[BAYLOR]

I happened Catch fish episode of the series Escape through a Crack in Time Part 1

Very strange show.

 

[Venusian Broon]

I happened Catch fish episode of the series Escape through a Crack in Time Part 1

Very strange show.

I remember watching it as a child. Some of it was hilarious.

There was a scene where steel is sitting at a desk and he communes or is possessed by the spirit of a dead airman.

Cue a minute of David McCallum acting out a plane crash sitting in an office chair. There wasn't a dry eye in the room.

Of course this was repeated for "real" <very loud obvious cough> by Derek Acora decades later in the infamous "Where's me legs, Where's me legs?" episode of Most Haunted.

 

[paranoid marvin]

I remember watching it as a child. Some of it was hilarious.

There was a scene where steel is sitting at a desk and he communes or is possessed by the spirit of a dead airman.

Cue a minute of David McCallum acting out a plane crash sitting in an office chair. There wasn't a dry eye in the room.

Of course this was repeated for "real" <very loud obvious cough> by Derek Acora decades later in the infamous "Where's me legs, Where's me legs?" episode of Most Haunted.

I have completely the opposite point of view. I thought it was creepy, weird and - in places - down right terrifying. I thought McCallum and Lumley were really convincing as entities trying to assume human guise. Some really chilling moments, especially with the chap at the railway station they betrayed.

 

[Matteo]

I have completely the opposite point of view. I thought it was creepy, weird and - in places - down right terrifying. I thought McCallum and Lumley were really convincing as entities trying to assume human guise. Some really chilling moments, especially with the chap at the railway station they betrayed.

Bloody thing freaked me out! Still remember the faceless guy on the stairs.

Re-watched it a few years back and thought it held up well.