
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. None of the stories had onscreen 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.




When a mother and father disappear from an old house while reading their young daughter a nursery rhyme, Sapphire and Steel arrive to investigate.
Robert tries to get help from a policeman, but Sapphire thwarts his efforts. Meanwhile, the creature in the time corridor makes another attempt to free itself after Steel boards up Helen's room.
The imprisoned creature manages to trap Sapphire in a painting, in an attempt to escape by recreating the past.
A new Element arrives to help Sapphire and Steel face the trapped creature.
The creature takes on a new appearance to try and trick Robert into helping it escape.
Sapphire and Steel determine the time creature's "trigger"... but it may be too late for Robert, who is trapped in other-time.
Sapphire and Steel are sent to investigate a railway station where time has become unstuck... and a ghosthunter threatens to interfere in their work.
Sapphire, Steel, and Tully continue to explore the railway station's mysteries, and Steel is possessed by the same force from the past that took Sapphire.
Sapphire pulls Steel back from the edge of death, and the Presence summons more ghosts.
Sapphire and Steel agree to let Tully hold a seance in the hopes that they can learn the names of the ghosts.
Sapphire is possessed by the spirit of a teacher who knew Pearce before he died and became the Soldier. Meanwhile, Pearce summons the Darkness to aid himself and the other ghosts.
The Darkness closes in on Tully and Sapphire, while Steel talks with a second Sapphire.
The Darkness sends Sapphire and Steel twelve days into the future in an attempt to stop them.
Steel makes a deal with the Darkness to release the ghosts and break the cycle.
Sapphire and Steel are assigned to investigate an apartment complex where someone is messing with time. Meanwhile, a young couple inside the apartment experience strange phenomena and lose contact with their superiors.
While Eldred and Rothwyn realize that they're cut off from the other groups, their baby grows at an alarming rate while Sapphire and Steel begin to realize what they're up against.
After Sapphire disappears, a new element enter the mystery... literally.
With some help from Silver, Sapphire and Steel are reunited... and confront the Changeling.
After escaping the Changeling's touch, Sapphire and Steel both take desperate gambles to try and get Silver back so they can operate the capsule's machinery.
After recovering Silver, the agents access the capsule the machinery and realize what they're up against.
Sapphire and Steel investigate a time break that seems to have originated in an old junk shop inhabited by Victorian children and a mysterious landlord.
Sapphire and Steel discover the nature of the time break, and Liz gets a look at the new landlord's face.
Sapphire discovers that a photo is worth a thousand words, while Steel makes a development in the assignment.
The Shape traps Sapphire and Steel in a photograph, and Liz is their only hope of escape.