Sapphire & Steel (1979)

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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.

• Released: 1979-07-10
• Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
• Seasons: 6, 34 episodes
• Episode length: 25m
• Network: ITV1
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 27 votes

Created by Peter J. Hammond.

Top cast

• Joanna Lumley as Sapphire
• David McCallum as Steel
• David Collings as Silver
• Christopher Fairbank as Johnny Jack

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Sapphire & Steel

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel; watch free on Pluto TV, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; buy on Amazon Video
• United Kingdom: stream on ITVX Premium; watch free on ITVX
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV, Plex

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