Is Sapphire & Steel easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 75% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is Sapphire & Steel sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 72% of well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Is Sapphire & Steel violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known series. This describes how the series comes across across its whole run, measured against other well-known series; it is not a content list.

Sapphire & Steel

Name: Sapphire & Steel
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 1979
Rating: 7.037
Cast: Joanna Lumley, David McCallum, David Collings, Gerald James, Steven O'Shea

All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension.

Created by Peter J. Hammond

On ITV1

1979–19826 seasons34 episodes25 min7.0 / 10

A surreal, deliberately enigmatic British sci-fi series about two interdimensional agents investigating temporal anomalies, built on mystery and strangeness rather than resolution.

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.

Clusters

Dread That Wears a Halo Haunted Fates, Fractured Worlds Mysteries of the Unexplained Mind Paranoia Without Comfort

Genres

Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Keywords

Telepathy Platonic Love Time Travel Surrealism Time Loop Clairvoyant Cliffhanger Alternative Reality Supernatural Drama Interdimensional Travel Male Female Friendship

Questions people ask

Is Sapphire & Steel scary? Yes. More frightening than 89% of series.
Does Sapphire & Steel leave you hopeful? Barely. Less hopeful than 81% of series.
Is Sapphire & Steel easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 75% of series.
Is Sapphire & Steel sad? Somewhat. More sad than 72% of series.
Is Sapphire & Steel violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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