Sapphire & Steel

Sapphire & Steel is a British television supernatural sci-fi/fantasy series starring Joanna Lumley as Sapphire and David McCallum as Steel. 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.

Sapphire & Steel
GenreSupernatural
Science fiction
Fantasy
Created byPeter J. Hammond
StarringJoanna Lumley
David McCallum
ComposerCyril Ornadel
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes34 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerDavid Reid
ProducerShaun O'Riordan
Running time25 minutes
Production companyATV/Central
Original release
NetworkITV
Release10 July 1979 (1979-07-10) 
31 August 1982 (1982-08-31)

From 2005 to 2008, Sapphire & Steel returned in a series of audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions, starring Susannah Harker and David Warner as the main characters.

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