Sapphire And Steel: Season 1 Episode 1 - Escape Through A Crack In Time: Part 1 (Full Episode)

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On an ordinary evening, a mother and father sing nursery rhymes to their daughter Helen before bed. Their teenage son Robert becomes alarmed when all the clocks in the house stop working.
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[@themissn]

RIP Dave McCallum. I really enjoyed his amazing performance in this show. It haunted me for years and I still think about it from time to time. It was never remade and probably a good thing. I knew him more from this than from Man from UNCLE.

[@mikesilva3868]

😊agreed

[@merocaine]

I loved this show when I was a kid, blew my mind and scared the crap out of me in turns.

[@BBRocker75]

This series is decades later a TRUE CLASSIC. Two superb actor showing all their skills without silly special effect tricks, just like in classic theatre. JUST OUSTANDING!

[@elric101]

Mark Fisher's Hauntology book brought me here. Rest in peace brother. Gone but never forgotten x

[@frncscbtncrt]

Same here

[@enigmabot7630]

Same here

[@leonardoaraujooo]

Same here

[@marilindaguerrero1920]

Same here

[@anselmobatista4864]

Me too!

[@hopventure5533]

Big part of my childhood. I was haunted for years because of this series. 👍 Now I found it from here and can relive some of my childhood times. ❤ R.I.P David McCallum. 🙏

[@pman2916]

Watched this when I was 8 years old in the 80's, fast forward to 2020, it still scares the crap out of me😱😱😱

[@jasonhurd4379]

I'm a sixty-year-old American, and I've never heard of Sapphire and Steel before. I'm enjoying it immensely!

[@moisessan1]

American from Argentina? Brasil? Equator? Guatemala?....Sapphire and Steel..had many fans in that countries of America!

[@DanielWSonntag]

54 y/o American here... First time hearing of this as well

[@alfredchoo2470]

RIP David. Nobody will ever be able to replace you as Steel.

[@maxcardun]

Cept maybe David Warner for a while.

[@puzzleme5]

How about Tom Cruise and Carlie sheen as the lady... noo...

[@lofnouk]

Rest in Peace, David McCallum. Such a talented man.

[@puzzleme5]

Also The Invisible Man

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

One of the best shows I've ever seen. I was gutted when it ended. It inspired my own film making to a huge degree. I had always wanted to make science fiction about time distortions and time manipulation. When I saw this series, I thought this was the prime example of how to do it properly.

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Most absolutely I couldn't put it better myself.

[@mikesilva3868]

@@New_Zealand_Music agreed 😊

[@grahambull5802]

No unnecessary music .No CGI .Just old fashioned gothic .

[@Robert_Manners]

Yes I was just thinking, how empty and flat the production feels. However back in 1979 this helped to create the mystery.

[@evafemme8674]

@@Robert_Manners Empty? Flat? No, just the atmosphere they aimed for.

[@ShamrockParticle]

If the writing and mystery work, the music and effects become secondary if at all. Older shows really did rely more on quality characterizations, acting, and innovative scripts. And attention span. I forgot about this story and the first few minutes are padded regardless. Then comes a buildup. But by 13:45 or so the payoff is fantastic.

[@Cyber_Smoke]

@@ShamrockParticle that's why I love classic TV it feels like it was aimed for people who had intelligence where most TV today feels like it's made for idiots.

[@machristopheruy8684]

Ditto! Splendid Program!

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

O man...that buzzing sound, and the opening time hole still makes my hairs and my goosebumps rise, 40 years after watching this series.

[@kenray3205]

This was a brilliant piece of art that was gothic and eerie

[@fqwarrior]

Scared the heck out of me when I first watched it. Still gets my heart going now after watching this episode 😳

[@phatman3573]

Joanna lumley a true British rose and has done some great work for good causes over the years.....especially with the Ghurka regt

[@tsu8003]

God bless her!

[@KiwiPossumBBQ]

David McCallum RIP . A legend. respected actor

[@MichaelMcFerrin]

Never saw these before.A great tribute to the late David McCalllum . These appear to be a spinoff of the 60s Twilight Zone. RIP David you’re the greatest actor of all times!

[@StuMas]

I watched this when I was about 8 years old and it scared me so much that, I was terrified of going upstairs to my bedroom for the next few years. Even the intro used to frighten me but - I still had to watch!

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

Stu Mas me too

[@markbardett4557]

And me !!

[@Ikr2025]

Same. Scared me to death!

[@OjoRojo40]

do you go upstairs now?

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Very, very recognizable. I don't recall being afraid of getting to my bedroom when I watched, but the series had the same experience of being spooked and getting excited to watch more.

[@theadventurer1602]

I am a Singaporean and watched this programme shown in my country on the tv late at night when I was aged 10 (think it was year 1979). Never failed to give me the creep. Even now while I rewatch the clip 🤣 Recall vividly there was another episode featuring a soldier (probably a ghost) whistling a war tune or something like that. Goose pimples.

[@afiomai69]

Loved this series as a child. Awesome memories.

[@idavo]

I loved this. It was my favourite TV show at the time. I was criticized for liking something others simply didn't get. I bought into it, I remember the feature in Look-In mag plus the other hype that came with the amazing new series. I loved Joanna Lumley & was a fan of David McCallum. Thank you for posting this. When the series was cancelled, I was gutted, really upset. Must have been my teenage hormones kicking in, everything seemed so personal back in them days. If Netflix, HBO, BBC - anyone brought it back, no question - I would be glued to the box, every week.

[@jpecco9668]

There is so many things they could put on t.v. instead of the constant repeats, like last of the summer wine,dads army🤨

[@conwayjefferson9527]

If they did bring it back, it wouldn't be as good as the original, It would go PC and new CGI effects would spoil the charm, it belongs in this period. ( I bought Look- In as well).

[@only257]

i davo 🙂

[@idavo]

only257 😷 take care, be safe!

[@MelliaBoomBot]

this, Fame, Space 1999, Blake's 7, Starsky and Hutch, A Team, Charlie's Angels, what a delicious televisual childhood..................

[@patrickwilliams6464]

Watching this and reading your comment (the list of tv show) has taken me back to my care free childhood

[@wanderer1955]

Your kidding right?

[@ringolevio5921]

gary jones haha me too

[@niteblaster1]

All TV is rubbish now😱

[@niteblaster1]

AUTOMAN series

[@buriedverydeep]

RIP Eternal Legend ❤️🌹🙏

[@bosoerjadi2838]

Thanks. It's among the scariest series I ever watched as a child.

[@phatman3573]

Bo Soerjadi this and the tomorrow people scared me lol

[@daleksupreme2913]

Still is! it's the scariest tv show I've ever seen, and It does it with great stories and a forboding sense of dread right through it

[@waheedkhanpresents]

RIP David McCallum - Legend ❤

[@TheMorbius1]

The best TV series ever made. Pretty much.

[@donh2839]

Agree with you! 👍

[@MsLinda165]

I love her voice; I can listen to Joanna Lumley for hours...watch her documentaries about India, Greece, the Nile...fabulous!

[@tsu8003]

Don't forget Japan and the Northern Lights too!

[@RichardTClark396]

ABFAB was a solid staple for my wife and I when we were first married.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

It's 2023 and I'm just discovering this series. A happy accident! I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like it.

[@mikebasil4832]

Me neither. It has a depth that in some ways feels unsurpassed by most other British sci-fi classics. Even Doctor Who which says a lot.

[@KARLDJ1ONE]

I watched this every Monday evening on HTV in the 70's..it scared me witless...it was fantastic!

[@theloniousMac]

How did David McCallum avoid ever becoming Doctor Who? He would have been excellent.

[@dmf2475]

He still would

[@joeturner1597]

@@dmf2475 Well he became Ducky. There was one time Jethro was asked what Ducky looked like when he was younger. He thought for a moment & said, 'Ilya Kuryakin'.

[@joeturner1597]

@vestiphobe I can't find the episode, I have them all somewhere, but I think they were at Ducky's house.He was moving out after his mother died.

[@joeturner1597]

@vestiphobe She was very old. I'm still waiting for series 16 DVD. I live in France now so no TV. I've been a fan since they were in the JAG episode. (Always wondered who won the toss). My only complaint ever is that they got the Royal Marine's uniform completely wrong. So much so that I didn't realise he was supposed to be RM for ages. (I was in the RN). & there was a Union Jack not a White Ensign on the stern of the ship in the background. Which was the same American ship that is always there. The Union Jack goes on the bow when the ship is in Port. Much like your small flag of just the stars. (I'm presuming you are American. Apologies if not).

[@thecoachmansfolly]

The cost.... David McCallum was already a well established actor who would have demanded a wage somewhat higher than a low budget show as Dr Who was could have afforded.... You can see in this show a huge difference in the budget compared to the Dr Who episodes of the time....

[@ajazhussain4064]

RIP David Mc Callum....

[@viviennepopek]

Roll back to the better years of TV, for children especially 💖

[@cliffhigson7581]

RIP David McCallum September 2023.😢

[@jimmybisk]

This was the definition of scary for any child who remembers it. I was around 8 at the time this was on & watched the second story (the ghosts & the railway station one). I was so terrified by the end of it I refused to sleep with the light off for 2 years afterwards as I kept visualizing darkness creeping over the walls.

[@farcticox1409]

This was much scarier than Dr Who for me

[@NW-lv9gb]

I remember the railway episode. It was darn scary. Also remember the episode with the rhyme "as I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there, he wasn't there again today, I wish that man would go away". THAT episode freaked me out big time!!

[@daleksupreme2913]

You! jimmybisk. Years from now I'll find a photograph, your photograph. Paper burns, nothing lasts, only me

[@jimmybisk]

@@daleksupreme2913 I better start finding them & burning them then lol!

[@smokeonthewater5287]

@@NW-lv9gb I also saw this as a small child and I was super scared but yet enjoyed it. It brings back so many memories...

[@donh2839]

The good news for fans of this great series is that Forces TV will be broadcasting it very soon!. I can't wait to watch this great TV series again as i haven't seen it since it was first on TV forty years ago

[@tsu8003]

I'm spreading the word as we speak!

[@pattilipscomb9898]

How many clocks did these people need?

[@yuslilihashim6437]

when I was 11 years old this is one of my favorite television supernatural series..hi frm 🇲🇾

[@archlich4489]

I watch this every 25 years.

[@mattblack9069]

This was an excellent series and after it finished I never saw or heard of it been repeated. It would survive even today on a rerun.

[@tsu8003]

It's on Forces TV right now!

[@Merseysiderful]

I remember watching this series aged 13 on the Granada channel on Saturday evenings when first shown in the U.K. 1979-80. I remember the episode where a World War One Soldier haunting a railway station was both very scary and moving. Joanna Lumley was gorgeous and still is.

[@3dPrint_and_chill]

I think I remember that one. They played the song "....Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag... " If I remember correctly.

[@joeturner1597]

@@3dPrint_and_chill 11/11/11/11

[@paulawagon6640]

@@3dPrint_and_chill I remember that episode too and that was the song.

[@3dPrint_and_chill]

@@paulawagon6640 I thought so! I guess it left an impression on me as a child.

[@paulawagon6640]

@@3dPrint_and_chill I also remember one with a baby with no face That one really troubled me.

[@corrietapp3178]

This series is legendary! Thank you, Shout! Factory.

[@moisessan1]

I used to watch it in the 80s....many times did not understand...but that mistery attracted me.

[@michellecahill1433]

Wow!!! This is so cool!!!! As an American, I didn't even know about this show!!!! You Brits got great TV!! Loved David McCallum on U.N.C.L.E. didn't even know about this show, until he passed away.

[@aguevarad]

I haven't watched this series, despite it was showed by TV in my country by the time. Being it so old, it's a very good, even for I'mproving my English listening skills. According with it, I really recommend it for all KZbin viewers...

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Gee, finally also found back this tv memory of mine. I was spooked but excited at the same time watching this ( was 11 years old then).....GREAT series!

[@TheHorsebox2]

If there's one thing those people need, it's more clocks.

[@explorer806]

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

[@TheHorsebox2]

@@explorer806 indeed. Yes, indeed.

[@robincoulter581]

Hmm, did the clock stop at 7:11?

[@meelodeshmeeelo2034]

Except my mother in law, I used to spend a good five minutes stopping all the clocks anywhere nr where I slept at my mother in laws years ago

[@jhmevanderpoel]

I still love Joanna. What a woman!!!

[@mikebasil4832]

Joanna Lumley was one of the strongest sci-fi actresses for her time alongside Carrie Fisher, Louise Jameson, Jacqueline Pearce and Sigourney Weaver.

[@drspaseebo410]

Valentine Pringle, great African bass singer, appears as "Lead" in this classic.

[@dennybish67]

Loved this series and the ending still upsets me to this day.

[@johnacord6224]

I've never seen this before, never even heard of it before, wow.

[@jpecco9668]

You must very young then this ontv about 40years ago

[@trollop_7]

@@jpecco9668 What kind of reasoning is that?

[@tsu8003]

Its on Forces TV right now!

[@GirGir183]

They managed to stretch this over 34 episodes. Good Lord. Still, I remember being a fan at the time.

[@stephenle-surf9893]

Mulder and scully before the x files

[@conwayjefferson9527]

Sapphire and Steel was a hundred times better than the x files.

[@medium_ugly8172]

Tried to watch this as a kid, and couldn't understand it but always promised myself when i got older i'd rewatch it .. FF to now

[@Humans_Eh]

I loved this on tv as a child. Had not one clue what was going on most of the time but loved it anyway.

[@wilsonov87]

I loved this when i was a kid!! Thanks for uploading

[@bran756]

Dang loved that show when I was young,the scenes of the old railway station with Johanna and David gave me goose bumps,cheers for these.

[@LandersWorkshop]

Yeah that was one of the scariest and nastiest ones, the one where they 'lose'.

[@LindaTCornwall]

I used to love this show in the late seventies.. :D

[@seanmcmeown1992]

RIP DAVID

[@robertmelia3780]

Yes! This series was as creepy af when I was a wee nipper. Many thanks for uploading. ✌🏼️

[@anaccount8474]

I loved this as a child, it's actually aged well, it's still really creepy.

[@robincoulter581]

I've never seen this. Where are you from and when did they air this?

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

@@robincoulter581 it was a series of five between 1979 and 1982, for ITV. I only watched this first series as a child when it was broadcast on Dutch television...sadly the series after that never were (maybe Dutch tv deemed it too creepy after that, the sissies), so I am glad I can watch it in rerun here and see the other three.

[@StCreed]

@@arno-luyendijk4798 Hey, same here :) And yes I seem to remember they ended it due to complaints of parents. I was very angry about it - but I'm not sure that this is an actual memory or I made it up. It's been very long.

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

@@StCreed in the Netherlands where I live, that may surely have happened. As for the UK I doubt it, since the series lasted four seasons.

[@truthtriumphant4015]

I was in "love" with Illya in my teens...and then sweet Ducky in my old age...sad to see him gone.

[@benters3509]

Never saw it at the time, but I could get into this. The music sounds like Terry Nation - same as Blake's 7.

[@fromchomleystreet]

Good God pacing in TV has REALLY changed.

[@Cyber_Smoke]

Mainly due to the fact people can't write these days and shows have to capture an audience with the attention span of a fish so the viewer doesn't stare at their phone

[@TVcouchpotato]

just discovered this show on amazon and I'm so glad I did! I love it and definitely inspiring me to create a short series..

[@tonyrobinson362]

Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.

[@Norfolk250]

That house has got some structural twists and turns!

[@sharkracer]

Ducky is 86 years old????? He doesn't look a day over 70, and doesn't it seem he hasn't aged a bit since NCIS started? I didn't realize how old he was. I have never heard of this show. The earliest show I remember him from is The Invisible Man. My mom remembers him as The Man From UNCLE.

[@UncleSam-bu9gz]

SHOUT, keeping memories alive!

[@andybelcher1767]

I watched this as a kid. I have just noticed that the introduction lists elements then goes on to say diamond and steel, Diamond is carbon, steel is a compound of iron and carbon... No wonder I was no good at school :)

[@tsu8003]

Watch the intro again and you will understand! Btw Aluminium and Carbon just doesn't have the same ring to it!

[@New_Zealand_Music]

Used to watch this when I was a kid and just disappear. Absolutely love it I have the box set. And I love how they made up for a lack of funding by using interesting camera angles and things like that. I remember being obsessed with the one at the at the train station. And then when I watched it when I was a teenager, I couldn't make head or tail of it but I got it again. Lol. Clever writing I love how Sapphire gets caught in a painting. David Mcallum was awesome, and of course the man from Uncle. But I had to laugh when I remember that woman being attacked by a pillow lol

[@Baribrotzer]

0:00 - 4:00 "What time is it, Eccles?" "Just a minute, I got it written down 'ere on a piece of paper. A nice man wrote the time down for me this morning......."

[@shadowmoon5445]

They need to do a remake of this.

[@mikebasil4832]

A very good pilot episode for a most remarkable sci-fi horror classic. 👍🏻

[@marcoantoniosalazarmatamor9496]

There is one thing that I hate about living in Costa Rica and that is that I don’t have as much access for f these shows as I’d like. I mean, this is awesome, and this is just ONE part of ONE episode of a whole SERIES. You tell me it wouldn’t make you mad.

[@willjacobslovesyou]

Kind of big story for a YT comment but: About five years ago, I saw a twitter thread about this show and I loved the aesthetic so much that it inspired me to make a comedy series that would (lovingly) parody older sci-fi shows like this. After we filmed and edited it, we took it to festivals where I would always bring up S&S as the inspiration and source material to audiences who had (mostly) never heard of it. The series we made is out now and, yes, this is a shameless plug to watch it, but I also just wanted to come on here and express the gratitude I feel for this utterly strange and just really great show. I owe it for giving me five very cool years, a bunch of new people in my life, and a whole lot of fulfillment and artistic validation. Sapphire And Steel forever!

[@jc4428]

What is your show? I’m intrigued.

[@willjacobslovesyou]

@@jc4428 thanks! It's called Olympus: A Retrospective, will comment from the show's profile, all the eps are at that channel👇

[@olympusretro]

@@willjacobslovesyou 👋👋👋

[@kllwc7772]

What a blast from the past 😍😍💌💌 Along with -The Prisoner - The Twilight Zone this is a thought provoking series ...

[@RY-fe3rt]

Loved this show as a kid and never got to watch it all! Nearly 20 years later, I can finally binge-watch myself silly! Thank you! P.S. I wonder if Day of the Triffids is on here too!

[@richardvernon317]

it is but costs £0.99 per episode.

[@topivaltanen4432]

McCallum really knows how to handle childrens.

[@justaman5418]

noticed that myself lol

[@justaman5418]

i used to watch this when i was around 10 maybe younger no wonder my heads warped now at nearly 47

[@monabostrom8357]

@@justaman5418 Excuses, excuses...

[@mtjoy747]

Cold when dealing with people, but ultra intelligent, especially when considering the way out of something was to READ each word in a nursery rhyme backwards. And even they, the elements, got caught out.

[@jeffsullivan2044]

As much as I love Patsy Stone, Joanna will always be " Purdey" to me. Correction " Dame" Joanna Lumley! Bravo JOANNA, you earned it!!

[@tim8602]

This used to scare me so much as a kid, yet I watched it anyway! Oh the photograph episode, it's all coming back, ahhh!

[@LandersWorkshop]

This is kinda still scary if you ask me, at least some episodes more than others. It's almost like a Cuthulian horror.

[@daleksupreme2913]

Why didn't they make 30 more seasons?

[@ABC1701A]

I don't remember this one. Great series.

[@herewardthewake5502]

Best one was where they were at a train station during WW1.

[@phatman3573]

Hereward the Wake I remember that episode with all the soldiers waiting to go to war on the platform

[@anitaoflaherty5469]

I remember that one too.

[@tsu8003]

Its on right now on Forces TV

[@daverage4729]

Lol! Watching that right now on Forces TV... seven months after Tsu 800. :)

[@Amberscion]

4:35: "Transuranic, heavy elements may not be used where there is life. Medium atomic weights are available: Gold, lead, copper, jet, diamond, radium, sapphire, silver and steel. Sapphire and steel have been assigned!" Sapphire and steel are not elements. Nor is jet.

[@kali3665]

I always thought Joanna Lumley would make a perfect Doctor.

[@calebfuller4713]

She'd be absolutely fabulous...

[@mikebasil4832]

Joanna did get to be Doctor Who once for a Comic Relief special in 1999, written by Steven Moffat I might add.

[@kali3665]

@@mikebasil4832 That was what convinced me that she would make a perfect Doctor. And anytime someone mentioned the idea, I would put forth her name.

[@davethomas1241]

Hum I'm intrigued this is good

[@a.johnson1860]

Why does this seem even scarier in 2023 than back then?

[@cathleanjohnson675]

Never heard of this show until I read an article on IMBD I think on David McCallum, my favorite TV spy-Illya Kuryakin-"The Man from U.N.C.L.E"- NBC , ME "Ducky" Mallard on CBS's "NCIS " only watching this so I can "drool" over David, in his hey day one of the hottest men to ever grace a TV screen in my opinion and that voice gives me goosebumps...

[@mikesilva3868]

Love this show 😊

[@mikebasil4832]

This first episode must have made a very strong impression when it first aired.

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@mikebasil4832😊agreed

[@dawnfinch8232]

Use to love this

[@trollop_7]

How old were you, Dawn?

[@johnrettig1880]

Why is it that a show like this didn't get to the US . Or did I completely missed the airing . Especially with David McCallum just off of Man from U . N . C . L . E .

[@JAG312]

You missed it.

[@clifftrimble2616]

Ducky!!! RIP..

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

Still scary as hell. Had nightmares all my youth because of this

[@shadowmoon5445]

same lol especially the guy with no face.

[@donh2839]

@@shadowmoon5445 yes, i was terrified when i saw the faceless man! . Never saw anything like that before on tv. Superb series.

[@ThisisalGOOGLESCHANNEL]

the only time i've ever jumped from something on the telly can't remember the episode but Sapphire is stood with her back to you & when she's turned around she has no face

[@maggie1321972]

Not sure, but there is an episode called The man without a face. Maybe that’s it.

[@evafemme8674]

After this I was afraid of British nurseryrhymes all through my childhood

[@remaguire]

Wow! Joanna Lumley from Absolutely Fabulous!

[@libbyreesbarresi7459]

i loved this show but never really understood it...i vivadly remember watching the one on the train station and whistling

[@TheDuchessWellington]

Gosh I was scared by the faceless man that hid in photos.So imaginative.

[@paulhunter1525]

I really liked that episode. And with internet, email and hard drives storage of photography that faceless man story relevant today

[@mikebasil4832]

@@paulhunter1525 If Sapphire & Steel could have had a recurring villain, maybe it could have been the Faceless Man.

[@lowket]

Excellent British sci-fi, right up there with Dr. Who and Space 1999.

[@patsaxon5284]

I have seen both Dr. Who and Space: 1999 is my favorite TV sci-fi, esp ecially season 2. But I had never heard of this TV show?

[@joeturner1597]

@@patsaxon5284 Cancelled due to a studio strike.

[@nicholassheffo5723]

Great show, poor transfer!