Sapphire & Steel - Assignment 4 (unedited)

The Man Without a Face. Assignment 4. All 4 unedited episodes of this adventure with Sapphire and Steel.

[@adriansherlockdamondark.1094]

Imagine a TV drama these days where the main characters don't say a word for the first four minutes or so? The way this series was allowed to build its atmosphere was amazing.

[@neonwind]

Best SF Horror ever! And on a shoe string budget! Dream well in infinity David McCallum.

[@michellecahill1433]

Wow!!! Never knew these existed! Love it! RIP David McCallum

[@bencolemanart]

22:55 Wow, that's some classic nightmare fuel for the kiddies of 1980. Sweet dreams, kids!

[@jenifferschmitz8618]

it on tv at 4pm

[@markokrunic3887]

Sapphire and Steele is one of the great TV series of all time.A million times better than the stuff that is churned out today.A time when they knew how to make quality,timeless TV.Impossible to make today as it weaves mystery,fantasy and reality in such exquisite,perfect harmony that todays dreary,humdrum,formulaic TV can never match.

[@GibsonFender]

Season one, true detective

[@abbamanic]

The train station one scared me as a kid. These days only mortgage rates and redundancy have the same power. The episodes were so simply produced but so deep, they are wonderful.

[@jasonwelch2224]

Sounds like a novel by Victor hugo

[@rizzla66]

Train station episodes were the best, I even jumped in 2020 but with Boris as PM I'm easily frightened lol

[@Stiffd1]

Pack up your troubles…’

[@kelvynchin1968]

"Find every photograph of you ever taken. Burn them. Never have another taken!" Classic! They don't make them this well these days.

[@awaisbutt6905]

Correction: Find every photograph of you that there is.

[@Clara-ph7my]

This was the first scary thing on TV I ever watched as a kid. My Dad liked his sci fi and this scared the crap out of me.

[@spirit6134]

I started studying b&w (Fox-Talbot) chemical photography process around about the time this was originally broadcast and the thought of Magritte's 'The Son of Man' faceless character in everyting I was doing or going to do gave me the b'jesus nerves that I might one day bump in to, 'it' from behind a wall or in the next room... or as I switched on the enlarger in the dark - room..!

[@areulostbabygorl5765]

Damn this was the scariest thing I’d seen as kid 😂 one of the creepiest assignments

[@evilgenius2221]

Absolutely loved this program as a kid and it still holds up really well now, childrens TV from when kids weren't media obsessed, desensitised, and unquestioning drones with zero imagination...this show among others is how I ended up a writer, gamer and scriptwriter and (I like to think)reasonably interesting person

[@michellecahill1433]

Amen!!!!

[@davemadman7093]

It be impossible to find shows of this calibre nowadays. Awesome tv series characters with actors to match. Simply brilliant for its time period to now.

[@FluWorldOrder]

This is the only episode that I vaguely remember and the poem most of all. Such an eerie poem.

[@thevilegrin704]

Of all the brilliant D&S assignments, this was the best I think. A really unnerving concept. The Lumley/McCallum synergy was perfect. Thanks for posting these

[@jezt42]

A pleasure. I too loved this assignment, but my absolute favourite has to be the one set in the Railway Station. Scared the b'Jesus out of me when I watched it when I was little! I'll try and get all of the assignments up as soon as time allows. :)

[@libbyreesbarresi7459]

@@jezt42 i remember watching the railway one when i was little, and remembering the scream at the end....Keep wondering why our parents allowed us to watch it lol not that i remember this episode and wondering if i did watch any more after the railway one

[@kelvynchin1968]

I liked the railway station one but it was really a bit long. this one (man with no face) plays out very well, probably the second best assignment. Next best one after this is the final assignment (the cafe/ gas station one).

[@xr6lad]

@@jezt42I think the only one I didn’t like was the one set in the apartment. Railway station, this one, the house party and even the last episode was all good.

[@bencolemanart]

I love that the character that works in a nightclub in 1980 listens to funky 70s library music at home.

[@stephenconnell]

"No one on this world can hurt you"- Shape. Ominous statement that underlines his confidence in his power

[@trevorbrown_artist]

The man with no face, purely terrifying! #😱

[@jasonwelch2224]

He's right nowerman

[@ritadandrea7599]

i remember watching this episode when i was a child of the 1970.s. it was and still is my favourite episode to date. i have been interested in old Victorian and Edwardian photographs since i was a child and watching this enhanced my passion for collecting old photographs still to this day. My brother was terrified of the man with no face and for years since then it still gives him the creeps. i love watching paranormal stuff so i guess even if it was scary i still think children should experience this, it didn;t do us much harm watching it.

[@sapphire7424]

Scariest assignment, to this day I don't like faceless beings or masks. Is super clever & believable tho. Thanks for the ul 😊

[@BarsimonR]

I have the full set on DVD but don't have a player at the mo...thanks for posting these, this was one of the best shows from my childhood and they still retain their power to scare me today :)

[@takeshihiraoka5310]

firstly, I would like to say thanks for posting and doing a BRILLIANT job on the upload, secondly, if I understand correctly, this series was originally aimed at kids, but was considered too intellectual and too scary for children. that probably explains the dialog, etc. personally speaking, I would live to see this series remade. thanks again.

[@vinvass2674]

"As I was walking up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there, He wasn't there again today, I wish, I wish he'd stay away". Is there any other rhyme more terrifying to a child who has to walk up the stair to bed at night ? And right there on the stair HE is waiting, with no face, the Man Who Isn't There.

[@davidmoore2308]

Yes this episode terrified me at 8 years of age i didnt want to go up the stairs alone And was terrified when i was up there in bed.

[@gorillaau]

"Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town. Upstairs and downstairs in his night gown. Rapping at the windows, prying through the lock." Sounds like a peeping Tom!

[@pdrg]

Just got to say a thanks for this - when I was younger I wasn't allowed to watch this, but saw a trailer for this episode and remember the faceless man and it traumatised me (somewhat mildly) for decades since! Now I can see the context :)

[@jezt42]

Hope you enjoyed it, Paddy! :)

[@pdrg]

Ah I did ta, just having a bit of Crown Court time now :)

[@Willy_Fisher]

Thank you for uploading this.

[@johnoreilly9535]

That one was excellent, best so far

[@torchwoody]

Scary - the thought of being trapped inside a photograph for months and then burned alive....

[@evertonporter7887]

It was one of the most horrifying scenes I've ever seen on TV...that scream is hard to forget.

[@raphaelbernard7954]

Can you see todays tv programmers having the guts and imagination to produce quality programs like this where it relies almost solely on great acting by the actors?

[@trevorbrown_artist]

Steel is always so tough on Sapphire. #damn

[@Stiffd1]

The umbrella sequence freaked me as a kid and the trapped woman in the photo, like twisted Monty Python. I also recall at the end credits of S&S some jolly voiced announcer that JL or DM would be in a London play called ‘Communicating Doors’ Reality Returns.

[@txrwauy]

I loved this assignment when I re-watched it - the faceless creature was a

[@txrwauy]

oops! hit reply! meant to say that the faceless creature was genuinely creepy.

[@jezt42]

The faceless man and “the one at the railway station” seem to be the assignments that people remember best. :)

[@anthonymavin6112]

Thank you soooo much for sharing these. I Love this show and assignments 2 and 4 are just TV gold

[@mollyscot1563]

RIP David.

[@blueStarKitt7924]

😔🙏❤️

[@philledwith8307]

It's great watching these 30 years later. You catch a lot more than when you were a kid; the plot feels more coherent. It's both more and less scary at the same time. And you focus more on personalities and skill sets; I never realized just how big a dick Steel was. I bet half the reason he's paired with Sapphire is she's the only one with the patience to put up with him.

[@andrewsacika9221]

Like his name he is as hard and cold as steel. 🤣

[@simontalbot6088]

Cracking. Lovely mixture of suspense, horror, ghost story and Sci - fi.

[@margannaful]

Thank you for uploading this. This was one wonderful ride! I love all the assignments!

[@torchwoody]

Scary stuff....I used to have nightmares that the faceless man trapped me inside a photograph and kept me in there forever!!

[@daleksupreme2913]

I wouldn't worry about that, he'll set fire to it when he finds one of you

[@nicholasmaude6906]

The Man with no face entity was pure evil.

[@torchwoody]

Terrifying thought that someone can trap you inside a photo and keep you forever more........

[@tinamartin4133]

Jez do you remember that one with the train station, and the soldiers when they sang pack up your troubles?.That one always stuck in my mind, really freaked me out that one did

[@jezt42]

It's uploaded as Assignment 2 - if you fancy revisiting it!

[@tinamartin4133]

+Jez T Thank you, I'll try and be brave lol

[@takeshihiraoka5310]

Tina Martin I totally agree and completely understand. I mean, what really stuck in my mind was when the darkness slowly spreads along the corridor, staining walls, ceiling and floor like ink. that really spooked me as a kid.

[@vw7391]

The soldier walking on the platform and disapearing did scare the crap out of me when i was a kid,lol. Ive never forgotten it till this day.

[@takerhapsody]

My brother got into trouble cause when I went to bed he would walk up the stairs slowly whistling pack up your trouble . Mum would go nuts mental at him

[@thaitim007]

I think there is more to this episode as I remember fire burning the paper children and sapphire hugging one that papered and vanished

[@Loverboy19691]

I was 12 years old when this was transmitted on HTV Wales in 1981, I remember the scene at 10:56, even at the age of 12 I honestly thought the girl was going to lift Sapphires blue dress with the umbrella, it certainly looks like she was going to. !!

[@cosmicwartoad2587]

It's what'd happen if an otherworldly entity got hold of Photoshop.

[@SpiritusComics]

I remember this episode vividly. Terrifying at the time

[@seedhillbruisermusic7939]

bloody terrifying. I was about 10 when this was first broadcast. scarred me forever. I've been very careful with photos of myself ever since. just in case.

[@stephenconnell]

Interestingly they shortened the stories as they went along yet I love the longer versions as well as the shorter ones. Marketed as a kids show??? Somebody got that wrong big time.

[@Brucev7]

Better Episode than the previous one

[@Joanna7428]

The man with no face 😳 gave me nightmares 👀

[@Interstellartube]

Thank you so much for these wonderful episodes but could you please add English subtitles to this episode? I sometimes have trouble understanding what is being said and I would love to be able to follow the story better. Much obliged 😊

[@angriella]

Steel's chilling rubric at the end...

[@spirit6134]

Do you think that's why they went digital? (Come on electricity).

[@mrreality1187]

very early depiction of Slenderman

[@libbyreesbarresi7459]

if i had seen this one as a child, i think i would have smashed every camera in the house lol

[@katymunguia8378]

Tenia leves recuerdo de esa serie.

[@leighburton7048]

Liz... aka Sarah Sugden from Emmerdale!

[@WOLFROY47]

bottom of the stairs on the wall behind her, gas lamps, no mantle and no glass but still gas lamps

[@gerardsandee1520]

Fun for the kids nowadays: "In order not to be taken by this entity, remove all your selfies". The Faceless One will not only manifest in one single place, but, well, anywhere and everywhere. Let's hope it's in a friendly mood...

[@tinamartin4133]

sorry forget that question, I've just read your comment from before. You do remember it lol :)

[@bluejaybarnes1907]

Absolutely brilliant and perfectly balanced. Great actors, LOVE McCallum!! #WTFDUCKYISSEXY??

[@SusanAmberBruce]

People from some cultures won't have their photo's taken.

[@patrizialucchetti3240]

MI VIENE IN MENTE mAGRITTE QUANDO HA RAPPRESENTATO DEI VOLTI NEUTRI...

[@cosmicwartoad2587]

I wondered what happened to the Sapphire and Steel DVD I ordered from Amazon that should have arrived last week that never arrived

[@BALLFAN]

Absolute remake potential here with a nice new cast and CGI !

[@jenifferschmitz8618]

i was product of it time where there was few restriction on giving us nightmares

[@booth2710]

Well we've all been faceless at one time or another ...

[@TheSiberion]

Did anyone catch that cough at the 1:37:10 mark?

[@thisravenhasflown010]

So what happened after episode 6?

[@andyf4292]

very lovecraftian

[@davidmoore2308]

I have watched a few of these as i remember them from the 70s but it seems that steel doesnt have any amazing powers ? And sapphire does everything.

[@evilgenius2221]

i always got the impression that he was strong, could manipulate metals and simple mechanisms and could absorb energy and survive adverse conditions, like cooling himself down to absolute zero in assignment one

[@jackclements2163]

Alyson Spiro is not a bad actress however, she tends to pronounce her “t’s” all the time and for a southern accent, I assume to be around London, “t’s” are usually dropped at the end of words. For me it makes her look like she’s acting and at times is in danger of being slightly wooden.

[@Administrator_O-5]

British TV has always been immensely better than American TV & I say that as an American!

[@richardgeorge8612]

at 1 minute 39 isnt that a modern gas boiler

[@gorillaau]

This assignment is set in the present, so 1970s. The children are the ones out of place, having been "lifted" out of vintage photographs. The boiler itself, the building is a bit runned down and decrepit, the inside doesn't appear to have been painted in a while. The exterior we don't see enough of.

[@WOLFROY47]

so many of the things in this season are original. i remember having them, and, using them. when it all falls apart in the future, they will be glad that some of them still exist. but modern kids, just think that it's all crap, only fit for the skip, hopefully they will learn better

[@sirenia755]

1:36:21 no you wont, I would launch you into space and away from our own galaxy and right out into the unknown, you will be lose forever unable to get back.

[@evertonporter7887]

...or into a black hole, where it would remain imprisoned for trillions of years, until the end of time...for all eternity.

[@robertfass9681]

science fanticy.

[@tsu8003]

Joanna Lumley looks absolutely stunning in this one. By far her best look ever! It's time they remade this as a direct rival to that shitshow that is Dr Who! There wouldn't be any need for the SJW bollocks that has ruined it either because each element can be played by different races anyway.

[@garthst.claire3459]

Is the girl renting the room supposed to be a prostitute?

[@xr6lad]

I know this is 5 years old comment but several comments indicate to me she might be. About people ‘becoming faceless’ where she works and also that ‘she’s an adult and allowed to work there’

[@scampsweep]

58:00

[@OfflineSetup]

the actress playing girl renting the flat ..... isn't very good.

[@nickm3861]

Alyson Spiro. She had a decent career over the next 30 years or so

[@booth2710]

I thought she was brilliant ..and loved her cockney accent

[@MrSlitskirts]

Great episode and I think the best. Also a great multi--level set and use of Multi-Camera TV Studio techniques.

[@vandykegirl1]

reminds me a little of slenderman......