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I suspect that this episode is the more famous of the series (possibly even more so than the final
Sapphire & Steel Assignment 2
episode). Whenever I recall any of the series, it is this one that comes to mind most readily. First broadcast in July 1979, this is one of the more chilling episodes in the entire run.
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For the uninitiated, Sapphire and Steel was a short lived UK television series which ran from July 1979 
to July 1982. There were only 6 seasons of the series in total and it is a great cult classic. For an 
overview of the shows and the ideas around them, please see the first post in this series.
By design, the seasons and the episodes were not named. They are known as “The Assignments” and run, naturally, from one through to 6. The first of these was originally to be a chldren’s show and this can be seen by the fact that the supporting characters throughout the first set of episode are mostly children.
The story begins in a remote house. The parents are reading nursery rhymes to their young daughter, Helen. Downstairs, their son Rob is doing his homework. The clocks in the house stop ticking and the parents disappear. The children are alone in the house, after verifying that their parents have vanished, they call the local policeman. Shortly afterwards, Sapphire and Steel arrive at the door.
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