I suspect that this episode is the more famous of the series (possibly even more so than the final 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. As [...]
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Assignment One
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 [...]
Sapphire and Steel – UK TV Series
All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. 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. These words opened every episode of the series. Sapphire and Steel aired [...]
Zattoo – Real TV On Your PC
The PC is becoming ever more ubiquitous – as well as games, you can receive radio channels, listen to various types of music, watch DVDs or other movie files, upload, download, share and do all sorts of other things. Television, though, has always seemed a little trickier – at the very least you need a [...]
Dead Like Me
Dead Like Me is back on TV. Us UK types can catch it on the Sci-Fi channel. This is a very blackly funny show about the daily lives of a team of grim reapers. The team help certain people pass over to the other side. The humour comes because they have to also live their [...]
Storm Front (The Dresden Files Book One) – Jim Butcher
One of the dangers, for me, of reviewing a series of books is that I read so quickly that by the time I’m ready to write a review I have to review them all in one fell swoop. I won’t do that with The Dresden Files: firstly, because the way they are written demands a [...]
