Richard Callaghan.
Assigned!: the unofficial and unauthorised guide to Sapphire and Steel: 3rd edn.
Telos Publishing. 2024
Originally developed as a show for children,
the ATV series Sapphire & Steel quickly outgrew its roots,
and, scheduled for an early evening timeslot, gained an appreciative following.
The series charted the efforts of mysterious ‘agents’,
named Sapphire (Joanna Lumley) Steel (David McCallum),
as they attend a number of ‘assignments’
featuring everything from a faceless man and a vengeful soldier
to living nursery rhymes and a time-trapped motorway cafe.
The series was innovative, intelligent and terrifying, and it has stayed in the memories of all who saw it.
In this guide, Richard Callaghan delves into the six televised ‘assignments’ and finds out what made them tick. He explores the continuity and background to the show, and gives all the facts and figures as well as a critical commentary. The show’s spin-off books and audio adventures are also discussed and reviewed.
This third edition of the book has been fully revised and updated including more new interviews with key cast and crew, and new and updated facts.and figures relating to the show.