Sapphire and Steel

What happens when you combine the First World War with a 1970s cult sci-fi classic?

This month we watched ‘Assignment 2’ from the television series Sapphire & Steel which features a ghostly First World War soldier haunting an abandoned railway station. Along the way we discuss differing approaches to sacrifice, the idea of an ‘unjust’ death, and where the show sits on our ongoing ‘creepy’ list.

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