Sapphire and Steel

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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.

Other episodes

Christmas Truce

Can a story about soldiers shaking hands in the snow carry a warning for the nuclear age?

Blackadder

Was Blackadder Goes Forth the most powerful portrayal of the First World War ever put on television?

Fall of Eagles

How did the First World War bring down Europe’s great dynasties, and how did the BBC retell that story on screen?