Peter J. Hammond
Director
Sapphire & Steel (1979)
Assignment VI: The Trap
At an abandoned service station and its adjoining café, time has stopped. Operator Silver has arrived first assessing the situation. Sapphire and Steel remain uncertain as to exactly what they are supposed to be investigating. The key may lie in two humans in the café who claim to be from 1948, a service station worker, and a travelling performer, but something envious and sinister gets closer before a trap is sprung.
Released July 10, 1979
Episode 25 min
14+
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Thriller
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Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Assignment VI: The Trap (1)
A roadside garage in 1982 is seemingly stuck at 8:54pm, A car from 1948 appears with a man and a woman apparently waiting to return to 1948. Sapphire, Steel and Silver investigate, then time shifts forward to 9:04pm.
Aug. 19, 1982, midnight
S6E2 - Assignment VI: The Trap (2)
An encounter with a man from 1925 causes Sapphire, Steel and Silver to question why they are in this place. Time shifts forwards 20 minutes and footsteps are heard outside. Steel goes out to investigate. A stranger arrives.
Aug. 24, 1982, midnight
S6E3 - Assignment VI: The Trap (3)
Who is the mysterious Johnny Jack from 1957 and what is his connection to the man from 1925 and the man from 1948? The woman from 1948 wants to talk to Sapphire, Steel and Silver. Silver reveals that they are trapped.
Aug. 26, 1982, midnight
S6E4 - Assignment VI: The Trap (4)
Beings from the past that are like Sapphire and Steel but working for a higher power are revealed and the trap is sprung, a deception is underway but for who?
Aug. 31, 1982, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 850 min.
Released: July 10, 1979
Last Air Date: Aug. 31, 1982, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: PG / 14+
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