Sapphire & Steel have been reassigned
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- čas přidán 27. 03. 2024
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Big Finish’s acclaimed audio dramas based on the ITV Studios sci-fi/fantasy series Sapphire & Steel are now available to buy as downloads for the first time.
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.
Sapphire & Steel, created by P. J. Hammond, was originally broadcast between 1979 and 1982. It starred Joanna Lumley and David McCallum as a pair of “interdimensional operatives” tasked with protecting the flow of time. Each story would see them take human form as they showed up in a new location, to investigate a dangerous anomaly.
Between May 2005 and August 2008, Big Finish released 15 full-cast audio dramas based on the TV series. The late David Warner took on McCallum’s part to play the stubborn Steel, whilst Susannah Harker slipped into Lumley’s role as Sapphire.
For three of the audio stories, original TV guest star David Collings returned to recreate his performance as Silver. Other notable guest stars in the range included Mark Gatiss, Colin Baker, Sarah Douglas, Richard Franklin, Angela Bruce, Arthur Bostrom and Louise Jameson.
The audio series was only ever released on CD and has been unavailable for more than a decade.
Now, in association with ITV Studios, all three series have been re-released as downloads, giving fans the chance to relisten or indeed discover the adventures for the first time.
Each series comes packaged with a brand-new 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, offering an insight into the production of these beloved adventures.
All three series are available to buy at an exclusive early-bird price for the first month; Series One (comprising five stories) is available for just £19.99, Series Two (comprising six stories) is just £24.99, and Series Three (four stories) is £19.99.
Big Finish chairman Jason Haigh-Ellery said: “We are delighted to have reached an agreement with ITV Studios to bring back our Sapphire & Steel releases as downloads. We have received regular requests over the years for it to be made available again, so we’re pleased that a whole new generation of listeners will be able to hear the late, great David Warner as Steel and Susannah Harker as Sapphire.”
Nigel Fairs, who produced the series, added: “I’m absolutely delighted that people will be able to hear our version of Sapphire & Steel again, as it really was a labour of love. Re-imagining such a visual television series for audio was no easy task, but I think my decision to concentrate on the emotional story arcs of the characters who encountered ‘Time’ and our two agents bore some really tasty fruit! Dear David and Susie were the perfect leads, and the recording sessions were amongst the happiest I ever had at Big Finish. Creative times indeed. ‘Roll back time, Sapphire…’”
The four-part stories in each series are:
Series One:
The Passenger by Steve Lyons
Daisy Chain by Joseph Lidster
All Fall Down by David Bishop
The Lighthouse by Nigel Fairs
Dead Man Walking by Nigel Fairs (based on a story by John Ainsworth)
Series Two:
The School by Simon Guerrier
The Surest Poison by Richard Dinnick
Water Like a Stone by Nigel Fairs
Cruel Immortality by Nigel Fairs
Perfect Day by Steve Lyons
The Mystery of the Missing Hour by Joseph Lidster
Series Three:
Second Sight by Nigel Fairs
Remember Me by John Dorney
Zero by Steve Lyons
Wall of Darkness by Nigel Fairs
All three series are available exclusively from www.bigfinish.com. Series One is available for just £19.99, Series Two for £24.99, and Series Three for £19.99.
All the above prices include the special pre-order discount and are subject to change after general release. - Zábava
This what got me into Big Finish. I bough the frist CD from a shop in Blackpool and the rest from the website borrowing my Dad's credit card and paying him back I even got a Sherlock Holmes story thrown in for free. This wonderful thing to do
WOW!
Aside from the gift of being able to get these audios again, the reimagining of the iconic title sequence is superb.
I just wanted to say thank you - I made the animation. Sapphire and Steel is an absolute favourite of mine, so I was a little nervous about it! Your comment made my day.
Best wishes,
Dana
@@danafoxconcepts Your animation does justice. This is a good homage to the late David Warner and David McCallum.
@@danafoxconcepts Hi 👋🏼
That’s awesome.
It’s really nice. Keeps the essence of the original (I feel you’d know what this was even without the music) but expanding on it in some unique ways.
More than ever this makes me yearn for a TV reboot. Can just imagine it being another Moffat/Gatiss written success.
Amazing!! So so so pleased that these are finally getting a re-release! Brilliant series! 👏
This is great news! Sapphire and Steele is easily one of the best things Big Finish has ever done. Brilliant from start to (big) finish!
Still having goosebumps listening to this theme...
Good news for Sapphire & Steel fans. 👍🏻
One of the strengths of the original series, apart from steller cast, was it's low budget really added an air of intimacy to the show which made it feel almost like theatre. When I bought the first 2 BF series on it's original release, I was pleased to hear a similar atempt to do this in audio form. It's facinating how the 2 new leads approach the roles. Warners take on Steel is is even more cold and grittier than McCallum on the TV (as he is much older playing the role), where as after listening to Susie's Sapphire for more than 10 minutes, it's easy to assume it's just Lumley picking up where she left off in 82. 2 amazing performances. Can't wait to finally pickup season 3 after all these years! Thanks BF!!!! 😮😀🥰👍
OH MY GOD. I MISSED THIS WHEN I FINALLY GOT A COPY OF THE TV SERIES. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES.
No Way! I can’t believe it! Thank you BF!
I Love these sapphire and steel adventures! So great to see them become easily accessible again, I just wish there were more!
OMG!! I've been waiting for these in download for years!!! Thanks Big Finish!
Fingers crossed that, if this proves to be as popular as I suspect it’s going to be, Big Finish may be able to produce one of the wonderful vinyl special editions.
Wow, this is cool! Especially since I only recently found out about this series, thanks to watching Torchwood and finding out the legacy behind Peter J Hammond, who wrote the episodes Small Worlds and From Out of the Rain!
Sounds amazing will be nice tribute to David Warner and David mccullm
Oh my! I've grown up with this show, it was brilliant!
This is such brilliant news I loved how much care Big Finish took in bringing the show back to life.
Very glad to know you have these back! I re-watched the TV series for the first time in decades a couple of years ago and was gutted to find the audios had disappeared from the BF site. Can't wait to get stuck in!
Well, this is very, very exciting!❤❤
OH MY GOD IM GOING TO SCREAM
So very happy Sapphire & Steel have returned to big finish. I completed collecting the first series on CD many years ago but the rest has been a pain to track down. I can now finally get the rest. Beyond excited! Thank you BF!
Simply excellent news - thanks for socialising - off to the order site.....
Yay! I loved the show and wanted to hear the audios but couldn’t. Now I can!
Great news. Time to buy
I wondered if this would ever resurface... Good to see the red tape has been cleared up.
Nice trailer, good stuff
Once you hear Daisy Chain I promise it will never leave you.Thanks BF
Excellent news! I missed these first time, will pick these up in due course. Man, there must be some eBayers who just started crying, knowing they can't charge so much for old CD copies anymore.
I LOVED!!!!
Oh god I'm so ready for this
Fantastic news! I will get this for sure, though not immediately because I just spent too much on BF boxsets in recent sales and need to recoup. After the last Thursday in April!
Actually I caved and got the first set already, really enjoying it so far...
Wonderful news, hope people will take a chance on these. S&S is fun.
My mum is gonna be so happy bout this one 😂
I do wish this would return to tv
Now if only they would re-release the Tomorrow People and that lost Completed Audio Drama they never released "Saving The World"
S&S can regenerate, like Dr Who. So if these re-issues do okay... might we get more?
Big Finish Please Continue the Doctor Who Novel Adaptation range after Goth Opera! Please adapt more Novels!!!
Does this mean we are going to have Sapphire & Steel downloads? Does It mean that we are going to have new seasons? Does it mean that Paul McGann will have the opportunity to play in Sapphire & Steel as he wanted? Maybe in the role of Steel, since we lost David Warner? My mind is boggling!!!!
I think it’s more like Stargate and Robin Hood, where it’s not about reviving the range and more about making it available again.
@@jbcatz5 Yes, I read the news on the Big Finish site. But I also read that we kept asking for it, and so it happened. So, let's ask for new series for a couple of years...
Yes, apparently these were available only on CD before. Presumably the original license didn’t cover downloads.
The production was Nigel Fairs’ baby, I don’t know if he’s still as involved in Big Finish.
@@voltijuice8576you sound as if you weren't there when all this happened. How time flies...
WAHOOOOOOOOOO!🎉🎉🎉🎉
Actually hype.
Oh yes! We just need Tomorrow People and all will be right.
And Dark Shadows, I should add...
@@sabrinatirabassi3529 Dark Shadows is still available. I think it’s just Angelique’s Descent and Legend Reborn that aren’t on download.