'Adventure Two' (8 Parts) by P.J. Hammond

a.k.a. 'The Railway Station'
'The Station'
'The Soldier'

At a disused railway station, Sapphire and Steel discover that Darkness is feeding upon the resentment of people who have died prematurely. These entities include a World War One private who was killed on Armistice Day, shortly after the enemy declared their surrender; three workers who were suffocated in an experimental submarine; and a pilot killed on his last flight prior to being demobbed. Together with an old ghost-hunter named Tully, Sapphire and Steel attempt to contact the beings. But Sapphire is taken over by the Darkness, and attempts to kill Steel with a bunch of flowers. Steel then finds himself trapped in barbed wire on a battlefield. When time is then advanced twelve days into the future, Steel is forced to offer a bargain to the Darkness, conditional to it returning time to its proper course and freeing its victims. Steel offers the last few years of Tully's life - the ghost-hunter’s resentment at his premature death, together with the resentment felt by time itself, is enough to provide the energy that the Darkness needs.


Joanna Lumley (Sapphire), David McCallum (Steel), Gerald James (Tully), Tom Kelly (Pearce [Soldier]), David Woodcock (1st Submariner [1st Voice]), David Cann (Pilot / 2nd Voice)

Directed by Shaun O'Riordan [Parts 1-4,7,8]
and David Foster [Parts 1-7]

TX:
Part 1 - Tuesday, 31st July, 1979 @ 7.00pm
Part 2 - Thursday, 2nd August, 1979 @ 7.00pm
Part 3 - Tuesday, 7th August, 1979 @ 7.00pm
Part 4 - Thursday, 9th August, 1979 @ 7.00pm
Part 5 - Tuesday, 30th October, 1979 @ 7.00pm
Part 6 - Thursday, 1st November, 1979 @ 7.00pm
Part 7 - Tuesday, 6th November, 1979 @ 7.00pm
Part 8 - Thursday, 8th November, 1979 @ 7.00pm

Notes:
*Featuring Sapphire and Steel
*The first run was interrupted by a strike after episode 4.
*Parts 3 and 4 were not broadcast in the Thames, Southern, HTV or Ulster areas. The entire adventure was run when the service resumed.