Slightly less old -- but much more odd -- TV
Sapphire & Steel is a very strange series. Mounted by ITV in 1979 as their attempt to compete with Doctor Who , it was theoretically a science-fiction adventure show. Really, it turned out more of a supernatural thriller. It was made on an even more desperately tiny budget than Doctor Who , which meant that very nearly the entire thing was studio-bound, lit for stage and shot on video, and littered with practical effects. The resulting claustrophobia works for it, rather than against it, and turns it into something quite different. You really have to see these things to believe them. Fortunately, someone else also thought of that, and has edited the serials together into omnibus editions, and whacked them up on YouTube. They have no formal titles, and hadn't even when they first aired; they've since been dubbed Assignment 1 through Assignment 6. Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 4 Assignment 5 Assignment 6 You can begin at the beginning, as is tr...