The only story not written by P.J. Hammond and I thought this was certainly an interesting opening episode which I liked a lot.
It is June 1930 and Lord Mulrine is having a party to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his company Mulrine International.
However when Lord Mulrine goes behind a green door, it transpires that the setting is actually 1980. This is a party where everything is accurate to the period setting of 1930.
The guests arrive and initially play along but soon get confused as what year they are actually in. Howard McDee wants to listen to the cricket score and find out how Geoffrey Boycott is doing.
When Howard turns on the radio, it is from the test match in 1930. Felix Harborough opens the back of the radio and notices a tape recorder is playing the commentary. Later when the same radio is playing vintage music, Felix again opens up the radio and notices the valves.
Sapphire and Steel arrive as guests James and Virginia Cavendish. They discover that everything is in the house belongs to the period, nothing is post 1930.
The setting is very much that of a murder mystery. A subservient butler, a painting that might come to live. It is as if the whole house might be alive. I really did like the set up and to see both Sapphire and Steel spruced up.
It is June 1930 and Lord Mulrine is having a party to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his company Mulrine International.
However when Lord Mulrine goes behind a green door, it transpires that the setting is actually 1980. This is a party where everything is accurate to the period setting of 1930.
The guests arrive and initially play along but soon get confused as what year they are actually in. Howard McDee wants to listen to the cricket score and find out how Geoffrey Boycott is doing.
When Howard turns on the radio, it is from the test match in 1930. Felix Harborough opens the back of the radio and notices a tape recorder is playing the commentary. Later when the same radio is playing vintage music, Felix again opens up the radio and notices the valves.
Sapphire and Steel arrive as guests James and Virginia Cavendish. They discover that everything is in the house belongs to the period, nothing is post 1930.
The setting is very much that of a murder mystery. A subservient butler, a painting that might come to live. It is as if the whole house might be alive. I really did like the set up and to see both Sapphire and Steel spruced up.