I've read a couple so far: good picks! You're way way way too young to know but the fictional Granite and Gold TV series in 'The Fan Who Wasn't There' is a direct reference to Sapphire and Steel, a late 1970s series from ATV (the Midlands ITV franchise) about two interdimensional operatives with special powers whose job is to protect the flow of time from outside interference. It starred David McCallum and Joanna Lumley (yes, that Joanna Lumley, fresh from her success in The New Avengers). Even the end of the final episode is the same, though a cafe is involved rather than a train. For some reason we never watched it in our household - maybe there was something better on "the other side" (BBC1) at the same time. It resurfaces occasionally somewhere in the depths of the Freeview channels.
I've read a couple so far: good picks! You're way way way too young to know but the fictional Granite and Gold TV series in 'The Fan Who Wasn't There' is a direct reference to Sapphire and Steel, a late 1970s series from ATV (the Midlands ITV franchise) about two interdimensional operatives with special powers whose job is to protect the flow of time from outside interference. It starred David McCallum and Joanna Lumley (yes, that Joanna Lumley, fresh from her success in The New Avengers). Even the end of the final episode is the same, though a cafe is involved rather than a train. For some reason we never watched it in our household - maybe there was something better on "the other side" (BBC1) at the same time. It resurfaces occasionally somewhere in the depths of the Freeview channels.
These all sound absolutely fantastic! Can't wait to check some of them out later. Thanks for the recs :)