 
Sapphire & Steel MacGyver: The Complete First Season The Man From U.N.C.L.E. might have been the career high points for
both Robert Vaughn and David Sapphire & Steel (1979) is downright weird, with McCallum as “Steel”
and Joanna Lumley as On the flip side, who doesn’t dig MacGyver? The weekly exploits of this overgrown boy scout also contained a fair share of cheese, but Richard Dean Anderson was so darn likeable and his scientific knowledge so creative, that it was easy to forgive the lame bits. Dude never carried a weapon, but could make one out of almost anything, even though he hated violence. There were plenty of cute women around, but thanks to childhood trauma, he had commitment issues. As with other adventure shows, each episode was set in some other corner of the globe, but MacGyver’s heroics knew no language barrier. All 22 episodes of the first season are here in explosive color for fans and action-nerds alike.
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The
Protectors: Season 1
McCallum
as evidenced by these two TV series from the ‘70s. Each only lasted
one season and are revered by some and hated by others. In 1972’s
The Protectors, Vaughn plays Harry Rule – one third of an organization
hired out as bodyguards and/or crimefighters. Assisted by Contessa Caroline
di Contini (Nyree Dawn Porter) and Paul Buchet (Tony Anholt) (both of
whom had other detective-type day jobs), they traveled the world and
invariably wound up in some exotic location, where they would wrap up
their case in a scant 22 minutes. This made for lots of action, but
in a cheesy way, as it looked like there wasn’t much of a budget
for special effects. The acting’s pretty funny and I’m certain
that is if someone came up with the right drinking game, the show would
be a lot more enjoyable. 
“Sapphire”
– two “elements” from another dimension that appear
on Earth to solve paranormal occurrences. Steel is brusque and logical
– kind of like Mr. Spock minus the warmth. Sapphire is more gentle
and friendly and has the ability to change into designer outfits at
a moment’s notice. “Lead” shows up in the first story
to help out, but he’s basically just muscle. The confused humans
can never seem to get a straight answer out of these two, but go along
anyway (being mere mortals) and the entire cast often appears to be
under some bizarre spell or hypnosis.