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The Sandbaggers
The Sandbaggers

The Sandbaggers

★ 8.3•1978•3 Seasons•ANIME
DramaWar & Politics

The Sandbaggers is a British television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. Set contemporaneously with its original broadcast on ITV in 1978 and 1980, The Sandbaggers examines the effect of the espionage game on the personal and professional lives of British and American intelligence specialists.

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Top Cast

Roy Marsden

Roy Marsden

Neil Burnside

Ray Lonnen

Ray Lonnen

Willie Caine

Michael Cashman

Michael Cashman

Mike Wallace

D

Dennis Burgess

C

Sue Holderness

Sue Holderness

Marianne Straker

Episodes

First Principles

1. First Principles

60m

Neil Burnside, the Director of Operations for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, objects to sending his best agents, the Sandbaggers, on a mission into Russia for Norway's Secret Service.

Aired: 9/18/1978
A Proper Function of Government

2. A Proper Function of Government

60m

The Sandbaggers may be sent to Vienna to keep tabs on a possible defector, while Burnside tries to get official approval to assassinate an African dictator.

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Aired: 9/25/1978
Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

3. Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

60m

Alan Denson threatens to quit the Sandbaggers after a rough, unauthorized mission near the Soviet border, so Burnside applies pressure to Denson's fiancee

Aired: 10/2/1978
The Most Suitable Person

4. The Most Suitable Person

60m

Sandbagger One Willie Caine goes to Gibraltar to investigate the murder of an SIS agent, and potential new Sandbagger Laura Dickens goes to Morocco to get more clues in the case.

Aired: 10/9/1978
Always Glad to Help

5. Always Glad to Help

60m

Dickens is assigned to find out where an Arab sheik's sympathies lie while Burnside clashes with Deputy Chief Matthew Peele and the Ministry of Defence over a covert scuba-diving operation.

Aired: 10/16/1978
A Feasible Solution

6. A Feasible Solution

60m

Caine and an agent fresh out of field school go to Cyprus on the trail of some missing rocket scientists while Neil lets his romantic guard down at home.

Aired: 10/23/1978
Special Relationship

7. Special Relationship

60m

Laura Dickens is the most qualified agent for a risky mission in East Berlin and Burnside has to double-deal to make sure her presence there won't pose other security risks as well.

Aired: 10/30/1978