The Sandbaggers
The best spy series in television history.
The best spy series in television history.
series not in production
Ended
Drama
Seasons | 3
Episodes | 20
avg.Runtime | 60 min
First EP | 1978-09-18
Last EP | 1980-07-28
Overview
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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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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1978-09-18
1
First Principles
1978-09-18
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.
2
A Proper Function of Government
1978-09-25
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.
3
Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
1978-10-02
Alan Denson threatens to quit the Sandbaggers after a rough, unauthorized mission near the Soviet border, so Burnside applies pressure to Denson's fiancee
4
The Most Suitable Person
1978-10-09
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.
5
Always Glad to Help
1978-10-16
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.
6
A Feasible Solution
1978-10-23
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.
7
Special Relationship
1978-10-30
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.
CAST
charactor:
Original: Roy Marsden
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Richard Vernon
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Ray Lonnen
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Jerome Willis
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Alan MacNaughtan
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Diane Keen
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Elizabeth Bennett
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Michael Cashman
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Robert B. Sherman
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Sue Holderness
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Bob Sherman
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Dennis Burgess
Total EP: 20
charactor:
Original: Olaf Pooley
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Christopher Benjamin
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Michael Sheard
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Stephen Greif
Total EP: 1
CREW
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