The Sandbaggers

The best spy series in television history.

8.3(12)|1978-09-18|3 seasons, 20 episodes

DramaWar & Politics

Overview

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.

Episodes

Series 1(7)Series 2(6)Series 3(7)

S1E1 · 1978-09-18 · 60m

First Principles

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.

S1E2 · 1978-09-25 · 60m

A Proper Function of Government

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.

S1E3 · 1978-10-02 · 60m

Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

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

S1E4 · 1978-10-09 · 60m

The Most Suitable Person

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.

S1E5 · 1978-10-16 · 60m

Always Glad to Help

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.

S1E6 · 1978-10-23 · 60m

A Feasible Solution

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.

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Roy Marsden

Neil Burnside

Ray Lonnen

Willie Caine

Michael Cashman

Mike Wallace

Dennis Burgess

Sue Holderness

Marianne Straker