Ian Mackintosh
Director
The Sandbaggers (1978)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 18, 1978
Episode 60 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.spy, imdb.politics, imdb.espionage
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Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
Sept. 18, 1978, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Sept. 25, 1978, midnight
S1E3 - 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
Oct. 2, 1978, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
Oct. 9, 1978, midnight
S1E5 - 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.
Oct. 16, 1978, midnight
S1E6 - 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.
Oct. 23, 1978, midnight
S1E7 - Special Relationship
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.
Oct. 30, 1978, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 1200 min.
Released: Sept. 18, 1978
Last Air Date: July 28, 1980, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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