The Sandbaggers

TV Series
1978–1980
TV-14
1h

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Elizabeth Bennett, Diane Keen, Ray Lonnen, Alan MacNaughtan, Roy Marsden, Richard Vernon, and Jerome Willis in The Sandbaggers (1978)

The missions of an elite British Intelligence covert operations unit.The missions of an elite British Intelligence covert operations unit.The missions of an elite British Intelligence covert operations unit.

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8.7/10

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Roy Marsden

Neil Burnside

Ray Lonnen

Willie Caine

Jerome Willis

Matthew Peele

Bob Sherman

Jeff Ross

Alan MacNaughtan

Sir Geoffrey Wellingham

Michael Cashman

Mike Wallace

Richard Vernon

Elizabeth Bennett

Diane Lawler

Terry Pearson

APSO

Dennis Burgess

'C'…

Sue Holderness

Marianne Straker

Jana Shelden

Karen Milner

Brian Osborne

Peter Laird

Edward Tyler

Paul Haley

Bruce

Diane Keen

Laura Dickens

Barkley Johnson

Brian…

Steven Grives

Alan Denson

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Brilliant and realistic

Brilliant series : well-written and well-performed. Sophisticated plots that didn't strain credulity and rarely ended up neatly resolved. The best spy/international intrigue series ever produced, in my book.

richardriis
Oct 25, 2001
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Trivia
Creator Ian MacKintosh was developing the next season of Sandbaggers at the time of his disappearance. According to actor Ray Lonnen, MacKintosh was considering having the character Willie Caine promoted to D-Ops, while Neil Burnside (played by Roy Marsden) would move up to "C" (head of S.I.S.). However, after MacKintosh's (apparent) death, the producers decided to end the series because they felt no one could write Sandbaggers as well as MacKintosh.

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Burnside: If I want to send an agent to the lavatory, I need the Foreign Secretary's permission. If I want him to do anything when he gets there, I need the Prime Minister's written approval!