The Sandbaggers

The missions of an elite British Intelligence covert operations unit.

1978 HD 60min United Kingdom English

Ian Mackintosh Ray Lonnen Jerome Willis Richard Vernon Roy Marsden Alan MacNaughtan Elizabeth Bennett Sue Holderness Diane Keen Robert B. Sherman

Thriller

S1E1 - First Principles 1978-09-18

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

S1E2 - 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.

S1E3 - 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 Densons fiancee

S1E4 - 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.

S1E5 - Always Glad to Help 1978-10-16

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

S1E6 - 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.

S1E7 - 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 wont pose other security risks as well.

S2E1 - At All Costs 1980-01-28

The head of the Bulgarian Secret Service asks to meet with Sandbagger Tom Elliott in Sofia, but Burnside doesnt like it and intends to give Elliott backup whether his bosses approve or not.

S2E2 - Enough of Ghosts 1980-02-04

Permanent Under-Secretary of State Sir Geoffrey Wellingham goes missing in Brussels and the Sandbaggers are dispatched to find him, for Burnsides sake as well as Wellinghams.

S2E3 - Decision by Committee 1980-02-11

On an airline flight back from Sri Lanka, Caine and CIA covert-action agent Karen Milner run into trouble during their stop in Turkey, and Burnside runs into bureaucratic opposition when trying to help them.

S2E4 - A Question of Loyalty 1980-02-18

Sandbagger Mike Wallace runs afoul of the local SIS station while on a risky mission in Warsaw, and Burnside risks his own career to show him support by sending him on a subsequent mission to Stockholm.

S2E5 - It Couldn't Happen Here 1980-02-25

In the wake of the assassination of one U.S. senator, the Sandbaggers are assigned to bodyguard another, while Burnside gets wind of a traitor in the British cabinet.

S2E6 - Operation Kingmaker 1980-03-03

When theres talk of getting a new C, Burnside decides to back Peele for the job, believing him more malleable than the other most likely candidate, whom Burnside once clashed with.

S3E1 - All in a Good Cause 1980-06-09

CIA Head of London Station Jeff Ross asks for Burnsides help when Ross marriage is in trouble, but then Burnside starts to suspect that the KGB and MI5 have an interest in that marriage as well.

S3E2 - To Hell with Justice 1980-06-16

SIS Director of Intelligence Edward Tyler meets a suspicious woman while on holiday in Malta, so Burnside secretly sends the Sandbaggers to keep an eye on him.

S3E3 - Unusual Approach 1980-06-23

C orders Burnside to go on a working holiday in Rhodes, and while hes gone, Ross asks Caine for some risky backup in the USSR, but as Acting D.Ops., Caine would have to send Wallace.

S3E4 - My Name Is Anna Wiseman 1980-06-30

Burnside tries to get approval to plant a woman in the Soviet Union as a long-term double agent, but he neglects to mention that her real mission is short-term human rights propaganda.

S3E5 - Sometimes We Play Dirty Too 1980-07-07

When a British intelligence source is killed in an accident in Prague, Caine is sent in to find out what really happened while Wallace and Burnside look for clues at home.

S3E6 - Who Needs Enemies 1980-07-14

When a rival for Burnsides job gets hold of a CIA document that describes Burnside as a divisive influence, SIS upper management contrives to promote Burnside ``sideways to Madrid.

S3E7 - Opposite Numbers 1980-07-28

Burnside is opposed to an East-West arms treaty being negotiated in Malta, so he and the Sandbaggers conspire to scuttle the talks by encouraging a Soviet double agent to defect.

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