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The Sandbaggers Season 1

September. 18,1978

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The Sandbaggers

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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Roy Marsden, Richard Vernon

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The Sandbaggers Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 7 - Special Relationship

First Aired: October. 30,1978

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.

Episode 6 - A Feasible Solution

First Aired: October. 23,1978

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.

Episode 5 - Always Glad to Help

First Aired: October. 16,1978

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.

Episode 4 - The Most Suitable Person

First Aired: October. 09,1978

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.

Episode 3 - Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

First Aired: October. 02,1978

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

Episode 2 - A Proper Function of Government

First Aired: September. 25,1978

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.

Episode 1 - First Principles

First Aired: September. 18,1978

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.

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