The missions of an elite British Intelligence covert operations unit.
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Series Cast Summary
| Roy Marsden | ... |
Neil Burnside
(20 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Ray Lonnen | ... |
Willie Caine
(20 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Jerome Willis | ... |
Matthew Peele
(18 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Bob Sherman | ... |
Jeff Ross
(17 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Alan MacNaughtan | ... |
Sir Geoffrey Wellingham
(14 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Michael Cashman | ... |
Mike Wallace
(13 episodes, 1980)
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| Richard Vernon | ... |
'C'
(12 episodes, 1978-1980)
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Elizabeth Bennett | ... |
Diane Lawler
(12 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Terry Pearson | ... |
APSO
(11 episodes, 1978-1980)
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Dennis Burgess | ... |
'C'
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(8 episodes, 1980)
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Sue Holderness | ... |
Marianne Straker
(8 episodes, 1980)
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Jana Shelden | ... |
Karen Milner
(6 episodes, 1980)
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Brian Osborne | ... |
Sam
(6 episodes, 1978-1980)
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Peter Laird | ... |
Edward Tyler
(5 episodes, 1980)
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Paul Haley | ... |
Bruce
(5 episodes, 1978-1980)
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| Diane Keen | ... |
Laura Dickens
(5 episodes, 1978-1980)
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Barkley Johnson | ... |
Brian
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(4 episodes, 1978)
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| Steven Grives | ... |
Alan Denson
(2 episodes, 1978)
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| David Robb | ... |
Paul Dalgetty
(2 episodes, 1980)
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| Edith MacArthur | ... |
Lady Wellingham
(2 episodes, 1980)
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John Alkin | ... |
Len Shepard
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(2 episodes, 1980)
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David Glyder | ... |
Jake Landy
(2 episodes, 1978)
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Michael O'Hagan | ... |
Stan
(2 episodes, 1978)
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Richard Shaw | ... |
Ted
(2 episodes, 1978)
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Matthew Long | ... |
Arthur
(2 episodes, 1980)
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David Beames | ... |
Tom Elliot
(1 episode, 1980)
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John Line | ... |
Maple
(1 episode, 1980)
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Sarah Bullen | ... |
Jill Ferris
(1 episode, 1978)
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| Peter Miles | ... |
Hamad
(1 episode, 1978)
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Brenda Cavendish | ... |
Sally Graham
(1 episode, 1978)
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Carol Gillies | ... |
Anna Wiseman
(1 episode, 1980)
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| Andy Bradford | ... |
Phil Fyffe
(1 episode, 1978)
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| Stephen Greif | ... |
Detective Chief Inspector Gomez
(1 episode, 1978)
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| Laurence Payne | ... |
Sir Donald Hopkins
(1 episode, 1978)
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| Olaf Pooley | ... |
Lars Torvik
(1 episode, 1978)
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| Michael Sheard | ... |
Dr. Crabbe
(1 episode, 1980)
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| Rio Fanning | ... |
Bob Cheever
(1 episode, 1980)
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| Guy Deghy | ... |
Fyodor Solodovnikov
(1 episode, 1980)
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Alan Downer | ... |
Baumel
(1 episode, 1978)
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John F. Landry | ... |
Stephen Jackson
(1 episode, 1978)
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Kenneth Watson | ... |
Hugh Douglas
(1 episode, 1978)
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| Patrick Godfrey | ... |
Walter Wheatley
(1 episode, 1980)
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Philip Bond | ... |
Sir Roderick Hives
(1 episode, 1980)
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| Jean Rimmer | ... |
Irene Banks
(1 episode, 1980)
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Anthony Schaeffer | ... |
Rogerson
(1 episode, 1980)
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| Christopher Benjamin | ... |
David Follett
(1 episode, 1978)
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| Gerald James | ... |
Director General of Intelligence
(1 episode, 1978)
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Richard Cornish | ... |
Philip Jeremiah
(1 episode, 1978)
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| David Horovitch | ... |
Philip Skinner
(1 episode, 1980)
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| Daphne Anderson | ... |
Mary Herron
(1 episode, 1980)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited (2010) (United States) (DVD) (complete series)
- ITV - Independent Television
- Sat.1 (1985) (West Germany) (tv)
- Thorn EMI Video Australia (1985) (Australia) (video)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
THE SANDBAGGERS is a taut British spy series comprising twenty 50-minute episodes produced by Yorkshire Television, an ITV franchise (i.e., a commercial regional British television franchise). The stories centered on the elite covert operations section of British Intelligence, nicknamed the Sandbaggers, and their boss, Neil Burnside, himself a former Sandbagger but now having to battle more with British bureaucracy than with enemy agents. It was set contemporaneously with its original broadcast in the late '70s and early '80s when the Cold War still dominated the Western intelligence agenda.
Written by Ernest W. Adams |
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Did You Know?
| 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. See more » |
| Soundtracks | The Sandbaggers Theme See more » |
| Quotes |
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! See more » |