Series · Drama, War & Politics
The Sandbaggers (1978)Season 2
The best spy series in television history.
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.
- Creator
- Ian Mackintosh
- Writers
- Ian Mackintosh, Gidley Wheeler, Arden Winch
- Network
- ITV1
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- September 18, 1978
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Roy MarsdenNeil Burnside
Ray LonnenWillie Caine
Jerome WillisMatthew Peele
Bob ShermanJeff Ross
Alan MacNaughtanSir Geoffrey Wellingham
Michael CashmanMike Wallace
Richard VernonC
Elizabeth BennettDiane Lawler- Terry PearsonAPSO (uncredited)
Sue HoldernessMarianne Straker- Dennis BurgessTower Gibbs
Jana SheldenKaren Milner- Brian OsborneSam
- Peter LairdEdward Tyler
- Paul HaleyBruce
Diane KeenLaura Dickens (archive footage, uncredited)- Barkley JohnsonBrian Milton
Steven GrivesAlan Denson
David RobbPaul Dalgetty- Edith MacArthurLady Wellingham
Episodes
0/6 watched- Episode 1: At All Costs1 h · Jan 28, 1980
- Episode 2: Enough of Ghosts1 h · Feb 4, 1980
- Episode 3: Decision by Committee1 h · Feb 11, 1980
- Episode 4: A Question of Loyalty1 h · Feb 18, 1980
- Episode 5: It Couldn't Happen Here1 h · Feb 25, 1980
- Episode 6: Operation Kingmaker1 h · Mar 3, 1980
