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The Sandbaggers

1978-09-183 seasons · 20 episodes0h 51mDrama / War & Politics8.2/10TMDB · 12 votes

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.

“The best spy series in television history.”

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Series 1

7 episodes1978-09-18

Series 2

6 episodes1980-01-27

Series 3

7 episodes1980-06-08

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Created byIan Mackintosh

Original languageEnglish

Original release1978-09-18

ProductionUnited Kingdom

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Roy MarsdenNeil Burnside

Ray LonnenWillie Caine

Jerome WillisMatthew Peele

Bob ShermanJeff Ross

Alan MacNaughtanSir Geoffrey Wellingham

Michael CashmanMike Wallace

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Richard VernonC Elizabeth BennettDiane Lawler Terry PearsonAPSO (uncredited) / APSO Sue HoldernessMarianne Straker Dennis BurgessTower Gibbs / C Jana SheldenKaren Milner Brian OsborneSam Peter LairdEdward Tyler Paul HaleyBruce Diane KeenLaura Dickens / Laura Dickens (archive footage, uncredited)Barkley JohnsonBrian Milton Steven GrivesAlan Denson David RobbPaul Dalgetty Edith MacArthurLady Wellingham David GlyderJake Landy Richard ShawTed Michael O'HaganStan Matthew LongArthur John AlkinLen Shepard Olaf PooleyLars Torvik Brian HainesVice Chief of Air Staff Roger KempAssistant Chief of Air Staff (Ops)Laurence PayneSir Donald Hawkins Brenda CavendishSally Graham Andy BradfordPhil Fyffe Stephen GreifDCI Gomez John F. LandryStephen Jackson Christopher BenjaminDavid Follett Hubert ReesGordon Forsyth Jonathan CoyColin Grove David McAlisterPeter Waterhouse Peter MilesHamad Gerald JamesDirector General of Intelligence Terence LongdonCommodore (Intelligence)Alan ThompsonWinfield Malcolm HebdenMorris Peter IvattsWilson Sarah BullenJill Ferris Kenneth WatsonHugh Douglas Richard CornishPhilip Jeremiah Donald ChurchillProfessor Colby Peter J. CassellAngelos Alan DownerBaumel Cyril VarleyPaul Brian AshleyMittag David BeamesTom Elliot Glyn GrayLady Greenley Joan PetersEmbassy Guest Donald PelmearNigel Elliot Barbara LottMartha Elliot Anthony HigginsDehousse Wolf KahlerLincke Jürgen AndersenAlbrecht Hugo BowerWendicke Allyson ReesAir Stewardess Andrew LodgeColonel Gaines David BealeC.G.S.Yashaw AdemAziz David FreedmanKadhim Stephanie FayermanBrigitte Timothy StetsonKarl Kim FortuneAhmed Marta GillotStewardess Rosalie WilliamsEnglish Lady Edwin BrownBelgian Man Patrick GodfreyWalter Wheatley Charles HodgsonHarry Maddison Philip BlaineGary Shearburn Igor GridneffPolish Police Officer Norman EttlingerSenator Herron Daphne AndersonMary Herron Weston GavinSenator O'Shea Tony ChurchStratford-Baker Don FellowsAl Briscoe John CrosseNewscaster Gale GladstoneJenny Ross John SteinerTrevor D'Arcy Kristopher KumChinese Waiter Glynis BarberMargaret Müller Mark EdenBernard Tindale Rio FanningBob Cheever Philip BondSir Roderick Hives David HorovitchPhilip Skinner Brigitte KahnChristina Stratos Paul RidleyRussian Policeman Andy GrahamRussian Official Lindsay BlackwellAir Stewardess Carol GilliesAnna Wiseman Guy DeghyFyodor Solodovnikov Anthony SchaefferRogerson Terry WalshTraining Officer John LineMaple Michael SheardDr Crabbe Jean RimmerIrene Banks Derek GodfreyRobert Banks Aimée DelamainPenelope Sherrie HewsonBetty Galthorpe Milos KirekVales Susan KodicekNadina John FuestRestaurant Quartet Douglas ReidRestaurant Quartet Raymond SidebottomRestaurant Quartet Ian WrightRestaurant Quartet Harry WebsterDr O'Toole John EasthamNick Pearson Mary CornfordJudy Lola YoungWard Sister Frank MooreyYuri Filatov Laurence HerderNikolai Sarkisyan Pat GormanNorwegian Shadow (uncredited)Reg ThomasonClub Member (uncredited)George BallantinePasserby (uncredited)Micky ClarkePasserby (uncredited)Aileen LewisRestaurant Patron (uncredited)Lewis AlexanderRestaurant Patron (uncredited)Jay McGrathAirline Passenger (uncredited)Ron GregoryAirline Passenger (uncredited)Mike ReynellPilot (uncredited)

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