The Sandbaggers
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.
Top cast
Roy Marsden
Neil Burnside
Ray Lonnen
Willie Caine
Jerome Willis
Matthew Peele
Bob Sherman
Jeff Ross
Alan MacNaughtan
Sir Geoffrey Wellingham
Michael Cashman
Mike Wallace
Richard Vernon
C
Elizabeth Bennett
Diane Lawler
Terry Pearson
APSO (uncredited)
Sue Holderness
Marianne Straker
Dennis Burgess
C
Jana Shelden
Karen Milner
Brian Osborne
Sam
Peter Laird
Edward Tyler
Paul Haley
Bruce
Where to watch
Stream
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Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- September 18, 1978
- Last air date
- July 28, 1980
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 20
- Episode runtime
- 51m
- Network
- ITV1
- Original language
- EN
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