"The best spy series in television history."
The Sandbaggers
TV Show1978•51dk•star8.2(12)•trending_up6
DramaWar & Politics
Creator:Ian Mackintosh
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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StatusEnded
First AiredSeptember 18, 1978
Last AiredJuly 28, 1980
Episode Runtime51dk
Seasons3
Episodes20
TypeScripted
Origin CountryUnited Kingdom
Original LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
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S3 E7 • 7/28/1980
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Burnside is opposed to an East-West arms treaty being negotiated in Malta, so he and the Sandbaggers conspire to scuttle the talks by encouraging a Soviet double agent to defect.
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