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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.
Last Episode Aired
1980-07-28
S3E7 — Opposite Numbers
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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Billed Cast
Roy Marsden
Neil Burnside
Ray Lonnen
Willie Caine
Michael Cashman
Mike Wallace
Dennis Burgess
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Sue Holderness
Marianne Straker
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