The Sandbaggers

About The Sandbaggers

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.

ITV1's The Sandbaggers is a war and politics series. Its 3 seasons and 20 episodes were broadcast from September 1978 to July 1980.

Its themes are espionage, political intrigue, cold war, and spy thriller. Roy Marsden leads the cast as Neil Burnside, Ray Lonnen as Willie Caine, Michael Cashman as Mike Wallace, and Dennis Burgess as C.

Produced by Yorkshire Television. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and BritBox.

Secret Invasion, The Night Manager, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy make useful companions to The Sandbaggers.