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The Sandbaggers : Season 3
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Air date: 09 Jun '80 - 7 episodesThe 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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List of Episodes (7)
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The Sandbaggers (1978)
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1. All in a Good Cause
09 Jun '80CIA Head of London Station Jeff Ross asks for Burnside's help when Ross' marriage is in trouble, but then Burnside starts to suspect that the KGB and MI5 have an interest in that marriage as well.
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The Sandbaggers (1978)
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2. To Hell with Justice
16 Jun '80SIS Director of Intelligence Edward Tyler meets a suspicious woman while on holiday in Malta, so Burnside secretly sends the Sandbaggers to keep an eye on him.
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The Sandbaggers (1978)
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3. Unusual Approach
23 Jun '80'C' orders Burnside to go on a working holiday in Rhodes, and while he's gone, Ross asks Caine for some risky backup in the USSR, but as Acting D.Ops., Caine would have to send Wallace.
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The Sandbaggers (1978)
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4. My Name Is Anna Wiseman
30 Jun '80Burnside tries to get approval to plant a woman in the Soviet Union as a long-term double agent, but he neglects to mention that her real mission is short-term human rights propaganda.
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The Sandbaggers (1978)
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5. Sometimes We Play Dirty Too
07 Jul '80When a British intelligence source is killed in an accident in Prague, Caine is sent in to find out what really happened while Wallace and Burnside look for clues at home.
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The Sandbaggers (1978)
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6. Who Needs Enemies
14 Jul '80When a rival for Burnside's job gets hold of a CIA document that describes Burnside as a divisive influence, SIS upper management contrives to promote Burnside ``sideways'' to Madrid.
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The Sandbaggers (1978)
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7. Opposite Numbers
28 Jul '80Burnside 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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