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The Sandbaggers
The best spy series in television history.
Created by: Ian Mackintosh
8.3 12
3 seasons
DramaWar & Politics
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.
Seasons
Cast

Roy Marsden
Neil Burnside

Ray Lonnen
Willie Caine

Jerome Willis
Matthew Peele
B
Bob Sherman
Jeff Ross

Alan MacNaughtan
Sir Geoffrey Wellingham

Michael Cashman
Mike Wallace

Richard Vernon
C

Elizabeth Bennett
Diane Lawler
T
Terry Pearson
APSO (uncredited), APSO

Sue Holderness
Marianne Straker
D
Dennis Burgess
C, Tower Gibbs

Jana Shelden
Karen Milner
B
Brian Osborne
Sam
P
Peter Laird
Edward Tyler
P
Paul Haley
Bruce

Diane Keen
Laura Dickens, Laura Dickens (archive footage, uncredited)
B
Barkley Johnson
Brian Milton

Steven Grives
Alan Denson

David Robb
Paul Dalgetty
E
Edith MacArthur
Lady Wellingham
D
David Glyder
Jake Landy
R
Richard Shaw
Ted

Michael O'Hagan
Stan
M
Matthew Long
Arthur

John Alkin
Len Shepard

Olaf Pooley
Lars Torvik
B
Brian Haines
Vice Chief of Air Staff
R
Roger Kemp
Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Ops)

Laurence Payne
Sir Donald Hawkins

Brenda Cavendish
Sally Graham

Andy Bradford
Phil Fyffe

Stephen Greif
DCI Gomez
J
John F. Landry
Stephen Jackson

Christopher Benjamin
David Follett
H
Hubert Rees
Gordon Forsyth

Jonathan Coy
Colin Grove
D
David McAlister
Peter Waterhouse

Peter Miles
Hamad

Gerald James
Director General of Intelligence

Terence Longdon
Commodore (Intelligence)
A
Alan Thompson
Winfield
M
Malcolm Hebden
Morris
P
Peter Ivatts
Wilson
S
Sarah Bullen
Jill Ferris
K
Kenneth Watson
Hugh Douglas
R
Richard Cornish
Philip Jeremiah

Donald Churchill
Professor Colby
P
Peter J. Cassell
Angelos
A
Alan Downer
Baumel
C
Cyril Varley
Paul
B
Brian Ashley
Mittag
D
David Beames
Tom Elliot
G
Glyn Gray
Lady Greenley
J
Joan Peters
Embassy Guest
D
Donald Pelmear
Nigel Elliot
B
Barbara Lott
Martha Elliot

Anthony Higgins
Dehousse

Wolf Kahler
Lincke
J
Jürgen Andersen
Albrecht

Hugo Bower
Wendicke
A
Allyson Rees
Air Stewardess
A
Andrew Lodge
Colonel Gaines
D
David Beale
C.G.S.

Yashaw Adem
Aziz
D
David Freedman
Kadhim

Stephanie Fayerman
Brigitte
T
Timothy Stetson
Karl
K
Kim Fortune
Ahmed
M
Marta Gillot
Stewardess

Rosalie Williams
English Lady
E
Edwin Brown
Belgian Man

Patrick Godfrey
Walter Wheatley
C
Charles Hodgson
Harry Maddison
P
Philip Blaine
Gary Shearburn
I
Igor Gridneff
Polish Police Officer
N
Norman Ettlinger
Senator Herron

Daphne Anderson
Mary Herron

Weston Gavin
Senator O'Shea
T
Tony Church
Stratford-Baker

Don Fellows
Al Briscoe
J
John Crosse
Newscaster
G
Gale Gladstone
Jenny Ross

John Steiner
Trevor D'Arcy

Kristopher Kum
Chinese Waiter

Glynis Barber
Margaret Müller

Mark Eden
Bernard Tindale

Rio Fanning
Bob Cheever

Philip Bond
Sir Roderick Hives

David Horovitch
Philip Skinner
B
Brigitte Kahn
Christina Stratos

Paul Ridley
Russian Policeman
A
Andy Graham
Russian Official
L
Lindsay Blackwell
Air Stewardess
C
Carol Gillies
Anna Wiseman

Guy Deghy
Fyodor Solodovnikov
A
Anthony Schaeffer
Rogerson

Terry Walsh
Training Officer
J
John Line
Maple

Michael Sheard
Dr Crabbe
J
Jean Rimmer
Irene Banks

Derek Godfrey
Robert Banks

Aimée Delamain
Penelope

Sherrie Hewson
Betty Galthorpe

Milos Kirek
Vales
S
Susan Kodicek
Nadina
J
John Fuest
Restaurant Quartet
D
Douglas Reid
Restaurant Quartet
R
Raymond Sidebottom
Restaurant Quartet
I
Ian Wright
Restaurant Quartet
H
Harry Webster
Dr O'Toole
J
John Eastham
Nick Pearson
M
Mary Cornford
Judy
L
Lola Young
Ward Sister
F
Frank Moorey
Yuri Filatov

Laurence Herder
Nikolai Sarkisyan

Pat Gorman
Norwegian Shadow (uncredited)
R
Reg Thomason
Club Member (uncredited)
G
George Ballantine
Passerby (uncredited)
M
Micky Clarke
Passerby (uncredited)
A
Aileen Lewis
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
L
Lewis Alexander
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
J
Jay McGrath
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
R
Ron Gregory
Airline Passenger (uncredited)
M
Mike Reynell
Pilot (uncredited)
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6.2
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6.8
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7.7
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