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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

Series 3
Series 3
Series 2
Series 2
Series 1
Series 1

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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