The Sandbaggers (1978)

Genre

action television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 20 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

British intelligence officers manage Cold War espionage operations. The series focuses on how the job strains their personal relationships and moral boundaries.

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What happens

The Sandbaggers is a British spy thriller television series created by Ian Mackintosh, about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. Set contemporaneously with its original broadcast on ITV from 1978 to 1980, The Sandbaggers examines the effect of espionage on the personal and professional lives of British intelligence officers and their American colleagues. All but three of the 20 episodes were written by Mackintosh, who disappeared in 1979 during production. The series was produced in Leeds by Yorkshire Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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