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The sandbaggers is a british television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the cold war. Sandbaggers the complete series 5027626253042 with roy. The sandbaggers is a british spy drama television series about men and women on the front lines of the cold war. Roy marsden stars as neil burnside, director of the sandbaggers a small, elite department of the british secret service, whose job is to take on the dirty tricks. Operation sandbaggers, or sandbaggers for short, is about getting together and having fun more than winning anything. It scrutinises the consequences of the undercover undertakings on the private and professional lives of british and american intelligence professionals. The complete series is also available on ntsc videotapes, in three sets.

The ladies are not going to take this laying down and track down the thieves and take them out one by one in both sexual and violent ways. In 2003, the new york times called the sandbaggers the best spy series in. The best spy show ever made has basically no guns, sex or. Buy the sandbaggers the complete series from zavvi, the home of pop culture. The sandbaggers was a taut british spy series comprising twenty 50minute episodes produced by yorkshire television. A sexy grindhouseactioncomedy where a little brothel in texas gets robbed by a gang of thieves. Anderson is notable primarily for its absence of sound an onscreen note. The sandbaggers is available to stream on free services and britbox. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Collection 1 1978 starring roy marsden and ray lonnen on dvd and bluray. Its a great look into the espionage game circa 197880. Take advantage of great prices on bluray, 4k, merchandise, games, clothing and more. Neil burnside, the director of operations for britains secret intelligence service, objects to sending his best agents, the sandbaggers, on a.

The sandbaggers tv series 19781980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Running for three seasons from 1978, the sandbaggers was state. The sandbaggers watch episodes on britbox or streaming online. Buy the sandbaggers complete series 1 from zavvi, the home of pop culture. The sandbaggers is not what most people would expect its about the politics of intelligence wrok, the planning, and most of all, the waiting to here if an op has gone off. The stories centered on the elite covert operations section of british intelligence, nicknamed the sandbaggers, and their boss, neil burnside. Benedict cumberbatch on tinker, tailor, soldier, spy venice film festival.

Set contemporaneously with its original broadcast on itv in 1978 and 1980, the sandbaggers examines the effect of espionage on the personal and professional lives of british and american intelligence specialists. Additional exterior scenes were filmed in london, belgium and malta. The sandbaggers is a taut british spy series comprising twenty 50minute episodes produced by yorkshire television, an itv franchise i. The sandbaggers, a british spy drama that aired just 20 episodes between 1978 and 1980, is handsdown the best tv show ever about espionage. Sandbaggers the complete series dvd region 2 for sale. Brenda cavendish and roy marsden in the sandbaggers 1978 roy. In direct contrast to the girls, guns, and gadgets motif established by the james bond movies, the sandbaggers features ordinary people in. The sandbaggers is a british spy drama television series about men and women on the front. This 70s spy drama about a cold war dirty tricks department is cynical, tough and has a compelling star in roy marsdens. Networks complete 3season boxed set is one of the best purchases i ever made. The sandbaggers is the elite covert operations section of british intelligence, run by the excellent steelyeyed neil burnside roy marsden, who. A british espionage thriller about a special intelligence unit that copes with problems ranging from international terrorism to bureaucratic red tape. One of the more offthewall selections weve featured of late, this short feature 42 minutes by mitch f. Collection set 1 dvd, 2001, 3disc set at the best online prices at ebay.