The Sandbaggers

1. S01E01First PrinciplesSeptember 18, 1978—Neil Burnside, the Director of Operations for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, objects to sending his best agents, the Sandbaggers, on
2. S01E02A Proper Function of GovernmentSeptember 25, 1978—The Sandbaggers may be sent to Vienna to keep tabs on a possible defector, while Burnside tries to get official approval to assassinate an A
3. S01E03Is Your Journey Really Necessary?October 2, 1978—Alan Denson threatens to quit the Sandbaggers after a rough, unauthorized mission near the Soviet border, so Burnside applies pressure to De
4. S01E04The Most Suitable PersonOctober 9, 1978—Sandbagger One Willie Caine goes to Gibraltar to investigate the murder of an SIS agent, and potential new Sandbagger Laura Dickens goes to
5. S01E05Always Glad to HelpOctober 16, 1978—Dickens is assigned to find out where an Arab sheik's sympathies lie while Burnside clashes with Deputy Chief Matthew Peele and the Ministry
6. S01E06A Feasible SolutionOctober 23, 1978—Caine and an agent fresh out of field school go to Cyprus on the trail of some missing rocket scientists while Neil lets his romantic guard
7. S01E07Special RelationshipOctober 30, 1978—Laura Dickens is the most qualified agent for a risky mission in East Berlin and Burnside has to double-deal to make sure her presence there

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1. S02E01At All CostsJanuary 28, 1980—The head of the Bulgarian Secret Service asks to meet with Sandbagger Tom Elliott in Sofia, but Burnside doesn't like it and intends to give
2. S02E02Enough of GhostsFebruary 4, 1980—Permanent Under-Secretary of State Sir Geoffrey Wellingham goes missing in Brussels and the Sandbaggers are dispatched to find him, for Burn
3. S02E03Decision by CommitteeFebruary 11, 1980—On an airline flight back from Sri Lanka, Caine and CIA covert-action agent Karen Milner run into trouble during their stop in Turkey, and B
4. S02E04A Question of LoyaltyFebruary 18, 1980—Sandbagger Mike Wallace runs afoul of the local SIS station while on a risky mission in Warsaw, and Burnside risks his own career to show hi
5. S02E05It Couldn't Happen HereFebruary 25, 1980—In the wake of the assassination of one U.S. senator, the Sandbaggers are assigned to bodyguard another, while Burnside gets wind of a trait
6. S02E06Operation KingmakerMarch 3, 1980—When there's talk of getting a new 'C', Burnside decides to back Peele for the job, believing him more malleable than the other most likely

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1. S03E01All in a Good CauseJune 9, 1980—CIA Head of London Station Jeff Ross asks for Burnside's help when Ross' marriage is in trouble, but then Burnside starts to suspect that th
2. S03E02To Hell with JusticeJune 16, 1980—SIS Director of Intelligence Edward Tyler meets a suspicious woman while on holiday in Malta, so Burnside secretly sends the Sandbaggers to
3. S03E03Unusual ApproachJune 23, 1980—'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 Act
4. S03E04My Name Is Anna WisemanJune 30, 1980—Burnside 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 mi
5. S03E05Sometimes We Play Dirty TooJuly 7, 1980—When a British intelligence source is killed in an accident in Prague, Caine is sent in to find out what really happened while Wallace and B
6. S03E06Who Needs EnemiesJuly 14, 1980—When a rival for Burnside's job gets hold of a CIA document that describes Burnside as a divisive influence, SIS upper management contrives
7. S03E07Opposite NumbersJuly 28, 1980—Burnside is opposed to an East-West arms treaty being negotiated in Malta, so he and the Sandbaggers conspire to scuttle the talks by encour

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