Sir Geoffrey Wellingham Alan MacNaughtan Matthew Peele Jerome Willis Jeff Ross Bob Sherman 'C' (Sir James Greenley) Richard Vernon Diane Lawler Elizabeth Bennett Jake Landy David Glyder Brian Milton Barkley Johnson Ted [Prescott] Richard Shaw Alan Denson Steven Grives Stan [Barclay] Michael O'Hagan Sam [Lawes] Brian Osborne Laura Dickens Diane Keen Bruce Paul Haley Mike Wallace Michael Cashman Karen Milner Jana Shelden Edward Tyler Peter Laird Lady Wellingham Edith Macarthur Arthur Matthew Long 'C' (John Tower Gibbs) Dennis Burgess Marianne Straker Sue Holderness Len Shepherd John Alkin Apso Terry Pearson Paul Dalgetty David RobbSeries Created by: Ian Mackintosh
Executive Producer: David Cunliffe
Theme Music: Roy Budd
Neil Burnside, the Director of Operations for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, objects to sending his best agents, the Sandbaggers, on a mission into Russia for Norway's Secret Service.
Guest Cast:
Olaf Pooley as Lars Torvik Brian Haines as Vice Chief of Air Staff Roger Kemp as Asst. Chief of Air Staff (Ops)
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Elizabeth Bennett, Jerome Willis, Bob Sherman, David Glyder, Barkley Johnson, Richard Shaw
The Sandbaggers may be sent to Vienna to keep tabs on a possible defector, while Burnside tries to get official approval to assassinate an African dictator.
Guest Cast:
Laurence Payne as Sir Donald Hopkins
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Elizabeth Bennett, Jerome Willis, Steven Grives, Barkley Johnson, Michael O'Hagan, Brian Osborne
Alan Denson threatens to quit the Sandbaggers after a rough, unauthorized mission near the Soviet border, so Burnside applies pressure to Denson's fiancee.
Guest Cast:
Brenda Cavendish as Sally Graham
Andrew Bradford as Phil Fyffe
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Elizabeth Bennett, Steven Grives, David Glyder, Michael O'Hagan, Brian Osborne
Sandbagger One Willie Caine goes to Gibraltar to
investigate the murder of an SIS agent, and
potential new Sandbagger Laura Dickens goes to
Morocco to get more clues in the case.
Guest Cast:
Stephen Greif as Detective Chief Inspector Gomez
John F Landry as Stephen Jackson
Christopher Benjamin as David Follett
Hubert Rees as Gordon Forsyth
Jonathan Coy as Colin Grove
David McAlister as Peter Waterhouse
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Elizabeth Bennett, Jerome Willis, Diane Keen, Bob Sherman
Dickens is assigned to find out where an Arab sheik's sympathies lie while Burnside clashes with Deputy Chief Matthew Peele and the Ministry of Defence over a covert scuba-diving operation.
Guest Cast:
Peter Miles as Hamad
Gerald James as Director General of Intelligence
Terence Longden as Commodore (Intelligence)
Alan Thompson as Winfield
Malcolm Hebden as Morris
Peter Ivatts as Wilson
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Elizabeth Bennett, Jerome Willis, Diane Keen, Bob Sherman, Brian Osborne
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 down at home.
Guest Cast:
Sarah Bullen as Jill Ferris
Kenneth Watson as Hugh Douglas
Richard Cornish as Philip Jeremiah
Donald Churchill as Professor Colby
Peter Cassell as Angelos
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Elizabeth Bennett, Jerome Willis, Diane Keen, Bob Sherman, Barkley Johnson, Paul Haley
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 won't pose other security risks as well.
Guest Cast:
Alan Downer as Baumel
Cyril Varley as Paul
Brian Ashley as Mittag
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Elizabeth Bennett, Jerome Willis, Diane Keen, Bob Sherman, Barkley Johnson, Richard Shaw
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 Elliott backup whether his bosses approve or not.
Guest Cast:
David Beames as Tom Elliott
Gwyn Gray as Lady Greenley
Joan Peters as Embassy Guest
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Jerome Willis, Bob Sherman, Elizabeth Bennett, Michael Cashman, Jana Shelden, Peter Laird, Brian Osborne, Paul Haley
Permanent Under-Secretary of State Sir Geoffrey Wellingham goes missing in Brussels and the Sandbaggers are dispatched to find him, for Burnside's sake as well as Wellingham's.
Guest Cast:
Anthony Higgins as Dehousse
Wolf Kahler as Lincke
Donald Pelmear as Nigel Elliott
Barbara Lott as Martha Elliott
Jurgen Andersen as Albrecht
Hugo Bower as Wendicke
Allyson Rees as Air Stewardess
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Jerome Willis, Bob Sherman, Elizabeth Bennett, Michael Cashman, Edith Macarthur, Jana Shelden, Peter Laird, Matthew Long, Paul Haley
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 Burnside runs into bureaucratic opposition when trying to help them.
Guest Cast:
Andrew Lodge as Col. Gaines
David Beale as C.G.S.
Yashar Adem as Aziz
David Freedman as Kadhim
Stephanie Fayerman as Brigitte
Timothy Stetson as Karl
Kim Fortune as Ahmed
Marta Gillot as Stewardess
Rosalie Williams as English Lady
Edwin Brown as Belgian Man
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Jerome Willis, Bob Sherman, Elizabeth Bennett, Jana Shelden, Michael Cashman, Brian Osborne, Paul Haley
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 him support by sending him on a subsequent mission to Stockholm.
Guest Cast:
Patrick Godfrey as Walter Wheatley
Charles Hodgson as Harry Maddison
Philip Blaine as Gary Shearburn
Igor Gridneff as Polish Police Officer
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Jerome Willis, Bob Sherman, Michael Cashman, Brian Osborne, Jana Shelden
In the wake of the assassination of one U.S. senator, the Sandbaggers are assigned to bodyguard another, while Burnside gets wind of a traitor in the British cabinet.
Guest Cast:
Daphne Anderson as Mary Herron
Norman Ettlinger as Senator Herron
Weston Gavin as Senator O'Shea
Tony Church as Stratford-Baker
Don Fellows as Al Briscoe
John Crosse as Newscaster
Semi-regulars: Richard Vernon, Alan MacNaughtan, Jerome Willis, Bob Sherman, Elizabeth Bennett, Michael Cashman, Jana Shelden
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 candidate, whom Burnside once clashed with.
Semi-regulars: Alan MacNaughtan, Elizabeth Bennett, Bob Sherman, Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, Michael Cashman, Jana Shelden, Peter Laird, Sue Holderness
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 the KGB and MI-5 have an interest in that marriage as well.
Guest Cast:
Gale Gladstone as Jenny Ross
John Steiner as Trevor D'arcy
Kristopher Kum as Chinese Waiter
Semi-regulars: Alan MacNaughtan, Bob Sherman, Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, Michael Cashman, Peter Laird, Sue Holderness
SIS Director of Intelligence Edward Tyler meets a suspicious woman while on holiday in Malta, so Burnside secretly sends the Sandbaggers to keep an eye on him.
Guest Cast:
Mark Eden as Bernard Tindale
Glynis Barber as Margaret Mueller
Semi-regulars: Alan MacNaughtan, Bob Sherman, Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, Michael Cashman, Sue Holderness, John Alkin, Peter Laird
'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 Acting D.Ops., Caine would have to send Wallace.
Guest Cast:
Rio Fanning as Bob Cheever
Philip Bond as Sir Roderick Hives
David Horovitch as Philip Skinner
Brigitte Kahn as Christina Stratos
Paul Ridley as Russian Policeman
Andy Graham as Russian Official
Lindsay Blackwell as Air Stewardess
Semi-regulars: Alan MacNaughtan, Bob Sherman, Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, Michael Cashman, Sue Holderness, Matthew Long, Paul Haley, Terry Pearson
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 mission is short-term human rights propaganda.
Guest Cast:
Carol Gillies as Anna Wiseman
Guy Deghy as Fyodor Solodovnikov
Anthony Schaeffer as Steve Rogerson
Terry Walsh as Training Officer
Semi-regulars: Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, Michael Cashman, Sue Holderness, Terry Pearson
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 Burnside look for clues at home.
Guest Cast:
John Line as Maple
Michael Sheard as Dr. Crabbe
Jean Rimmer as Irene Banks
Derek Godfrey as Robert Banks
Aimee Delamain as Penelope
Sherrie Hewson as Betty Galthorpe
Milos Kirek as Vales
Susan Kodicek as Nadina
John Fuest, Douglas Reid, Raymond Sidebottom, and Ian Wright as the Restaurant Quartet
Semi-regulars: Bob Sherman, Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, Michael Cashman, Sue Holderness
When a rival for Burnside's job gets hold of a CIA document that describes Burnside as a divisive influence, SIS upper management contrives to promote Burnside ``sideways'' to Madrid.
Guest Cast:
Harry Webster as Dr. O'Toole
John Eastham as Nick Pearson
Lola Young as Ward Sister
Mary Cornford as Judy
Semi-regulars: Bob Sherman, Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, Michael Cashman, David Robb, Sue Holderness, Edith Macarthur
Burnside is opposed to an East-West arms treaty being negotiated in Malta, so he and the Sandbaggers conspire to scuttle the talks by encouraging a Soviet double agent to defect.
Guest Cast:
Frank Moorey as Yuri Filatov
Larry Hoodekoff as Nikolai Sarkisyan
Semi-regulars: Alan MacNaughtan, Bob Sherman, Dennis Burgess, Jerome Willis, David Robb, Michael Cashman, John Alkin, Sue Holderness
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