The BEST episodes of The Sandbaggers season 2

Every episode of The Sandbaggers season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Sandbaggers season 2!

"The Sandbaggers" was a taut British spy series comprising twenty 50-minute episodes produced by Yorkshire Television. The stories centered on the elite covert operations section of British Intelligence, nicknamed the Sandbaggers, and their boss, Neil Burnside (Roy Marsden), himself a former Sandbagger, but now having to battle more with British bureaucracy than enemy agents. It was set contemporaneously with its original broadcast in the late '70s and early '80s when the Cold War still dominated the Western intelligence agenda. Burnside's main operative is Willie Caine, his most experienced agent. Burnside's main opponents in the series are not his KGB adversaries but the bureaucrats and functionaries of his own government, often his own superiors. He he is constatly at odds his his Deputy Chief and occasinally with the head of the Secret Service codenamed "C".

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Decision by Committee
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8.90
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#1 - Decision by Committee

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/1980

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 Burnside runs into bureaucratic opposition when trying to help them.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
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A Question of Loyalty
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#2 - A Question of Loyalty

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/1980

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 him support by sending him on a subsequent mission to Stockholm.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
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At All Costs
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#3 - At All Costs

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/28/1980

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 Elliott backup whether his bosses approve or not.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
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It Couldn't Happen Here
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#4 - It Couldn't Happen Here

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/25/1980

In the wake of the assassination of one U.S. senator, the Sandbaggers are assigned to bodyguard another, while Burnside gets wind of a traitor in the British cabinet.

Directors: Peter Cregeen
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Enough of Ghosts
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#5 - Enough of Ghosts

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/1980

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.

Directors: Peter Cregeen
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Operation Kingmaker
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#6 - Operation Kingmaker

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/3/1980

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 candidate, whom Burnside once clashed with.

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