The BEST episodes written by Ian Mackintosh

Decision by Committee
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8.88
32 votes

#1 - Decision by Committee

The Sandbaggers - Season 2 - Episode 3

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.

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A Question of Loyalty
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8.88
32 votes

#2 - A Question of Loyalty

The Sandbaggers - Season 2 - Episode 4

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.

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All in a Good Cause
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8.87
31 votes

#3 - All in a Good Cause

The Sandbaggers - Season 3 - Episode 1

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 MI5 have an interest in that marriage as well.

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To Hell with Justice
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8.87
31 votes

#4 - To Hell with Justice

The Sandbaggers - Season 3 - Episode 2

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.

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Unusual Approach
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8.87
31 votes

#5 - Unusual Approach

The Sandbaggers - Season 3 - Episode 3

'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.

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A Proper Function of Government
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8.55
38 votes

#6 - A Proper Function of Government

The Sandbaggers - Season 1 - Episode 2

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.

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Always Glad to Help
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8.03
32 votes

#7 - Always Glad to Help

The Sandbaggers - Season 1 - Episode 5

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.

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The Most Suitable Person
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8.03
33 votes

#8 - The Most Suitable Person

The Sandbaggers - Season 1 - Episode 4

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.

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Special Relationship
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8.00
32 votes

#9 - Special Relationship

The Sandbaggers - Season 1 - Episode 7

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 won't pose other security risks as well.

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At All Costs
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8.00
31 votes

#10 - At All Costs

The Sandbaggers - Season 2 - Episode 1

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.

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It Couldn't Happen Here
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8.00
30 votes

#11 - It Couldn't Happen Here

The Sandbaggers - Season 2 - Episode 5

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.

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Enough of Ghosts
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7.97
32 votes

#12 - Enough of Ghosts

The Sandbaggers - Season 2 - Episode 2

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.

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A Feasible Solution
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7.97
31 votes

#13 - A Feasible Solution

The Sandbaggers - Season 1 - Episode 6

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.

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Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
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7.86
35 votes

#14 - Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

The Sandbaggers - Season 1 - Episode 3

Alan Denson threatens to quit the Sandbaggers after a rough, unauthorized mission near the Soviet border, so Burnside applies pressure to Denson's fiancee

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First Principles
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7.54
39 votes

#15 - First Principles

The Sandbaggers - Season 1 - Episode 1

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.

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Opposite Numbers
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7.50
2 votes

#16 - Opposite Numbers

The Sandbaggers - Season 3 - Episode 7

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.

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Operation Kingmaker
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7.06
31 votes

#17 - Operation Kingmaker

The Sandbaggers - Season 2 - Episode 6

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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