Series 3

The SandbaggersSeries 3

1980
7 Episodes

Episodes

All in a Good Cause
S03E01

All in a Good Cause

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.

09 Jun 198060m
To Hell with Justice
S03E02

To Hell with Justice

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.

16 Jun 198060m
Unusual Approach
S03E03

Unusual Approach

'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.

23 Jun 198060m
My Name Is Anna Wiseman
S03E04

My Name Is Anna Wiseman

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.

30 Jun 198060m
Sometimes We Play Dirty Too
S03E05

Sometimes We Play Dirty Too

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.

07 Jul 198060m
Who Needs Enemies
S03E06

Who Needs Enemies

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.

14 Jul 198060m
No Image
S03E07

Opposite Numbers

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.

28 Jul 198060m