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The Sandbaggers: Operation Kingmaker Set
Starring: Roy Marsden , Ray Lonnen , Jerome Willis
Directed by: Michael Ferguson , Peter Cregeen
Produced by: Michael Ferguson
Written by: Ian Mackintosh , Gidley Wheeler
Head of the CIA's London station asks for Burnside's help with his troubled marriage, but then Burnside suspects KGB and MI-5 interest in that marriage as well. Plus, the Sandbaggers are dispatched to Malta after SIS Director of Intelligence meets a suspicious woman.
Item Number: 15672
- Format:
- DVD Fullscreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 3 1/3 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 2
Now digitally remastered, this timeless series is rich in detail and dialogue, gripping action, nail-biting tension and stunning plot twists. Spymaster Neil Burnside (Roy Marsden, P.D. James' first Adam Dalgliesh) and his team sweep from Westminster's corridors of power to international Cold War espionage.
Head of the CIA's London station asks for Burnside's help with his troubled marriage, but then Burnside suspects KGB and MI-5 interest in that marriage as well. Plus, the Sandbaggers are dispatched to Malta after SIS Director of Intelligence meets a suspicious woman.
Operation Kingmaker: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.
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.
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.
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.
Special Features: Ian Mackintosh Biography by his brother Lawrie Mackintosh
| Neil Burnside | --- | Roy Marsden |
| Willie Caine | --- | Ray Lonnen |
| Matthew Peele | --- | Jerome Willis |
| Jeff Ross | --- | Bob Sherman |
| Sir Geoffrey Wellingham | --- | Alan MacNaughton |
| Mike Wallace | --- | Michael Cashman |
| ‘C' | --- | Richard Vernon |
| Diane Lawler | --- | Elizabeth Bennett |
| 'C' | --- | Dennis Burgess |
| Marianne Straker | --- | Sue Holderness |
| Sam | --- | Brian Osborne |
| Karen Milner | --- | Jana Shelden |
| Bruce | --- | Paul Haley |
| Edward Tyler | --- | Peter Laird |
| Laura Dickens | --- | Diane Keen |
| Brian | --- | Barclay Johnson |
| Jake Landy | --- | David Glyder |
| Alan Denson | --- | Steven Grives |
| Stan | --- | Michael O'Hagan |
| Ted | --- | Richard Shaw |
Directed by Michael Ferguson, Peter Cregeen, David Reynolds
Written by Ian Mackintosh, Gidley Wheeler
Produced by Michael Ferguson
Executive Produced by David Cunliffe
Original Music by Roy Budd
Film Editing by Tim Ritson, Peter Taylor, Allen Jewhurst
"Classy and intelligent spy drama series." - Sunday Mirror
"The real stuff" - The New York Times
"Gritty... a deserving addition to the hall of espionage heroes" - Los Angeles Times
"Wonderful" - The Wall Street Journal
"The best spy series in television history" - The New York Times
