The Sandbaggers S01E01 "First Principles" (1978)

The Sandbaggers is a British spy drama television series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. Set contemporaneously with its original broadcast on ITV in 1978 and 1980, The Sandbaggers examines the effect of espionage on the personal and professional lives of British and American intelligence specialists. All but three of the 20 episodes of the three series were written by its creator, Ian Mackintosh, who died during the recording of series three. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television, based in Leeds.

Genre	Spy drama
Created by	Ian Mackintosh
Developed by	Ian Mackintosh
Starring	Roy Marsden Richard Vernon Ray Lonnen Alan MacNaughtan Elizabeth Bennett Jerome Willis Bob Sherman Diane Keen Dennis Burgess Michael Cashman
Theme music composer	Roy Budd
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producer	David Cunliffe
Producer	Michael Ferguson
Running time	approx. 50 minutes
Production company	Yorkshire Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	18 September 1978 – 28 July 1980