The world of "The Sandbaggers" is a world of complex, international espionage played out in the drab, dismal offices of the British Secret Service. It is a mundane but frequently very dangerous world.

The sandbaggers are field agents controlled by the ruthless Neil Burnside, Director of Operations. The plots are complex, brilliantly written and quite fascinating. The acting is uniformally excellent. This first series from 1978 now looks very dated but has lost none of its power to grip and disturb.

A masterpiece.