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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780773310445
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0773310444
Label: Bfs Entertainment
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Bfs Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 01, 2001
Running Time: 364 minutes
Sales Rank: 52422
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - If you want James Bond, go to the library.
The best line in all the episodes is in the first one, titled "First Principles'"
The odious Neil Burnside flies to Oslo only to rebuke his Norwegian colleague face-to-face with a sort, sharp lecture delivered at the boarding gate of the airplane on what it takes to succeed in the Cold War. Burnside says the Norwegians must learn more about intelligence works and that takes time. His Norwegian counterpart protests that there was no time and action was necessary. Action was taken ... Read More
Rating:  - Better than Tinker Tailor?
There's Shubert's Unfinished Symphony, Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished Last Tycoon, and Eisentein's unfinished Ivan the Terrible trilogy. And now there's the unfinished Sandbaggers. This is really a shame and the reason I give it four stars instead of five. Surely the producers could have figured out how to wrap up the series from notes or pitches from creator Ian Mackintosh, before his untimely disappearance. Maybe with a routine series the producers would be justified in walking away, but The Sandbaggers ... Read More
Rating: - The Real Deal In Espionage
"The Sandbaggers", the early 1980s cult hit written by Ian MacKintosh, is to TV espionage shows what Breguet is to watches: fantastically well put together, and intended for the few rather than the many. The charismatic Roy Marsden, who later brought PD James's detective, Adam Dalgliesh, to life, is even more impressive here as Neil Burnside, Director of Operations (D-Ops) of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (or MI-6 as it's known today), during the Cold War years. Burnside's primary function is to ... Read More
Rating: - Sandbaggers
If John Le Carre is poetry, this is prose. Terrence Rafferty, a critic for the New York Times called it, "the best spy series in television history."[wikipedia] Enough said!
Rating: - Excellent
I was young when the Sandbaggers were on TV, so it didn't really have enough action at the time, but something about it was compelling. Now I remember why; this is now my new (old) favourite TV show! I will get to the the end of that third set all too soon! If you want 24 or 007 this is probably not for you, but if you want 'real', this is it, or at least was in the good old days of the cold war. Don't get me wrong, you'll still be on the edge of your seat, but not because of special effects and stunt-men ... Read More
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