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2 At All Costs (2.1) Be warned - there's no way to discuss this particular episode without describing plot specifics, so spoilers abound. The season two opener, it introduces two new Sandbaggers in the form of Mike Wallace and Tom Elliot (David Beames). While Mike went on to be a regular, Tom...

4 Operation Kingmaker (2.6) The Sandbaggers gets a deserved comedy episode and one of its finest hours, as the previous controller, or "C" - the superb Richard Vernon - has retired between episodes, causing a power vacuum in the department. Ever manipulative, Burnside sets about attempting to...

6 A Proper Function of Government (1.2) Like many programmes of this vintage, The Sandbaggers seems to respect the intelligence of its audience, and demands concentration on its wordy scripts. In an age when TV has a tendency to spoon-feed viewers, rewatching a series like The Sandbaggers...

8 Opposite Numbers (3.7) The final episode of the series, which sees Burnside's arrogance spin almost completely out of control as he sets about undermining world events. With Mackintosh's cynical view of the KGB, it transpires that Burnside's instincts are correct, and that the peace conference...

10 The Most Suitable Person (1.4) Multiple plot strands of varying quality make up this instalment. Primarily, it's the episode to introduce Laura Dickens as the new "bird" Sandbagger, though also in evidence is Stephen Greif in what appears to be faint make-up and a wig, putting on a "Maltese"...

12 It Couldn't Happen Here (2.5) There's a turning point in this episode where for the first time the viewers get to eavesdrop on a private conversation between Jeff Ross and Karen in their CIA headquarters. Previously, viewers had only been privy to conversations as The Sandbaggers heard them...

14 Decision By Committee (2.3) For a spy series, viewers have to buy in to the fact that The Sandbaggers is more concerned with the political manoeuvring and Machiavellian scheming behind decisions rather than any action that might take place in the field. Produced on a budget, while the show...

16 A Feasible Solution (1.6) The Sandbaggers is such a quality show that the concept of "worst to best" is almost redundant. The bottom four are perhaps warranted, and the same applies to the top four or five, but the entries here from Nos. 6-16 could almost be in any order, the consistency is...

18 Unusual Approach (3.3) One of two episodes (along with Operation Kingmaker) that attempted a more overtly comedic take on the series, Unusual Approach sees Burnside ordered to take a holiday after two years without leave. The unlikely upshot is that he's booked on a trip with two of his...

Possibly the best spy series of all time , or at the very least on a par with Callan. Here ranked by the ANORAK ZONE. I pretty much agree with most of the ranking here. 20 My Name Is Anna Wiseman (3.4) Adding to the mystique and enduring legacy of the programme is creator Ian Mackintosh's...

This is a great track from the new album, includes the line, " got a wife that hates me as does her boyfriend "

Woman of Flesh and Blood- Every 5 Seconds '22

Well, 5 years later than that last post above and a new album is out. The Tipping Point.

3 By The Pricking Of My Thumbs... (2.5) On a purely objective level, there's no real justification for this episode reaching so high in this ranking. It's far from the best episode in terms of writing, acting or concept. However, what makes it rank so highly is that it's an unintentional comic...

7 Invasion (2.2) The most-watched episode of the series, with 13.6 million viewers tuning in. Although this does make the story lauded, it does beg the question as to how popular it really was, as by definition the viewing figures dropped afterwards. It also doesn't take into account that...

10 In The Dark (2.9) An appropriately dark tale, whereby a man wants to live on as a brain kept alive by machine, long after his body has died. Quist, an old friend, is the man appointed with talking the man into euthanasia. There are some interesting themes at work here, such as the concept of...