8.4/1046 votes#1 - All in a Good Cause
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/9/1980
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.
Director: Peter Cregeen
Writer: N/A
8.8/1044 votes#2 - To Hell with Justice
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/16/1980
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.
Director: Peter Cregeen
Writer: N/A
8.4/1047 votes#3 - Unusual Approach
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/23/1980
'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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1044 votes#4 - My Name Is Anna Wiseman
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/30/1980
Burnside tries to get approval to plant a woman in the Soviet Union as a long-term double agent, but he neglects to mention that her real mission is short-term human rights propaganda.
Director: Michael Ferguson
Writer: N/A
7.7/1040 votes#5 - Sometimes We Play Dirty Too
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 7/7/1980
When a British intelligence source is killed in an accident in Prague, Caine is sent in to find out what really happened while Wallace and Burnside look for clues at home.
Director: Peter Cregeen
Writer: N/A
8.7/1039 votes#6 - Who Needs Enemies
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/14/1980
When a rival for Burnside's job gets hold of a CIA document that describes Burnside as a divisive influence, SIS upper management contrives to promote Burnside ``sideways'' to Madrid.
Director: Peter Cregeen
Writer: N/A
8.3/1041 votes#7 - Opposite Numbers
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/28/1980
Burnside is opposed to an East-West arms treaty being negotiated in Malta, so he and the Sandbaggers conspire to scuttle the talks by encouraging a Soviet double agent to defect.
Director: Peter Cregeen
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Sandbaggers Season 3
Every episode of The Sandbaggers Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Sandbaggers Season 3!
The Sandbaggers is a British television drama series about men and women on the front lines of the Cold War. Set contemporaneously with its original...
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Network:ITV1
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"All in a Good Cause" is the best rated episode of "The Sandbaggers" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Peter Cregeen and written by N/A, it aired on 6/9/1980. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "To Hell with Justice".