Episodes
Each of the 20 episodes of The Sandbaggers runs just under 50 minutes without commercials. Each episode did, however, originally air with commercial breaks which divided the episode into three acts.
Animated bumpers similar to the end credits lead into and out of the commercial breaks. They read: "End of Part One," "Part Two," "End of Part Two," and "Part Three." These bumpers are intact on the R2 DVD releases, although absent from the R0, and also the Series Two NTSC videotape release.
| Episode # | Original Air Date (UK) | Episode Title | Writer | Director | Guest cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-01 | 18 September 1978 | First Principles | Ian Mackintosh | Michael Ferguson | Olaf Pooley, Richard Shaw, Barkley Johnson |
| 1-02 | 25 September 1978 | A Proper Function of Government | Ian Mackintosh | Michael Ferguson | Brian Osborne, Michael O'Hagan, Laurence Payne, Barkley Johnson |
| 1-03 | 2 October 1978 | Is Your Journey Really Necessary? | Ian Mackintosh | Derek Bennett | Brenda Cavendish, Andy Bradford |
| 1-04 | 9 October 1978 | The Most Suitable Person | Ian Mackintosh | David Reynolds | Stephen Greif, Christopher Benjamin, John F. Landry, Hubert Rees, David McAlister, Jonathan Coy |
| 1-05 | 16 October 1978 | Always Glad to Help | Ian Mackintosh | David Reynolds | Malcolm Hebden, Peter Miles, Terence Longdon, Gerald James |
| 1-06 | 23 October 1978 | A Feasible Solution | Ian Mackintosh | Michael Ferguson | Donald Churchill, Barkley Johnson, Sarah Bullen, Richard Cornish, Kenneth Watson |
| 1-07 | 30 October 1978 | Special Relationship | Ian Mackintosh | Michael Ferguson | Brian Ashley, Alan Downer, Cyril Varley, Richard Shaw |
| 2-01 | 28 January 1980 | At All Costs | Ian Mackintosh | Michael Ferguson | Peter Laird |
| 2-02 | 4 February 1980 | Enough of Ghosts | Ian Mackintosh | Peter Cregeen | Edith MacArthur, Donald Pelmear, Jurgen Anderson, Barbara Lott, Wolf Kahler |
| 2-03 | 11 February 1980 | Decision by Committee | Ian Mackintosh | Michael Ferguson | David Freedman, Marla Gillot, David Beale, Kim Fortune, Stephanie Fayerman, Andrew Lodge |
| 2-04 | 18 February 1980 | A Question of Loyalty | Ian Mackintosh | Michael Ferguson | Patrick Godfrey, Charles Hodgson, Philip Blaine |
| 2-05 | 25 February 1980 | It Couldn't Happen Here | Ian Mackintosh | Peter Cregeen | Weston Garvin, Daphne Anderson, Don Fellows, Norman Ettlinger |
| 2-06 | 3 March 1980 | Operation Kingmaker | Ian Mackintosh | Alan Grint | Peter Laird |
| 3-01 | 9 June 1980 | All in a Good Cause | Ian Mackintosh | Peter Cregeen | Gale Gladstone, John Steiner, Peter Laird, Kristopher Kum |
| 3-02 | 16 June 1980 | To Hell With Justice | Ian Mackintosh | Peter Cregeen | John Alkin, Glynis Barber, Mark Eden |
| 3-03 | 23 June 1980 | Unusual Approach | Ian Mackintosh | David Cunliffe | David Horovitch, Brigitte Kahn, Terry Pearson, Rio Fanning, Philip Bond |
| 3-04 | 30 June 1980 | My Name Is Anna Wiseman | Gidley Wheeler | David Cunliffe | Carol Gillies, Anthony Schaeffer, Terry Pearson, Guy Deghy, Terry Walsh |
| 3-05 | 7 July 1980 | Sometimes We Play Dirty Too | Arden Winch | Peter Cregeen | John Line, Susan Kodicek, Milos Kirek, Derek Godfrey, Michael Sheard, Sherrie Hewson, Aimée Delamain |
| 3-06 | 14 July 1980 | Who Needs Enemies | Gidley Wheeler | Peter Cregeen | David Robb, Harry Webster, John Eastham, Edith MacArthur |
| 3-07 | 28 July 1980 | Opposite Numbers | Ian Mackintosh | Peter Cregeen | John Alkin, David Robb, Frank Moorey, Larry Hooderoff |
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