The Sandbaggers

[james_davis_nicoll]

I borrowed a friend's DVD collection of this 1980s (?) British espionage show. So far I have seen one episode, one that seemed to be (probably accidentally) the Anti-Bond: the explicit moral is that effective espionage is not a matter of daring and glamourous agents risking their lives out in the field but of careful planning by a bunch of well-informed bureaucrats in the home country beforehand.

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Speaking of YES MINISTER, the supporting cast overlaps. This has unintentally comic results, when the lead character has a Very Serious Conversation with a colleague who is being played by a fellow last seen playing an hopelessly stupid and corrupt old duffer on YES PRIME MINISTER (the old guy who ends up running the central bank, I think).

Cast Cross-over

[(Anonymous)]

Having 'Percy' from Blackadder in SPOOKS is a real hoot too. I must get around to watching my gf's SANDBAGGERS DVDs. BTW, SPOOKS season2 is on special at amazon UK, I just got a 'hint' about it from her.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002DXN6I/letscook/026-4441941-0938862

Cheers
Errol