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Jul 18, 2014 ray lonnen, a british actor who played a spy in the sandbaggers, a tv series that made the bureaucratic battles of espionage as gripping as 007style cloak and dagger, died july 11 at his. The sandbaggers 1978 vhs tape thriller tv series roy marsden6 tape set. Its a drama and thriller show with 12 episodes over 2 seasons. British spy series that ran three series on itv, from 1978 to 1980, written by creator ian mackintosh. A diplomat by training, greenley is treated with suspicion by burnside when he first becomes c. A sheik needs help to overthrow his prosoviet father. The stories centred on the elite covert operations section of british.
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