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  • The Sandbaggers Operation Kingmaker (Season 2, Episode 6)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 50 min | Thriller

The Sandbaggers

Operation Kingmaker (Season 2, Episode 6)
TV-14
TV Episode | 50 min | Thriller

When "C" announces that he is stepping down for health reasons, speculation is rife that the job will go to John Tower Gibbs, a one-time senior officer of the SIS who has in recently years been working at the Foreign Office. Burnside and ...See moreWhen "C" announces that he is stepping down for health reasons, speculation is rife that the job will go to John Tower Gibbs, a one-time senior officer of the SIS who has in recently years been working at the Foreign Office. Burnside and Gibbs have anything but a cordial relationship going back to when Burnside, as a Sandbagger, investigated Gibbs who was at that time abroad as a Head of Station. Burnside decides to play kingmaker by promoting the prospects of the Deputy Chief, Matthew Peele. He subtly tries to influence Wellingham who demonstrates that he is still far superior to his former son-in-law when it comes to the game of office politics. Written by garykmcd See less
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Director
Writer
Ian MacKintosh (as Ian Mackintosh)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Mar 3, 1980

Release date
Mar 3, 1980 (United Kingdom)

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