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The Sandbaggers episodes ranked no.20 to no.1
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkman" data-source="post: 416332" data-attributes="member: 23715"><p><img src="https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/properfunction.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>6 A Proper Function</strong></p><p><strong>of Government (1.2)</strong></p><p>Like many programmes of this vintage, The Sandbaggers seems to respect the intelligence of its audience, and demands concentration on its wordy scripts. In an age when TV has a tendency to spoon-feed viewers, rewatching a series like The Sandbaggers reawakens what has become all too often a lost art: a TV show that insists you think while you watch it.</p><p> A Proper Function Of Government features great lines, such as "I met him... he was a mourner at my wedding" and a very visual description of a former Sandbagger left to die atop an anthill. The various political wranglings, such as the presence of MI5 and whether Burnside should remarry his ex-wife for his career prospects keep a densely-plotted episode full of intrigue.</p><p>[SPOILER= Picture spoiler protected]</p><p><img src="https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/journeynecessary.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[/SPOILER]</p><p></p><p><strong>5 Is Your</strong></p><p><strong>Journey Really</strong></p><p><strong>Necessary? (1.3)</strong></p><p>For most series of an archive nature there will be technical limitations or elements not seen today - the use of film stock for outside location shoots is much welcome, for example. However, The Sandbaggers has a relatively frequent habit of voices not being picked up on the boom mike when actors move out of range. Although a minor example here, look out for the scene around 38 minutes in where Ray Lonnen's movement causes his voice to dip on the soundtrack.</p><p> The third episode, the story centres on one of the original Sandbaggers, Alan Denson (Steven Grives), and his desire to leave the service after having to shoot a fellow Sandbagger on a mission. To say more would be to give away too much of the plot, but what the programme does here is quickly establish that its lead character is anything but the likeable, morally unambiguous hero that a series of this nature might usually attempt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkman, post: 416332, member: 23715"] [IMG]https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/properfunction.jpg[/IMG] [B]6 A Proper Function of Government (1.2)[/B] Like many programmes of this vintage, The Sandbaggers seems to respect the intelligence of its audience, and demands concentration on its wordy scripts. In an age when TV has a tendency to spoon-feed viewers, rewatching a series like The Sandbaggers reawakens what has become all too often a lost art: a TV show that insists you think while you watch it. A Proper Function Of Government features great lines, such as "I met him... he was a mourner at my wedding" and a very visual description of a former Sandbagger left to die atop an anthill. The various political wranglings, such as the presence of MI5 and whether Burnside should remarry his ex-wife for his career prospects keep a densely-plotted episode full of intrigue. [SPOILER= Picture spoiler protected] [IMG]https://www.anorakzone.com/sandbaggers/journeynecessary.jpg[/IMG] [/SPOILER] [B]5 Is Your Journey Really Necessary? (1.3)[/B] For most series of an archive nature there will be technical limitations or elements not seen today - the use of film stock for outside location shoots is much welcome, for example. However, The Sandbaggers has a relatively frequent habit of voices not being picked up on the boom mike when actors move out of range. Although a minor example here, look out for the scene around 38 minutes in where Ray Lonnen's movement causes his voice to dip on the soundtrack. The third episode, the story centres on one of the original Sandbaggers, Alan Denson (Steven Grives), and his desire to leave the service after having to shoot a fellow Sandbagger on a mission. To say more would be to give away too much of the plot, but what the programme does here is quickly establish that its lead character is anything but the likeable, morally unambiguous hero that a series of this nature might usually attempt. [/QUOTE]
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