Sir James Greenley in ITV political drama "The Sandbaggers" from 1978 to 1980. He also played Lars Torvik in the first episode of "The Sandbaggers" ("First Principles", 1978). Each of the 20 episodes of "The Sandbaggers" runs just over fifty minutes without commercials. Similarly, critic Terrence Rafferty called "The Sandbaggers" "the best spy series in television history". "Public Eye", "The Avengers", "The Sandbaggers", and "Minder". He is best known for his roles in "Upstairs, Downstairs" and "The Sandbaggers". He played Sheikh Hamad in The Sandbaggers in 1978. Willis had a leading role in the ITV drama series "The Sandbaggers" as Matthew Peele. Television critics' reviews of "The Sandbaggers" have been almost uniformly positive. Unusually for an episodic drama, "The Sandbaggers" is almost entirely devoid of incidental music.