The Sweeney (1975) TV

4 Seasons Ended Action & Adventure Drama Crime

Network: ITV1

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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Jan 2, 1975

After Regan’s car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney’s target.

Jan 9, 1975

Regan’s flying squad falls under suspicion after they apprehend a gang of hijackers, but a bag with 35,000 pounds in it has somehow disappeared.

Jan 16, 1975

Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.

Jan 23, 1975

After a high-powered lawyer gets three petty thugs off on a murder charge, Regan is authorized to use whatever means necessary to bring the hoodlums in.

Jan 30, 1975

Regan is convinced that Eddie Boyse, a recently released career criminal, is responsible for a robbery, but Boyse was with Regan when the crime occurred.

Feb 6, 1975

When the Superintendent finds out that there is a bank robbery in progress on a Saturday afternoon, he assigns Regan to visit an old girlfriend whose apartment is adjacent.

Feb 13, 1975

Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.

Feb 20, 1975

It’s unclear whether a beautiful crime reporter is involved with a criminal gang or just a catspaw.

Feb 27, 1975

When seedy informant Harry Fuller is spotted by Regan in a pub flush with money, he knows something is up and interrogates Harry.

Mar 6, 1975

After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.

Mar 13, 1975

The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.

Mar 20, 1975

After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

Mar 27, 1975

After Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.

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Selects: Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish "There were other shows not on your Nelly and the Sweeney and the titles of both of those shows come from actual Cockney rhyming slang as well." — Josh Josh mentioned this police drama whose title is based on cockney rhyming slang for flying squad.

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Cockney Rhyming Slang: Beautiful Gibberish "There were other shows not on your Nelly and the Sweeney and the titles of both of those shows come from actual Cockney rhyming slang as well." — Chuck Chuck explains that The Sweeney's title is cockney rhyming slang for the flying squad, a branch of the Metropolitan police.

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Cast

John Thaw

Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Dennis Waterman

Det. Sgt. George Carter

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