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In 1977, the BBC responded to the success of The Sweeney on ITV and commissioned its own hard-hitting police series, Target. It was heavily criticised for the levels of violence and the BBC cancelled it after two series.
The Sweeney: Created by Ian Kennedy Martin. With John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, John Alkin. Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police.
- (2.7K)
- 1975-01-02
- Action, Crime, Drama
- 51
A security guard is murdered during a payroll snatch. The local police force under Chief Superintendent Canning have no luck in catching the robbers and Canning is reluctant to work with Regan when the Sweeney are called in, frequently clashing with him.
53 x 50 minute episodes. 2 x 90 minute movies. “Get yer trousers on – you’re nicked!”. The Sweeney was the top-rated British police series of the 1970s, bringing a new level of toughness and action to the genre, and displaying police officers bending the rules to beat crime.
Jan 2, 2010 · Filming locations for The Sweeney including locations in Hammersmith and Hammersmith Road. View location maps, descriptions and location images.
May 10, 2022 · If Life on Mars made the point that Sweeney-style attitudes were outdated by the mid-2000s, The Sweeney is shockingly, unashamedly un-PC by 2022 standards. Jack Regan would likely have one ...
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The Sweeney. Hard-bitten Flying Squad officer Jack Regan (John Thaw) gets embroiled in a deadly political plot when an old friend asks him to investigate the death of his girlfriend.
