The Sweeney
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Seasons
1. Ringer
Air Date: 1975-01-02
After Regan’s car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney’s target.
2. Jackpot
Air Date: 1975-01-09
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.
3. Thin Ice
Air Date: 1975-01-16
Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.
4. Queen’s Pawn
Air Date: 1975-01-23
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.
5. Jigsaw
Air Date: 1975-01-30
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.
6. Night Out
Air Date: 1975-02-06
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.
7. The Placer
Air Date: 1975-02-13
Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.
8. Cover Story
Air Date: 1975-02-20
It’s unclear whether a beautiful crime reporter is involved with a criminal gang or just a catspaw.
9. Golden Boy
Air Date: 1975-02-27
When seedy informant Harry Fuller is spotted by Regan in a pub flush with money, he knows something is up and interrogates Harry.
10. Stoppo Driver
Air Date: 1975-03-06
After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.
11. Big Spender
Air Date: 1975-03-13
The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.
12. Contact Breaker
Air Date: 1975-03-20
After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.
13. Abduction
Air Date: 1975-03-27
After Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.
1. Chalk and Cheese
Air Date: 1975-09-01
Giles Nunn and Carrie Selhurst are an upper crust couple who, partly for kicks and for the profits, commit highway robbery in lonely country lanes, along with the lower class boy Tommy Garret, whose dad is a friend of George Carter. Regan is on to them and Carrie gets arrested, but her unwillingness to cooperate leads to the death of the next victim.
2. Faces
Air Date: 1975-09-08
When a gang hijack an armoured security truck, Regan, Carter and the Flying Squad set up an ambush to catch the crooks. But who's the informer ?
3. Supersnout
Air Date: 1975-09-15
An informant of Regan’s tells him about a hijack involving a lorryload of cigarettes where he will be the look-out man. But can Regan trust his snout?
4. Big Brother
Air Date: 1975-09-22
Regan loses his patience with a thug he is questioning about a wages snatch, and soon the press are sniffing round for a police brutality story.
5. Hit and Run
Air Date: 1975-09-29
A case of mistaken identity provides tragic circumstances when a hit goes wrong; Regan and Carter manage to break the hit-and-run ring, and then try to stop another accident.
6. Trap
Air Date: 1975-10-06
Regan and Carter are confronted by a newsman with information on an unsolved robbery. And why are the pair being photographed ?
7. Golden Fleece
Air Date: 1975-10-13
Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption while Regan and Carter investigate a spate of break-ins. Is there a connection ?
8. Poppy
Air Date: 1975-10-20
Violent criminal Vic Labbett returns to England to recover the proceeds of an earlier robbery, and Regan and Carter must stop him before he can get his hands on the loot.
9. Stay Lucky, Eh?
Air Date: 1975-10-27
Regan and Carter are on the case when a pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint.
10. Trojan Bus
Air Date: 1975-11-03
Regan and Carter investigate an art deal that is more than it seems, and ends up in a wasteground shoot out.
11. I Want the Man
Air Date: 1975-11-10
Regan's snout is abducted after passing on information about a switch of some stolen diamonds. Regan and Carter must catch the villains while protecting their source.
12. Country Boy
Air Date: 1975-11-17
Regan and Carter are called in when alarm bells start ringing all over their patch. Who is setting them off - and why?
13. Thou Shalt Not Kill!
Air Date: 1975-11-24
Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank, where two armed robbers are holding hostages.
1. Selected Target
Air Date: 1976-09-06
While in prison, inmates Titus Oates and Colly Kibber plan a robbery.
2. In from the Cold
Air Date: 1976-09-13
Regan and Carter go after Billy Medhurst, implicated in a robbery that resulted in a policeman being shot and crippled. But is the past clouding Regan's judgement?
3. Visiting Fireman
Air Date: 1976-09-20
Regan gets involved in a secret government deal, thanks to Shebbeq, a Turkish cop.
4. Tomorrow Man
Air Date: 1976-09-27
Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment.
5. Taste of Fear
Air Date: 1976-10-04
How will new recruit Bob Hargreaves cope with an investigation into a violent burglary?
6. Bad Apple
Air Date: 1976-10-11
Regan and Carter go undercover to assess corruption charges made against CID officers.
7. May
Air Date: 1976-10-25
Regan tries to help out the son of a friend when the lad is implicated in an assault.
8. Sweet Smell of Succession
Air Date: 1976-11-08
Regan gets involved in gangland warfare following the death of one of London’s leading villains.
9. Down to You, Brother
Air Date: 1976-11-22
Regan is fitted up by an ex-con to get his daughter's dodgy boyfriend out of the picture.
10. Pay Off
Air Date: 1976-11-29
Carter's girlfriend asks him to find a missing villain, but Regan is suspicious.
11. Loving Arms
Air Date: 1976-12-06
Regan must find the source of illegal guns that are flooding the market.
12. Lady Luck
Air Date: 1976-12-13
Regan knows the identity of a robber, but has a difficult time proving his guilt.
13. On the Run
Air Date: 1976-12-20
An armed robber is sprung from jail and comes looking for Regan.
1. Messenger of the Gods
Air Date: 1978-09-07
Regan and Carter have a suspect in mind for the theft of a consignment of mercury, but he has an alibi.
2. Hard Men
Air Date: 1978-09-14
Regan and Carter are reluctantly teamed up with a Scottish officer.
3. Drag Act
Air Date: 1978-09-21
The Sweeney get incorrect information from informants, allowing a gang of villains to make off with some contraband alcohol.
4. Trust Red
Air Date: 1978-09-28
After a criminal dies during a robbery, Regan and Carter can find no leads.
5. Nightmare
Air Date: 1978-10-05
Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.
6. Money, Money, Money
Air Date: 1978-10-12
Regan and Carter try to catch a man trying to blackmail a pools winner about the part he played in a robbery.
7. Bait
Air Date: 1978-10-19
Regan is determined to nail a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.
8. The Bigger They Are
Air Date: 1978-10-26
Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep skeletons buried.
9. Feet of Clay
Air Date: 1978-11-02
Regan is asked to help a criminal from his past, whose son has been kidnapped.
10. One of Your Own
Air Date: 1978-11-09
Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to solve a jewellery robbery.
11. Hearts and Minds
Air Date: 1978-11-23
Regan and Carter get caught up in a plot to prevent a foreign head of state from getting his hands on an experimental drug to treat his heart condition.
12. Latin Lady
Air Date: 1978-11-30
A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase.
13. Victims
Air Date: 1978-12-14
Carter discovers that an informant was involved in the shooting of a colleague.
14. Jack or Knave
Air Date: 1978-12-28
Regan finds himself in deep trouble when an allegation of corruption is made by the Police Complaints Department. A security van is robbed, and a guard identifies one of the robbers.
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Rating
7.7/10
Release Date
1975-01-02
Episodes
53 (4 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Thames Television
Euston Films