TV Show

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

4 seasons

53 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1975

Rating

TV Show

7.8/10

24 votes • HD

Season 1

13 episodes
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Ringer
Episode 1

Ringer

Episode 1 • Jan 02, 1975

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

7.5
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Jackpot
Episode 2

Jackpot

Episode 2 • Jan 09, 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.

7.0
0m
Thin Ice
Episode 3

Thin Ice

Episode 3 • Jan 16, 1975

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

7.0
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Queen’s Pawn
Episode 4

Queen’s Pawn

Episode 4 • 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.

7.0
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Jigsaw
Episode 5

Jigsaw

Episode 5 • 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.

7.0
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Night Out
Episode 6

Night Out

Episode 6 • Feb 06, 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.

5.0
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Season 2

13 episodes
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Chalk and Cheese
Episode 1

Chalk and Cheese

Episode 1 • Sep 01, 1975

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.

7.0
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Faces
Episode 2

Faces

Episode 2 • Sep 08, 1975

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 ?

7.0
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Supersnout
Episode 3

Supersnout

Episode 3 • Sep 15, 1975

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?

3.0
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Big Brother
Episode 4

Big Brother

Episode 4 • Sep 22, 1975

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.

7.0
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Hit and Run
Episode 5

Hit and Run

Episode 5 • Sep 29, 1975

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.

7.0
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Trap
Episode 6

Trap

Episode 6 • Oct 06, 1975

Regan and Carter are confronted by a newsman with information on an unsolved robbery. And why are the pair being photographed ?

2.0
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Season 3

13 episodes
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Selected Target
Episode 1

Selected Target

Episode 1 • Sep 06, 1976

While in prison, inmates Titus Oates and Colly Kibber plan a robbery.

8.0
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In from the Cold
Episode 2

In from the Cold

Episode 2 • Sep 13, 1976

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?

0.0
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Visiting Fireman
Episode 3

Visiting Fireman

Episode 3 • Sep 20, 1976

Regan gets involved in a secret government deal, thanks to Shebbeq, a Turkish cop.

7.0
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Tomorrow Man
Episode 4

Tomorrow Man

Episode 4 • Sep 27, 1976

Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment.

9.0
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Taste of Fear
Episode 5

Taste of Fear

Episode 5 • Oct 04, 1976

How will new recruit Bob Hargreaves cope with an investigation into a violent burglary?

7.0
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Bad Apple
Episode 6

Bad Apple

Episode 6 • Oct 11, 1976

Regan and Carter go undercover to assess corruption charges made against CID officers.

0.0
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Season 4

14 episodes
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Messenger of the Gods
Episode 1

Messenger of the Gods

Episode 1 • Sep 07, 1978

Regan and Carter have a suspect in mind for the theft of a consignment of mercury, but he has an alibi.

7.0
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Hard Men
Episode 2

Hard Men

Episode 2 • Sep 14, 1978

Regan and Carter are reluctantly teamed up with a Scottish officer.

9.0
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Drag Act
Episode 3

Drag Act

Episode 3 • Sep 21, 1978

The Sweeney get incorrect information from informants, allowing a gang of villains to make off with some contraband alcohol.

7.0
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Trust Red
Episode 4

Trust Red

Episode 4 • Sep 28, 1978

After a criminal dies during a robbery, Regan and Carter can find no leads.

9.0
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Nightmare
Episode 5

Nightmare

Episode 5 • Oct 05, 1978

Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.

6.0
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Money, Money, Money
Episode 6

Money, Money, Money

Episode 6 • Oct 12, 1978

Regan and Carter try to catch a man trying to blackmail a pools winner about the part he played in a robbery.

8.0
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