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2 January 1975 (UK)
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British police series which revolutionised the genre on UK television in the mid 1970s. Jack Regan (see...
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2 nominations
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Maureen Lipman: 'I took Lsd'
(From digitalspy. 24 November 2008, 2:48 PM, PST)
Ray Winstone plunges into 'Darkness'
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(From digitalspy. 24 November 2008, 2:48 PM, PST)
Ray Winstone plunges into 'Darkness'
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(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 36) | John Thaw | ... | Det. Insp. Jack Regan (53 episodes, 1975-1978) |
| Dennis Waterman | ... | Det. Sgt. George Carter (53 episodes, 1975-1978) |
| Tony Allen | ... | Bill the Driver (39 episodes, 1975-1978) |
| Garfield Morgan | ... | Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins (37 episodes, 1975-1978) |
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60 min (53 episodes)
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The name "The Sweeney" is Cockney rhyming slang for "Flying Squad": "Sweeney" is short for "Sweeney Todd" which rhymes with "Flying Squad." The Flying Squad is a division of the Metropolitan Police (which polices London) that deals with serious organized crime such as bank robberies and armed sieges.
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When it first hit the screens in the mid 70s, "The Sweeney" was the first in a line of gritty, violent British cop shows which also included such series as "The Professionals" and "Dempsey and Makepeace". "The Sweeney" was a radical departure from the comparative coziness and tranquility of long-established shows like "Z Cars" and "Dixon of Dock Green" and portrayed a London full of violent villains brandishing sawn-off shotguns, pick axe handles, sideburns and flared trousers being pursued and often violently brought to justice by John Thaw's no-nonsense Detective Inspector Jack Regan and his sidekick Detective Sergeant George Carter, played by Dennis Waterman. Punch-ups, gunfights and car wrecks abounded, Thaw and Waterman frequently getting blood and grime on their enormous, tasteless ties and winged shirt collars as they strove to uphold law and order on the funky streets of Seventies London. Sometimes they'd introduce themselves to their quarry with lines like "we're The Sweeney, son - and we haven't had our dinner yet" before piling in, fists flying, to make the arrest. Violent, politically incorrect and still great entertainment, even after all these years.