The Sweeney

The Sweeney, London’s Flying Squad, have one simple mission in life: catch villains, and they don’t care if they have to tread on the toes of their superiors or ignore police procedures to do it.

Drama
Year 1975-1978
4 Seasons

The hard-edged Sweeney team spare no effort to pursue villains by methods that are usually underhanded, illegal, violent, and successful.

Year: 1976

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E1 • Selected Target
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Two cellmates plan a robbery together whilst in prison, but stage a dramatic fight after their release to throw Regan off the trail.
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E2 • In from the Cold
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Regan is determined to nail an old foe who shot and crippled a fellow police sergeant.
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E3 • Visiting Fireman
1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
A Turrkish policeman arrives in England to help his old friend Regan track down a gold-smuggling ring, possibly connected to a fire-bombed insurance firm.
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E4 • Tomorrow Man
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Technophobe Regan comes up against a clever computer expert criminal bent on revenge. But at the end of the day, it's Regan's old-fashioned policing that get the results.
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E5 • Taste of Fear
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Robert Hargreaves, who has an apparently distinguished military background, joins Regan's team. However, Regan has his suspicions after a raid on a gang of ex-soldiers leaves the new copper cowering.
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E6 • Bad Apple
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Regan poses as an ex-con to expose a pair of corrupt officers running a protection racket.
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E7 • May
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
An old friend asks Regan to intervene when her son is arrested for the attack and robbery of an elderly money-lender.
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E8 • Sweet Smell of Succession
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
After the death of a gang boss, his warring minions fight over his ill-gotten gains despite Regan's warnings.
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E9 • Down to You, Brother
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
At a stag party, Regan re-encounters an ex-criminal who drunkenly admits that his wealth is due to a robbery he once pulled -- a robbery for which Regan let him go free due to lack of evidence.
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E10 • Pay Off
1. 51 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
An old flame asks for Carter's help in locating her missing partner. Meanwhile, Regan and Haskins suspect the woman's boss of large scale misdemeanors.
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E11 • Loving Arms
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
Regan investigates the source of a faulty gun that killed an off-duty policeman, along with the youth he was chasing for the robbery.
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E12 • Lady Luck
1. 49 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
A middle-class housewife approaches Regan in a pub and, in exchange for sex, supplies the names of the gang who recently robbed a bookie.
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E13 • On the Run
1. 50 min
2. TV-PG
3. CC
A violent psychopath, dubbed "The Leopard" by the press, escapes from custody on a hospital visit and vows revenge on Regan, who put him away.