The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman as his partner, Detective Sergeant George Carter. The programme's title derives from "Sweeney Todd", which is Cockney rhyming slang for "Flying Squad". Its very great popularity in the UK helped bring about the production of two feature film spin-offs, Sweeney! and Sweeney 2.
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The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman as his partner, Detective Sergeant George Carter. The programme's title derives from "Sweeney Todd", which is Cockney rhyming slang for "Flying Squad". Its very great popularity in the UK helped bring about the production of two feature film spin-offs, Sweeney! and Sweeney 2.
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L'ispettore Regan (The Sweeney ...... e del protagonista Jack Regan.
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Regan (The Sweeney) est une sé ...... t le 28 décembre 1978 sur ITV.
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The Sweeney (ITV, 1975-78) was ...... ies niet langer geloofwaardig.
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The Sweeney is a 1970s British ...... repeats currently air on ITV4.
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ロンドン特捜隊スウィーニー(ろんどんとくそうたいスウィーニー ...... に放映していた。またスーパー!ドラマTVでも放映されていた。
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1978-12-28
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1975-01-02
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£266,000 per episode
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The Sweeney opening titles .
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United Kingdom
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George Taylor
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Lloyd Shirley
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1975-01-02
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English
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1978-12-28
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The Sweeney
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1975-01-02
1975-01-09
1975-01-16
1975-01-23
1975-01-30
1975-02-06
1975-02-13
1975-02-20
1975-02-27
1975-03-06
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Regan
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A beautiful journalist poses problems for Regan.
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A chance encounter in a pub puts Regan on the trail of gold bullion robbers.
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A gang boss plans to blackmail a Flying Squad driver into driving a getaway car.
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Detective Inspector Jack Regan endangers an operation, and loses his girlfriend's car.
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Large amounts of money being spent lead Regan to the Smiths—and another case.
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Regan and his team are suspected of pocketing £35,000.
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Regan gets suspicious about an invitation to spend a night out with an old friend.
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Regan goes undercover to break a ring of lorry hijackers.
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Regan tries to nail a criminal for robbery, and meets opposition from an MP.
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Regan tries to prove that a prisoner on parole has nothing to do with a bank raid.
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Abduction
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Bad Apple
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Bait
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Big Brother
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Big Spender
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Chalk and Cheese
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Contact Breaker
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Country Boy
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Down to You, Brother!
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L'ispettore Regan (The Sweeney ...... a diretto da Cip Barcellini, v
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Regan (The Sweeney) est une sé ...... t le 28 décembre 1978 sur ITV.
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The Sweeney (ITV, 1975-78) was ...... ntele eigenschappen met Regan.
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The Sweeney is a 1970s British ...... -offs, Sweeney! and Sweeney 2.
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ロンドン特捜隊スウィーニー(ろんどんとくそうたいスウィーニー ...... に放映していた。またスーパー!ドラマTVでも放映されていた。
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