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The Sweeney

Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of Londons Metropolitan Police. They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.

10 Votes (8.1)

1975 HD TV-PG United Kingdom English Ended
Action Crime

Credits:

Ian Kennedy Martin

director

John Thaw

Det. Insp. Jack Regan

Dennis Waterman

Det. Sgt. George Carter

S1E1 - Ringer 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.

S1E2 - Jackpot 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.

S1E3 - Thin Ice 1975-01-16

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

S1E4 - Queen’s Pawn 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.

S1E5 - Jigsaw 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.

S1E6 - Night Out 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.

S1E7 - The Placer 1975-02-13

Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.

S1E8 - Cover Story 1975-02-20

It’s unclear whether a beautiful crime reporter is involved with a criminal gang or just a catspaw.

S1E9 - Golden Boy 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.

S1E10 - Stoppo Driver 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.

S1E11 - Big Spender 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.

S1E12 - Contact Breaker 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.

S1E13 - Abduction 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.

S2E1 - Chalk and Cheese 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.

S2E2 - Faces 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 whos the informer ?

S2E3 - Supersnout 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?

S2E4 - Big Brother 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.

S2E5 - Hit and Run 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.

S2E6 - Trap 1975-10-06

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

S2E7 - Golden Fleece 1975-10-13

Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption while Regan and Carter investigate a spate of break-ins. Is there a connection ?

S2E8 - Poppy 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.

S2E9 - Stay Lucky, Eh? 1975-10-27

Regan and Carter are on the case when a pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint.

S2E10 - Trojan Bus 1975-11-03

Regan and Carter investigate an art deal that is more than it seems, and ends up in a wasteground shoot out.

S2E11 - I Want the Man 1975-11-10

Regans 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.

S2E12 - Country Boy 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?

S2E13 - Thou Shalt Not Kill! 1975-11-24

Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank, where two armed robbers are holding hostages.

S4E1 - Messenger of the Gods 1978-09-07

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

S4E2 - Hard Men 1978-09-14

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

S4E3 - Drag Act 1978-09-21

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

S4E4 - Trust Red 1978-09-28

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

S4E5 - Nightmare 1978-10-05

Regans girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.

S4E6 - Money, Money, Money 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.

S4E7 - Bait 1978-10-19

Regan is determined to nail a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.

S4E8 - The Bigger They Are 1978-10-26

Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep skeletons buried.

S4E9 - Feet of Clay 1978-11-02

Regan is asked to help a criminal from his past, whose son has been kidnapped.

S4E10 - One of Your Own 1978-11-09

Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to solve a jewellery robbery.

S4E11 - Hearts and Minds 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.

S4E12 - Latin Lady 1978-11-30

A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase.

S4E13 - Victims 1978-12-14

Carter discovers that an informant was involved in the shooting of a colleague.

S4E14 - Jack or Knave 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.