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2 January 1975 (UK) morePlot:
British police series which revolutionised the genre on UK television in the mid 1970s. Jack Regan (see... moreAwards:
2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Maureen Lipman: 'I took Lsd' (From digitalspy. 24 November 2008, 2:48 PM, PST)
Ray Winstone plunges into 'Darkness'
(From screeninglog. 12 September 2008, 8:35 AM, PDT)
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The anachronisms fall away and leave... moreCast
(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)Country:
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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. moreFAQ
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On promotional material for 70s US cop series Starsky and Hutch when it was remade, Paul Michael Glaser commented that that series worked because it was first about men, second about cops. The same applies for The Sweeney. Regan and Carter are not perfect, they are not saints, they are not superheroes. They do not solve every crime perfectly. That is why we can relate to them. We watch them and see men like ourselves.
The setting is firmly in the Seventies, with all its period detail. But as with Starsky and Hutch, we see the relationship between men engaged in battle. The dated backdrops fall away and we see the same spirit behind it - an appeal to heroism in an age when this is lacking.
The series is over 30 years old but talks to men today. Therein lies its continued appeal - and success.