The Sweeney

John Thaw & Dennis Waterman are the detective duo on a mission 

Drama

DIs Jack Regan & George Carter have a simple mission, to catch villains - and they don't care if they have to tread on their superiors' toes or ignore police procedure to do it.

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The first episode of the hard-hitting '70s series set in the world of the Flying Squad.

Ringer

The first episode of the hard-hitting 1970s cop series set in the violent world of the Flying Squad. Detective Inspector Jack Regan tracks three crooks who are planning a robbery.

Hard-hitting '70s cop series. A tip-off allows Regan to move in on a security van heist.

Jackpot

A tip-off allows Regan to move in on a security van heist, but although all the villains are arrested, one of the bags of money seems to have disappeared. 

Regan lures a crook back into the country using the villain's favourite dog as bait.

Thin Ice

Regan lures prize crook Bishop back into the country using the villain's favourite dog as bait.

'70s police drama series. Regan leans on a trio of big-time crooks to get a grass.

Queen's Pawn

Jack Regan leans on a trio of big-time crooks in an effort to get one of them to grass on the others.

'70s police drama series. Regan knows that Eddie Boys is involved in a factory robbery.

Jigsaw

'70s police drama series. Regan knows that Eddie Boys is involved in a factory robbery, but he seems to have a cast-iron alibi when Regan is then accused of police harassment.

Action-packed police drama series. The Flying Squad try to locate a gang of robbers.

Night Out

While the squad try to monitor the movements of a gang of bank robbers, Regan reluctantly agrees to spend the night with an ex-girlfriend who lives in a nearby pub.

Classic '70s police drama series. Regan goes undercover to trap a gang of hijackers.

The Placer

Regan goes undercover as a lorry driver to trap a gang of ruthless hijackers.

Classic '70s police drama series. Regan becomes involved with a crime journalist.

Cover Story

Classic '70s police drama series. Regan becomes romantically involved with a crime journalist whose innocence comes into question when she is implicated in lawbreaking.

Regan uncovers a plot to ship out gold bullion to the Middle East, disguised as weights.

Golden Boy

Regan uncovers a plot to ship out gold bullion to the Middle East, disguised as weights for an international weight-lifting competition.

Action-packed police drama series. A gang of villains use a wife of a driver as leverage.

Stoppo Driver

Regan discovers that a gang of villains have forced his driver to man their getaway car, by kidnapping his new wife.

Regan and Carter are on a surveillance job to uncover a lucrative car parking fraud.

Big Spender

Regan and Carter are on a routine surveillance job watching a notorious gang of hijackers, when they uncover a lucrative car parking fraud.

Cult '70s police drama series. Regan is unsure about a bank robbery being an inside job.

Contact Breaker

Cult '70s police drama series. An antique shop is used as a point of access for a bank robbery and it looks like an inside job, but Regan thinks otherwise and tries to prove that a convict on parole was framed.

Regan's daughter has been kidnapped, and it's up to him to get her back.

Abduction

When Regan's ex-wife goes to pick up their daughter from school, she discovers that the girl has been kidnapped, and it's up to Regan to get her back.

Action-packed police series. A rich couple are robbed while driving down a country lane.

Chalk and Cheese

Action-packed police series. When a wealthy couple are robbed of their possessions while driving down a country lane, Carter gets to meet up with an old friend but not in the circumstances he would have wished.

Police series. A gang hijack an armoured security truck and steal the money inside it.

Faces

When a gang hijack an armoured security truck, Regan, Carter and the Flying Squad set up an ambush to catch the crooks. But who's the informer?

Classic police series. An informant of Regan's tells him about a cigarette lorry hijack.

Supersnout

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?

Regan loses his patience with a thug he is questioning about a wages snatch.

Big Brother

Classic police drama. When Regan loses his patience with a thug he is questioning about a wages snatch, the press are soon sniffing round for a police brutality story and the suspect's gangster brother puts out a contract on Regan.

Action-packed police drama series. Carter's wife is killed by a hired assassin by mistake.

Hit and Run

George Carter's wife Alison is mistaken for a fellow teacher with dubious connections, and is killed by a hired assassin.

Classic '70s police drama series. A newsman has information on an unsolved robbery.

Trap

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

Something surprising emerges when Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption.

Golden Fleece

A surprising connection emerges when Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption, while Regan and Carter are investigating a spate of break-ins. Can they find out in time?

Tough '70s police drama series. Regan and Carter must stop a violent criminal's plans.

Poppy

Tough '70s police drama series. When violent criminal Vic Labbett returns to England to recover the proceeds of an earlier robbery, Regan and Carter must stop him before he can get his hands on the loot and return to the safety of exile abroad.

Classic '70s police drama series. A pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint.

Stay Lucky, Eh?

Regan and Carter are on the case when a pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint. Can the Flying Squad catch the gunmen?

Regan and Carter investigate an art deal that goes badly wrong.

The Trojan Bus

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

Regan's informer is abducted after passing on information about stolen diamonds.

I Want the Man!

Regan's informer is abducted after passing on information about some stolen diamonds. Regan and Carter must catch the villains while protecting their source.

Classic '70s police drama series. Alarm bells start ringing in Regan and Carter's patch.

Country Boy

Regan and Carter are called in when alarm bells start ringing all over their patch. Who is setting them off - and why?

Classic '70s police series. Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank.

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Classic '70s police series. Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank where two armed robbers are holding hostages.

DI Regan and his team search for a house where a family is being held hostage.

Selected Target

DI Regan and his team search for a house where a family is being held hostage, and the father is being forced to help a multi-million dollar fraud.

Regan and Carter go after Billy Medhurst, who is implicated in a policeman's death.

In from the Cold

Regan and Carter go after Billy Medhurst, implicated in a robbery that resulted in a policeman being shot and crippled. But is the past clouding Regan's judgement?

Regan gets involved in a secret government deal, thanks to Shebbeq, a Turkish cop.

Visiting Fireman

Regan gets involved in a top-secret government transporting deal, thanks to Shebbeq, a Turkish police officer, but there seems to be more to it.

Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment.

Tomorrow Man

Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment that is under threat from the plans of a revengeful computer expert.

How will new recruit Bob Hargreaves cope with an investigation into a violent burglary?

Taste of Fear

New recruit Bob Hargreaves joins the Sweeney in time to investigate a violent burglary by a group of ex-soldiers, but Regan has doubts about whether the newcomer can cope.

Regan and Carter go undercover to assess corruption charges made against CID officers.

Bad Apple

When a convicted criminal grasses up a group of CID officers involved in bribery, Regan and Carter go undercover to investigate the corruption charges made against them.

Regan tries to help out the son of a friend when the lad is implicated in an assault.

Regan tries to help out the son of an old friend when the lad is implicated in a brutal assault on a money lender, but is the boy innocent?

Following the death of one of London's villains, Regan gets involved in gangland warfare.

Sweet Smell of Succession

Following the death of one of London's leading villains, Regan gets involved in gangland warfare, and there's a dispute over a family inheritance.

Cult '70s police drama. Regan is fitted up by an ex-con trying to rescue his daughter.

Down to You, Brother!

Regan is fitted up by an ex-con in an effort to get his daughter's criminal boyfriend out of the picture. Does it work?

Carter's girlfriend asks him to find a missing villain, but Regan is suspicious.

Pay off

Carter's girlfriend asks him to find a missing villain, but Regan is suspicious. The plot thickens when the crook is found dead.

Regan must find the source of illegal guns that are flooding the market.

Loving Arms

When an off-duty policeman is killed with an illegal gun, Regan must find the source of these weapons that are flooding the market before further life is lost.

Regan is sure he knows the identity of a robber, but has a difficult time proving it.

Lady Luck

After being supplied with a list of names, Regan is sure he knows the identity of a robber, but he has a difficult time proving it.

Classic crime drama. A convicted armed robber escapes prison and goes gunning for Regan.

On the Run

A convicted armed robber escapes from jail and goes gunning for Regan. Can he and Carter trap him in time?

Classic 1970s police series. Regan and Carter suspect Lukey Rix in a case of robbery.

Messenger of the Gods

Classic 1970s police series. Regan and Carter believe Lukey Rix to be a suspect when a consignment of mercury is stolen, but Lukey has an alibi.

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

Hard Men

Regan and Carter are reluctantly teamed up with a Scottish officer to help them arrest a group of Scottish kidnappers in London - but has the new guy told them everything he knows?

A group of villains succeed in making off with contraband alcohol. Will they get caught?

Drag Act

Because of incorrect information from informants, a group of villains succeed in making off with contraband alcohol. Can Regan and Carter catch them?

Classic '70s police drama series. Regan narrowly escapes serious injury during a pursuit.

Trust Red

The years seem to be catching up with Regan when he narrowly escapes serious injury during a pursuit, and then struggles to find any leads.

Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.

Nightmare

Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident. Could it come true, and is Regan in danger?

Classic 1970s police drama series. Regan and Carter try to catch a blackmailer.

Money, Money, Money

Eddie Monk wins the pools but then receives blackmail threats about the part he played in a robbery.

Tough 1970s police drama series. Regan is set on nailing a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.

Bait

Regan is determined to nail a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde, a couple who have already made fools of the police.

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

The Bigger They Are

When a business tycoon is blackmailed, Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep their skeletons in the cupboard.

Regan is contacted by a criminal from his past whose son has been kidnapped.

Feet of Clay

Regan is contacted by a criminal from his past whose son has been kidnapped. Should his parents give in to the kidnapper's demands?

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

One of Your Own

Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to find the proceeds of a jewellery robbery.

Regan and Carter become involved in a plot to foil a foreign head of state's plans.

Hearts and Minds

Regan and Carter become involved in a plot to prevent a foreign head of state from gaining access to a prototype pill that could combat his ill health.

Tough 1970s police drama series. A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains.

Latin Lady

Tough 1970s police drama series. A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase but is puzzlingly uncooperative towards the police afterwards.

Police drama. Carter discovers that an informant was involved in a colleague's shooting.

Victims

Carter discovers that an informant was involved in the shooting of a colleague, while Regan finds himself distracted from the pursuit of an armed criminal.

Regan behaves with his usual disregard for authority, but then gets into deep trouble.

Jack or Knave?

 Regan behaves with his usual disregard for authority, but he finds himself in deep trouble when an old allegation of corruption rears its ugly head.

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

Series 1

1. Ringer

1. Ringer

2. Jackpot

2. Jackpot

3. Thin Ice

3. Thin Ice

4. Queen's Pawn

4. Queen's Pawn

5. Jigsaw

5. Jigsaw

6. Night Out

6. Night Out

7. The Placer

7. The Placer

8. Cover Story

8. Cover Story

9. Golden Boy

9. Golden Boy

10. Stoppo Driver

10. Stoppo Driver

11. Big Spender

11. Big Spender

12. Contact Breaker

12. Contact Breaker

13. Abduction

13. Abduction