The Sweeney

British police series which revolutionised the genre on UK television in the mid 1970s. Jack Regan (see also 'Regan' (1974)) played by John Thaw is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police (called 'the Sweeney' from the Cockney rhyming slang 'Sweeney Todd' = 'Flying Squad'). He pursues villains by methods which are underhand, often illegal themselves, frequently violent and more often than not successful. The series was made on film a preserves a gritty realism inherited from such films as 'Get Carter' (1971)

Direction

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Graham Baker

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Ben Bolt

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William Brayne

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Douglas Camfield

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Ted Childs

Tom Clegg

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Jim Goddard

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Terry Green

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Christopher Menaul

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Viktors Ritelis

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Sid Roberson

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Peter Smith

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Mike Vardy

David Wickes

Screenplay

Peter Brayham

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Ted Childs

Donald Churchill

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Tudor Gates

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Ranald Graham

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Martin Hall