The Sweeney (1975)
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Dennis Waterman as Det. Sgt. George Carter
Episodes 53
Queen’s Pawn
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.
Read MoreThe Placer
Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.
Read MoreCover Story
It’s unclear whether a beautiful crime reporter is involved with a criminal gang or just a catspaw.
Read MoreGolden Boy
When seedy informant Harry Fuller is spotted by Regan in a pub flush with money, he knows something is up and interrogates Harry.
Read MoreStoppo Driver
After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.
Read MoreBig Spender
The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.
Read MoreContact Breaker
After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.
Read MoreChalk and Cheese
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.
Read MoreSupersnout
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?
Read MoreBig Brother
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.
Read MoreHit and Run
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.
Read MoreGolden Fleece
Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption while Regan and Carter investigate a spate of break-ins. Is there a connection ?
Read MoreStay Lucky, Eh?
Regan and Carter are on the case when a pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint.
Read MoreTrojan Bus
Regan and Carter investigate an art deal that is more than it seems, and ends up in a wasteground shoot out.
Read MoreI Want the Man
Regan's 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.
Read MoreCountry Boy
Regan and Carter are called in when alarm bells start ringing all over their patch. Who is setting them off - and why?
Read MoreThou Shalt Not Kill!
Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank, where two armed robbers are holding hostages.
Read MoreSelected Target
While in prison, inmates Titus Oates and Colly Kibber plan a robbery.
Read MoreIn 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?
Read MoreVisiting Fireman
Regan gets involved in a secret government deal, thanks to Shebbeq, a Turkish cop.
Read MoreTomorrow Man
Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment.
Read MoreTaste of Fear
How will new recruit Bob Hargreaves cope with an investigation into a violent burglary?
Read MoreSweet Smell of Succession
Regan gets involved in gangland warfare following the death of one of London’s leading villains.
Read MoreDown to You, Brother
Regan is fitted up by an ex-con to get his daughter's dodgy boyfriend out of the picture.
Read MoreLoving Arms
Regan must find the source of illegal guns that are flooding the market.
Read MoreOn the Run
An armed robber is sprung from jail and comes looking for Regan.
Read MoreMessenger of the Gods
Regan and Carter have a suspect in mind for the theft of a consignment of mercury, but he has an alibi.
Read MoreMoney, Money, Money
Regan and Carter try to catch a man trying to blackmail a pools winner about the part he played in a robbery.
Read MoreThe Bigger They Are
Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep skeletons buried.
Read MoreFeet of Clay
Regan is asked to help a criminal from his past, whose son has been kidnapped.
Read MoreOne of Your Own
Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to solve a jewellery robbery.
Read MoreHearts and Minds
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.
Read MoreLatin Lady
A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase.
Read MoreJack or Knave
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.
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