The Sweeney (Season 1)

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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    Ringer (Episode 1) 7.0

    Writer: Trevor Preston

    Air date: 1975-01-02

    Overview: After Regan’s car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney’s target.

  • Poster for Jackpot

    Jackpot (Episode 2) 7.0

    Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

    Air date: 1975-01-09

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Thin Ice

    Thin Ice (Episode 3) 7.0

    Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

    Air date: 1975-01-16

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

  • Poster for Queen’s Pawn

    Queen’s Pawn (Episode 4) 7.0

    Writer: Ranald Graham

    Air date: 1975-01-23

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Jigsaw

    Jigsaw (Episode 5) 7.0

    Writer: Tudor Gates

    Air date: 1975-01-30

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Night Out

    Night Out (Episode 6) 5.0

    Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

    Air date: 1975-02-06

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for The Placer

    The Placer (Episode 7) 5.3

    Writer: Trevor Preston

    Air date: 1975-02-13

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

  • Poster for Cover Story

    Cover Story (Episode 8) 7.5

    Writer: Ranald Graham

    Air date: 1975-02-20

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

  • Poster for Golden Boy

    Golden Boy (Episode 9)

    Writer: Martin Hall

    Air date: 1975-02-27

    Overview: When seedy informant Harry Fuller is spotted by Regan in a pub flush with money, he knows something is up and interrogates Harry.

  • Poster for Stoppo Driver

    Stoppo Driver (Episode 10)

    Writer: Allan Prior

    Air date: 1975-03-06

    Overview: After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.

  • Poster for Big Spender

    Big Spender (Episode 11)

    Writer: Allan Prior

    Air date: 1975-03-13

    Overview: The Smith Brothers, a vicious group of mobsters, abandon their usual strong-arm tactics to run a parking ticket scam at a car park.

  • Poster for Contact Breaker

    Contact Breaker (Episode 12)

    Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

    Air date: 1975-03-20

    Overview: After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.

  • Poster for Abduction

    Abduction (Episode 13)

    Writer: Trevor Preston

    Air date: 1975-03-27

    Overview: After Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.

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