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The Sweeney

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1975-1978
4 Seasons
Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
TV-PG

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Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police (called "the Sweeney" from the Cockney rhyming slang "Sweeney Todd" = "Flying Squad"). They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and--more often than not--successful.

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John Thaw

Regan

Dennis Waterman

Carter

Garfield Morgan

Haskins

Season 4 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Messenger of the Gods

51 mins

A hung-over Regan pulls local Lothario Lukey Sparrow for his part in the theft of thirty thousand pounds worth of mercury. The boy has an alibi - he was in bed with a married woman, but wants it kept quiet, as he is getting wed next day, to Linda, daughter of the fearsome Lily Rix. Regan proves Lukey's part in the crime but needs to reach him before some very dangerous heavies do. Either way the wedding seems unlikely to go ahead, subjecting Regan to the full wrath of Mrs. Rix.

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