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The Sweeney is the Flying Squad. It is a name derived from Cockney rhyming slang (Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad), used by police and underworld alike to refer to this highly mobile force of top London crime-busters. The Sweeney depicts the violent clashes between the Flying Squad and the deadly world of organized crime.
DI Jack Regan (John Thaw) is the total professional, a 24-hours-a-day cop whose commitment to his job has already led to the break-up of his marriage. Regan's partner, DS George Carter (Dennis Waterman), is a sharp, South London Cockney. Together, Regan and Carter lead a unit of skilled detectives who infiltrate and bust up London's criminal underworld.
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Cast
Peter Brayham
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
Jack McKenzie
UK
Best series:
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Blakes 7 (1978) (series)
Ronnie Letham
UK
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Ultraviolet (1998) (series)
Taggart (1983) (series)
Lea Brodie
Best series:
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Billy James
Best series:
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Simon & Simon (1981) (series)
John Flanagan
UK
Best series:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Whitechapel (2009) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Ben Howard
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Blakes 7 (1978) (series)
Grahame Mallard
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Christopher Beeny
UK
Best series:
Sense and Sensibility (2008) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Emmerdale Farm (1972) (series)
Diana Rowan
Best series:
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Xena (1995) (series)
Merdelle Jordine
Jamaica
Best series:
The Sweeney (1975) (series)