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The Best Episodes of The Sweeney

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The Best Episodes of The Sweeney

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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  1. Background image for Poppy
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Poppy

    S2:E8

    Violent criminal Vic Labbett returns to England to recover the proceeds of an earlier robbery, and Regan and Carter must stop him before he can get his hands on the loot.

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    Director:Tom Clegg
  2. Background image for Stay Lucky, Eh?
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Stay Lucky, Eh?

    S2:E9

    Regan and Carter are on the case when a pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint.

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  3. Background image for Hard Men
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Hard Men

    S4:E2

    Regan and Carter are reluctantly teamed up with a Scottish officer.

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  4. Background image for Trust Red
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Trust Red

    S4:E4

    After a criminal dies during a robbery, Regan and Carter can find no leads.

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  5. Background image for Abduction
    8.2/10(157 votes)

    #5 - Abduction

    S1:E13

    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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    Director:Tom Clegg
  6. Background image for Taste of Fear
    8.2/10(150 votes)

    #6 - Taste of Fear

    S3:E5

    How will new recruit Bob Hargreaves cope with an investigation into a violent burglary?

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  8. Background image for Trojan Bus
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Trojan Bus

    S2:E10

    Regan and Carter investigate an art deal that is more than it seems, and ends up in a wasteground shoot out.

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    Director:Ted Childs
  9. Background image for On the Run
    8.0/10(139 votes)

    #8 - On the Run

    S3:E13

    An armed robber is sprung from jail and comes looking for Regan.

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  10. Background image for Money, Money, Money
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Money, Money, Money

    S4:E6

    Regan and Carter try to catch a man trying to blackmail a pools winner about the part he played in a robbery.

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  11. Background image for Bait
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Bait

    S4:E7

    Regan is determined to nail a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.

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  12. Background image for Night Out
    7.9/10(188 votes)

    #11 - Night Out

    S1:E6

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Placer
    7.9/10(170 votes)

    #12 - The Placer

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Ted Childs
  14. Background image for Contact Breaker
    7.9/10(164 votes)

    #13 - Contact Breaker

    S1:E12

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

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  15. Background image for Tomorrow Man
    7.9/10(153 votes)

    #14 - Tomorrow Man

    S3:E4

    Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment.

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  16. Background image for Ringer
    7.8/10(270 votes)

    #15 - Ringer

    S1:E1

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

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  17. Background image for Stoppo Driver
    7.8/10(166 votes)

    #16 - Stoppo Driver

    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Terry Green
  18. Background image for In from the Cold
    7.8/10(137 votes)

    #17 - In from the Cold

    S3:E2

    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?

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    Director:Terry Green
    Writer:Tony Hoare
  19. Background image for Bad Apple
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    #18 - Bad Apple

    S3:E6

    Regan and Carter go undercover to assess corruption charges made against CID officers.

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  20. Background image for Sweet Smell of Succession
    7.8/10(140 votes)

    #19 - Sweet Smell of Succession

    S3:E8

    Regan gets involved in gangland warfare following the death of one of London’s leading villains.

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    Writer:Peter Hill
  21. Background image for Pay Off
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    #20 - Pay Off

    S3:E10

    Carter's girlfriend asks him to find a missing villain, but Regan is suspicious.

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  22. Background image for Loving Arms
    7.8/10(133 votes)

    #21 - Loving Arms

    S3:E11

    Regan must find the source of illegal guns that are flooding the market.

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    Director:Tom Clegg
  23. Background image for Queen’s Pawn
    7.7/10(184 votes)

    #22 - Queen’s Pawn

    S1:E4

    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.

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  24. Background image for Down to You, Brother
    7.7/10(127 votes)

    #23 - Down to You, Brother

    S3:E9

    Regan is fitted up by an ex-con to get his daughter's dodgy boyfriend out of the picture.

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  25. Background image for Selected Target
    7.6/10(144 votes)

    #24 - Selected Target

    S3:E1

    While in prison, inmates Titus Oates and Colly Kibber plan a robbery.

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  26. Background image for Lady Luck
    7.6/10(126 votes)

    #25 - Lady Luck

    S3:E12

    Regan knows the identity of a robber, but has a difficult time proving his guilt.

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    Director:Mike Vardy

Best Episodes Summary

"Poppy" is the best rated episode of "The Sweeney". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Tom Clegg and written by Trevor Preston, it aired on 10/20/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Stay Lucky, Eh?".