8.4/10139 votesLoading...#1 - Jack or Knave
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/28/1978
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.
Director: Tom Clegg
Writer: Ted Childs
8.3/10141 votesLoading...#2 - Bait
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1978
Regan is determined to nail a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde.
Director: Sid Roberson
Writer: Trevor Preston
8.2/10146 votesLoading...#3 - Abduction
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/1975
After Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.
Director: Tom Clegg
Writer: Trevor Preston
8.2/10145 votesLoading...#4 - Poppy
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1975
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.
Director: Tom Clegg
Writer: Trevor Preston
8.2/10153 votesLoading...#5 - Messenger of the Gods
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1978
Regan and Carter have a suspect in mind for the theft of a consignment of mercury, but he has an alibi.
Director: Terry Green
Writer: Trevor Preston
8.1/10157 votesLoading...#6 - Chalk and Cheese
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1975
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.
Director: Terry Green
Writer: Trevor Preston
8.1/10154 votesLoading...#7 - Hit and Run
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1975
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.
Director: Mike Vardy
Writer: Roger Marshall
8.1/10138 votesLoading...#8 - Stay Lucky, Eh?
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/1975
Regan and Carter are on the case when a pair of robbers are themselves robbed at gunpoint.
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Trevor Preston
8.1/10140 votesLoading...#9 - Taste of Fear
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1976
How will new recruit Bob Hargreaves cope with an investigation into a violent burglary?
Director: David Wickes
Writer: Roger Marshall
8.0/10146 votesLoading...#10 - Golden Fleece
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1975
Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption while Regan and Carter investigate a spate of break-ins. Is there a connection ?
Director: David Wickes
Writer: Roger Marshall
8.0/10128 votesLoading...#11 - Country Boy
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1975
Regan and Carter are called in when alarm bells start ringing all over their patch. Who is setting them off - and why?
Director: Jim Goddard
Writer: Andrew Wilson
8.0/10146 votesLoading...#12 - Thou Shalt Not Kill!
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/1975
Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank, where two armed robbers are holding hostages.
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Ranald Graham
8.0/10128 votesLoading...#13 - On the Run
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/20/1976
An armed robber is sprung from jail and comes looking for Regan.
Director: David Wickes
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.9/10177 votesLoading...#14 - Night Out
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1975
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.
Director: David Wickes
Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin
7.9/10160 votesLoading...#15 - The Placer
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1975
Regan adopts a new identity as an ex-con and goes undercover as a truck driver to expose a hijacking ring.
Director: Ted Childs
Writer: Trevor Preston
7.9/10155 votesLoading...#16 - Contact Breaker
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/1975
After Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.
Director: William Brayne
Writer: Robert Banks Stewart
7.9/10148 votesLoading...#17 - Trojan Bus
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/1975
Regan and Carter investigate an art deal that is more than it seems, and ends up in a wasteground shoot out.
Director: Ted Childs
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.9/10144 votesLoading...#18 - Tomorrow Man
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1976
Regan is assigned to ensure the safe shipment of a gold bullion consignment.
Director: David Wickes
Writer: Andrew Wilson
7.9/10125 votesLoading...#19 - Money, Money, Money
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1978
Regan and Carter try to catch a man trying to blackmail a pools winner about the part he played in a robbery.
Director: Sid Roberson
Writer: Trevor Preston
7.8/10251 votesLoading...#20 - Ringer
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1975
After Regan’s car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney’s target.
Director: Terry Green
Writer: Trevor Preston
7.8/10155 votesLoading...#21 - Stoppo Driver
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/1975
After their own getaway driver is killed fleeing police, a gang blackmails a young policeman into being their driver by kidnapping his bride.
Director: Terry Green
Writer: Allan Prior
7.8/10130 votesLoading...#22 - Faces
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1975
When a gang hijack an armoured security truck, Regan, Carter and the Flying Squad set up an ambush to catch the crooks. But who's the informer ?
Director: William Brayne
Writer: Murray Smith
7.8/10131 votesLoading...#23 - In from the Cold
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1976
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?
Director: Terry Green
Writer: Tony Hoare
7.8/10119 votesLoading...#24 - Bad Apple
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1976
Regan and Carter go undercover to assess corruption charges made against CID officers.
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.8/10131 votesLoading...#25 - Sweet Smell of Succession
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1976
Regan gets involved in gangland warfare following the death of one of London’s leading villains.
Director: William Brayne
Writer: Peter Hill
The Best Episodes of The Sweeney
Every episode of The Sweeney ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into 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.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaCrime
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"Jack or Knave" is the best rated episode of "The Sweeney". It scored 8.4/10 based on 139 votes. Directed by Tom Clegg and written by Ted Childs, it aired on 12/28/1978. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bait".