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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
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Season 1

  • Ringer
    7.8/10251 votes
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    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

  • Jackpot
    7.5/10180 votes
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    Jackpot

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1975

    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.

    Director: Tom Clegg

    Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

  • Thin Ice
    7.1/10175 votes
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    Thin Ice

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1975

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

    Director: Tom Clegg

    Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

  • Queen’s Pawn
    7.6/10174 votes
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    Queen’s Pawn

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1975

    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.

    Director: Viktors Ritelis

    Writer: Ranald Graham

  • Jigsaw
    7.3/10161 votes
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    Jigsaw

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/1975

    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.

    Director: William Brayne

    Writer: Tudor Gates

  • Night Out
    7.9/10177 votes
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    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

  • The Placer
    7.9/10160 votes
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    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

  • Cover Story
    7.0/10155 votes
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    Cover Story

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/1975

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

    Director: Douglas Camfield

    Writer: Ranald Graham

  • Golden Boy
    7.5/10145 votes
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    Golden Boy

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/1975

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

    Director: Tom Clegg

    Writer: Martin Hall

  • Stoppo Driver
    7.8/10155 votes
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    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

  • Big Spender
    7.4/10143 votes
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    Big Spender

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/1975

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

    Director: Viktors Ritelis

    Writer: Allan Prior

  • Contact Breaker
    7.9/10154 votes
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    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

  • Abduction
    8.2/10146 votes
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    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