7.8/10251 votes#1 - 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
7.5/10180 votes#2 - 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
7.1/10175 votes#3 - 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
7.6/10174 votes#4 - 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
7.3/10161 votes#5 - 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
7.9/10177 votes#6 - 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 votes#7 - 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
7.0/10155 votes#8 - 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
7.5/10145 votes#9 - 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
7.8/10155 votes#10 - 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
- 7.4/10143 votes
#11 - 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
7.9/10155 votes#12 - 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
8.2/10146 votes#13 - 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
The Best Episodes of The Sweeney Season 1
Every episode of The Sweeney Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Sweeney Season 1!
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
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Ringer" is the best rated episode of "The Sweeney" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 251 votes. Directed by Terry Green and written by Trevor Preston, it aired on 1/2/1975. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Jackpot".