The Best Episodes of The Sweeney Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.9/10(278 votes)

   #1 - Ringer

   S1:E11/2/1975

   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

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   Director:Terry Green

   Writer:Trevor Preston
2. 

   7.5/10(197 votes)

   #2 - Jackpot

   S1:E21/9/1975

   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

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   Director:Tom Clegg

   Writer:Troy Kennedy Martin
3. 

   7.1/10(192 votes)

   #3 - Thin Ice

   S1:E31/16/1975

   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

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   Director:Tom Clegg

   Writer:Troy Kennedy Martin
4. 

   7.7/10(189 votes)

   #4 - Queen’s Pawn

   S1:E41/23/1975

   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

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   Director:Viktors Ritelis

   Writer:Ranald Graham
5. 

   7.4/10(175 votes)

   #5 - Jigsaw

   S1:E51/30/1975

   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

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   Director:William Brayne

   Writer:Tudor Gates
6. 

   7.8/10(192 votes)

   #6 - Night Out

   S1:E62/6/1975

   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

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   Director:David Wickes

   Writer:Troy Kennedy Martin
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7. 

   7.8/10(174 votes)

   #7 - The Placer

   S1:E72/13/1975

   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

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   Director:Ted Childs

   Writer:Trevor Preston
8. 

   7.1/10(168 votes)

   #8 - Cover Story

   S1:E82/20/1975

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

   Director:Douglas Camfield

   Writer:Ranald Graham

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   Director:Douglas Camfield

   Writer:Ranald Graham
9. 

   7.6/10(156 votes)

   #9 - Golden Boy

   S1:E92/27/1975

   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

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   Director:Tom Clegg

   Writer:Martin Hall
10. 

    7.8/10(169 votes)

    #10 - Stoppo Driver

    S1:E103/6/1975

    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

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    Director:Terry Green

    Writer:Allan Prior
11. 

    7.4/10(156 votes)

    #11 - Big Spender

    S1:E113/13/1975

    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

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    Director:Viktors Ritelis

    Writer:Allan Prior
12. 

    7.9/10(166 votes)

    #12 - Contact Breaker

    S1:E123/20/1975

    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

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    Director:William Brayne

    Writer:Robert Banks Stewart
13. 

    8.3/10(160 votes)

    #13 - Abduction

    S1:E133/27/1975

    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

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    Director:Tom Clegg

    Writer:Trevor Preston