8.2/10157 votes8.2/10(157)#1 - 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
7.8/10139 votes7.8/10(139)#2 - Hard Men
Season 4 Episode 2
Aired 9/14/1978
Regan and Carter are reluctantly teamed up with a Scottish officer.
Director: Graham Baker
Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin
7.2/10113 votes7.2/10(113)#3 - Drag Act
Season 4 Episode 3
Aired 9/21/1978
The Sweeney get incorrect information from informants, allowing a gang of villains to make off with some contraband alcohol.
Director: Tom Clegg
Writer: Ted Childs
7.5/10122 votes7.5/10(122)#4 - Trust Red
Season 4 Episode 4
Aired 9/28/1978
After a criminal dies during a robbery, Regan and Carter can find no leads.
Director: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Richard Harris
7.7/10121 votes7.7/10(121)#5 - Nightmare
Season 4 Episode 5
Aired 10/5/1978
Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.
Director: David Wickes
Writer: Ranald Graham
7.9/10127 votes7.9/10(127)#6 - 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
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8.3/10145 votes8.3/10(145)#7 - 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
7.6/10126 votes7.6/10(126)#8 - The Bigger They Are
Season 4 Episode 8
Aired 10/26/1978
Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep skeletons buried.
Director: Mike Vardy
Writer: Tony Hoare
7.4/10110 votes7.4/10(110)#9 - Feet of Clay
Season 4 Episode 9
Aired 11/2/1978
Regan is asked to help a criminal from his past, whose son has been kidnapped.
Director: Chris Burt
Writer: Roger Marshall
7.8/10126 votes7.8/10(126)#10 - One of Your Own
Season 4 Episode 10
Aired 11/9/1978
Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to solve a jewellery robbery.
Director: Christopher Menaul
Writer: Tony Hoare
6.8/10144 votes6.8/10(144)#11 - Hearts and Minds
Season 4 Episode 11
Aired 11/23/1978
Regan and Carter get caught up in a plot to prevent a foreign head of state from getting his hands on an experimental drug to treat his heart condition.
Director: Mike Vardy
Writer: Ted Childs, Donald Churchill
7.2/10116 votes7.2/10(116)#12 - Latin Lady
Season 4 Episode 12
Aired 11/30/1978
A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase.
Director: Peter Smith
Writer: Ted Childs
7.7/10114 votes7.7/10(114)#13 - Victims
Season 4 Episode 13
Aired 12/14/1978
Carter discovers that an informant was involved in the shooting of a colleague.
Director: Ben Bolt
Writer: Roger Marshall
8.4/10140 votes8.4/10(140)#14 - 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
The Best Episodes of The Sweeney Season 4
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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
Episodes
14
Avg. Rating
7.7
S1
S2
S3
S4
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8.2
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Messenger of the Gods" is the best rated episode of "The Sweeney" season 4. It scored 8.2/10 based on 157 votes. Directed by Terry Green and written by Trevor Preston, it aired on 9/7/1978. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Hard Men".
