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The Worst Episodes of The Sweeney

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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Sweeney Season 1 Episode 9 - Golden Boy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Golden Boy

    S1:E9

    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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  2. The Sweeney Season 1 Episode 11 - Big Spender
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    #2 - Big Spender

    S1:E11

    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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  3. The Sweeney Season 1 Episode 12 - Contact Breaker
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    #3 - Contact Breaker

    S1:E12

    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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  4. The Sweeney Season 3 Episode 2 - In from the Cold
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #4 - In from the Cold

    S3:E2

    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

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  5. The Sweeney Season 3 Episode 6 - Bad Apple
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    #5 - Bad Apple

    S3:E6

    Regan and Carter go undercover to assess corruption charges made against CID officers.

    Director:Douglas Camfield
    Writer:Roger Marshall

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  6. The Sweeney Season 3 Episode 7 - May
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #6 - May

    S3:E7

    Regan tries to help out the son of a friend when the lad is implicated in an assault.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Trevor Preston

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  7. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 9 - Feet of Clay
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    #7 - Feet of Clay

    S4:E9

    Regan is asked to help a criminal from his past, whose son has been kidnapped.

    Director:Chris Burt
    Writer:Roger Marshall

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  8. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 10 - One of Your Own
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - One of Your Own

    S4:E10

    Carter winds up behind bars in an attempt to solve a jewellery robbery.

    Director:Christopher Menaul
    Writer:Tony Hoare

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  9. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 11 - Hearts and Minds
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    #9 - Hearts and Minds

    S4:E11

    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
    Writers:Donald Churchill, Ted Childs

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  10. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 12 - Latin Lady
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Latin Lady

    S4:E12

    A rich gynaecologist is attacked by a gang of villains who rob him of his suitcase.

    Director:Peter Smith
    Writer:Ted Childs

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  11. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 13 - Victims
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Victims

    S4:E13

    Carter discovers that an informant was involved in the shooting of a colleague.

    Director:Ben Bolt
    Writer:Roger Marshall

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  12. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 14 - Jack or Knave
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Jack or Knave

    S4:E14

    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

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  13. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 8 - The Bigger They Are
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Bigger They Are

    S4:E8

    Regan discovers that successful people will stop at nothing to keep skeletons buried.

    Director:Mike Vardy
    Writer:Tony Hoare

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  14. The Sweeney Season 2 Episode 6 - Trap
    2.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Trap

    S2:E6

    Regan and Carter are confronted by a newsman with information on an unsolved robbery. And why are the pair being photographed ?

    Director:Jim Goddard
    Writer:Ray Jenkins

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  15. The Sweeney Season 2 Episode 3 - Supersnout
    3.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Supersnout

    S2:E3

    An informant of Regan’s tells him about a hijack involving a lorryload of cigarettes where he will be the look-out man. But can Regan trust his snout?

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Ranald Graham

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  16. The Sweeney Season 1 Episode 6 - Night Out
    4.0/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Night Out

    S1:E6

    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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  17. The Sweeney Season 1 Episode 7 - The Placer
    4.2/10(4 votes)

    #17 - The Placer

    S1:E7

    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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  18. The Sweeney Season 2 Episode 11 - I Want the Man
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - I Want the Man

    S2:E11

    Regan's snout is abducted after passing on information about a switch of some stolen diamonds. Regan and Carter must catch the villains while protecting their source.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Ray Jenkins

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  19. The Sweeney Season 2 Episode 13 - Thou Shalt Not Kill!
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Thou Shalt Not Kill!

    S2:E13

    Regan and Carter are called to a siege at a bank, where two armed robbers are holding hostages.

    Director:Douglas Camfield
    Writer:Ranald Graham

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  20. The Sweeney Season 4 Episode 5 - Nightmare
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Nightmare

    S4:E5

    Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare that has similarities to a deadly incident.

    Director:David Wickes
    Writer:Ranald Graham

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  21. The Sweeney Season 1 Episode 4 - Queen’s Pawn
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Queen’s Pawn

    S1:E4

    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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  22. The Sweeney Season 1 Episode 5 - Jigsaw
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Jigsaw

    S1:E5

    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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  23. The Sweeney Season 2 Episode 1 - Chalk and Cheese
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Chalk and Cheese

    S2:E1

    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

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  24. The Sweeney Season 2 Episode 2 - Faces
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Faces

    S2:E2

    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

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  25. The Sweeney Season 2 Episode 4 - Big Brother
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Big Brother

    S2:E4

    Regan loses his patience with a thug he is questioning about a wages snatch, and soon the press are sniffing round for a police brutality story.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Trevor Preston

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Golden Boy" is the worst rated episode of "The Sweeney". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Tom Clegg and written by Martin Hall, it aired on 2/27/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Big Spender".