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The Worst Episodes of The Sweeney

Every episode of The Sweeney ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Sweeney!

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
53
Avg. Rating
7.7
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.8
8.1
7.6
8.2
7.5
7.8
7.8
7.8
7.1
7.4
7.3
7.2

Worst Episodes Summary

"Hearts and Minds" is the worst rated episode of "The Sweeney". It scored 6.8/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by Mike Vardy and written by Ted Childs, Donald Churchill, it aired on 11/23/1978. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Cover Story".

  • Hearts and Minds
    6.8/10(144)
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    #1 - 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

  • Cover Story
    7.0/10(159)
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    #2 - 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

  • Thin Ice
    7.1/10(181)
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    #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

  • Trap
    7.1/10(126)
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    #4 - Trap

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/6/1975

    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

  • Drag Act
    7.2/10(113)
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    #5 - 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

  • Latin Lady
    7.2/10(116)
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    #6 - 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

  • Jigsaw
    7.3/10(165)
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    #7 - 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

  • Visiting Fireman
    7.3/10(122)
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    #8 - Visiting Fireman

    Season 3 Episode 3

    Aired 9/20/1976

    Regan gets involved in a secret government deal, thanks to Shebbeq, a Turkish cop.

    Director: Tom Clegg

    Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

  • May
    7.3/10(128)
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    #9 - May

    Season 3 Episode 7

    Aired 10/25/1976

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

    Director: Tom Clegg

    Writer: Trevor Preston

  • Big Spender
    7.4/10(148)
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    #10 - 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

  • Supersnout
    7.4/10(145)
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    #11 - Supersnout

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 9/15/1975

    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

  • Feet of Clay
    7.4/10(110)
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    #12 - 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

  • Jackpot
    7.5/10(184)
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    #13 - 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

  • Golden Boy
    7.5/10(148)
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    #14 - 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

  • Trust Red
    7.5/10(122)
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    #15 - 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

  • Queen’s Pawn
    7.6/10(178)
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    #16 - 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

  • Selected Target
    7.6/10(137)
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    #17 - Selected Target

    Season 3 Episode 1

    Aired 9/6/1976

    While in prison, inmates Titus Oates and Colly Kibber plan a robbery.

    Director: Tom Clegg

    Writer: Troy Kennedy Martin

  • Lady Luck
    7.6/10(120)
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    #18 - Lady Luck

    Season 3 Episode 12

    Aired 12/13/1976

    Regan knows the identity of a robber, but has a difficult time proving his guilt.

    Director: Mike Vardy

    Writer: Ranald Graham

  • The Bigger They Are
    7.6/10(126)
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    #19 - 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

  • Big Brother
    7.7/10(129)
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    #20 - Big Brother

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 9/22/1975

    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

  • I Want the Man
    7.7/10(123)
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    #21 - I Want the Man

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 11/10/1975

    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

  • Down to You, Brother
    7.7/10(122)
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    #22 - Down to You, Brother

    Season 3 Episode 9

    Aired 11/22/1976

    Regan is fitted up by an ex-con to get his daughter's dodgy boyfriend out of the picture.

    Director: Christopher Menaul

    Writer: Richard Harris

  • Nightmare
    7.7/10(121)
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    #23 - 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

  • Victims
    7.7/10(114)
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    #24 - 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

  • Ringer
    7.8/10(261)
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    #25 - 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