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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Sweeney" is "Hearts and Minds", rated 6.8/10 from 140 user votes. It was directed by Mike Vardy and written by Ted Childs, Donald Churchill. "Hearts and Minds" aired on 11/23/1978 and is rated 0.2 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Cover Story".
6.8/10 140 votes#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
7.0/10 150 votes#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
7.1/10 169 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
7.1/10 119 votes#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
7.2/10 108 votes#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
7.2/10 113 votes#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
7.3/10 158 votes#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
7.3/10 123 votes#8 - 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
7.4/10 138 votes#9 - 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
7.4/10 139 votes#10 - 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
7.4/10 116 votes#11 - 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
7.5/10 174 votes#12 - 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
7.5/10 140 votes#13 - 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
7.5/10 118 votes#14 - 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
7.5/10 107 votes#15 - 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
7.6/10 169 votes#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
7.6/10 131 votes#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
7.6/10 115 votes#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
7.6/10 121 votes#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
7.7/10 122 votes#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
7.7/10 116 votes#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
7.7/10 116 votes#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
7.7/10 135 votes#23 - 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
7.7/10 117 votes#24 - 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
7.7/10 110 votes#25 - 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