6.8/10141 votesLoading...#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
7.0/10155 votesLoading...#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
7.1/10175 votesLoading...#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
7.1/10122 votesLoading...#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
7.2/10109 votesLoading...#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
7.2/10114 votesLoading...#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
7.3/10161 votesLoading...#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
7.3/10119 votesLoading...#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
7.3/10124 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10143 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10142 votesLoading...#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
7.4/10108 votesLoading...#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
7.5/10180 votesLoading...#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
7.5/10145 votesLoading...#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
7.5/10119 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10174 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10133 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10117 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10122 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10125 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10117 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.7/10136 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.7/10118 votesLoading...#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
7.7/10112 votesLoading...#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
7.8/10251 votesLoading...#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
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.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaCrime
Network:ITV1
Worst Episodes Summary
"Hearts and Minds" is the worst rated episode of "The Sweeney". It scored 6.8/10 based on 141 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".