The Sweeney Titles

[Acar4youNewZealand]

Starsky and Hutch with Cagney and Lacey  have watched this.

[kingstephen36]

The Americans had "Starsky and Hutch"and we had "Regan and Carter".I know who i would rather watch.

[whitbyjet65]

Cool cars.

[ashleyhalacy]

3 people were nicked by Regan

[guthywoodry]

Yes, this does make everyone think about how Policing should be in The 21st Century.

Idealised Police heroes like Jack Regan & George Carter: -Always tough, but decent & professional, contrast with the killings of Jean Charles De Menezes & Ian Tomlinson; -All of the dedicated day-to-day professionalism eclipsed by unique moments of stupidity & bungling.

-Like all organisations, The Metropolitan Police have some very unsuitable individuals who manage to get in....

What should we all do ?

[FILABJBOY]

"I dont give a toss who you are but dont try and run your numbers on me slag",classic series......

[pogue34]

Before Gene Hunt there was Jack Regan

[randburg100]

Love it! I'm so glad I had the best years before the PC brigade &^%$#@ it all up! I used to respect the coppers - no more. Their just a control mechanism to keep the peasants under heel!.

The BEST rozzers on TV - by far - never surpassed & never will be - the PC brigade would wet themselves! That Ford Granny looked the dogs bits too!

Oh if i could go back - when things were poorer - but SO SO much better!

[randburg100]

Love it! I'm so glad I had the best years before the PC brigade &^%$#@ it all up! I used to respect the coppers - no more. Their just a control mechanism to keep the peasants under heel!.

The BEST rozzers on TV - by far - never surpassed & never will be - the PC brigade would wet themselves! That Ford Granny looked the dogs bits too!

[randburg100]

@randburg100 and I can't spell... should be they're just...

[webboffin]

Put yer trousers on, you're nicked!

[CombatRocks]

Fire up the Granada! DC Hunt - eat your heart out.......

[britstarfan]

we are the Sweeney get your trousers on your'e nicked....

[helltopay1]

This is it,doesnt get any better.Oh yes

[pudseybear13]

Timeless

[Markofsatan]

I would quite happily go back to the 70's if I could.

[baconlt72]

'it 'im George! Bollocks!

[ianupton]

i used to work with garfield morgan who plays hoskins when we were both at uni in the early 60s. he was a right lazy bastard. we had to deliver sunblest bread to fine fare and i was the driver as he didnt drive, his job was supposed to be unloading the bread trays. all he did was sit in the cab and complain about rents. i was not suprised later to see he had made an acting carer out of it.

[vivahb1970]

tel uncle jack whats the matter

[rabbithog]

shut it

[middley1964]

The best ever ground breaking cop tv series of ALL time. Great theme tune also

[brightasblackout]

i used to sing along to this with the words. "the sweeney the sweeney pa pa pa ra ra it's the sweeney".

[mrspivvy]

lol! and me!!! the lyrics "granada, granada, doo-doo-da-da doo" also fit

[masere]

Get yer trousers....you're nicked!!

[jointsajumpin]

Oright you bastard - Go on, Kick im

Why don' we all go and do 90 at a shed up at Eafrow

[ybot1983]

Jags and Slags

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

The Sweeney is THE defintive Police show ever made in the UK by a huge margin-nothing comes close. The series captures the gritty reality of Policing in the 70's, when the Police REALLY were the Police, not todays PC cuddily social workers with handcuffs Police! PACE 1984 destroyed the British Police-it's been downhill ever since. Thaw & Waterman were perfect on screen-very credible characters. British people deserve to have Police like Regan & Carter-hard, relentless, utterly determined!

[trebal747]

You were a UK cop in the 70s? Sweet.

[madbob5a]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH I totally agree, I got cuffed a few times when I was a teenager. They used to call it police brutality! It's a shame there is'nt more of it today. Now the goody two shoes are more interested in your human rights! You just have to see the little toe rags today to see modern policing is'nt working!

[DougPatton1]

With respect to true victims. As a NON-victim past Adultophile (me 13 teach 29) I love the true non-PC scene making today's mass-media-misled creeps cringe. The Sweeney in the Granada on an Obs-job near a schoolyard where girls are playing netball. (Today they'd all be semi-paramilitary hauled in for trumped up charges or compensation counselling.) Regan mutters,

" Whoever invented the gymslip should get a bloody medal ! " Carter retorts "Here, hold on Guv." Regan's closer, " Shut it !! "

[sledgeka]

Excellent! love this theme and The TV show one of the best british Cop shows out. Your Nicked!

[sunderlandgent]

Shut it....your nicked!!!

[SONOR4]

This is the earlier of the two Sweeney intros. Funny thing is - the later intro, which featured a mark 2 Granada had a police car bell overdubbed, yet this one doesn't. Not inaccurate though - the Met used bells well into the eighties.

[xoio]

It's the same format as the grange hill titles! LOL

[VivaLaPol]

Legends

[helltopay1]

in 1980 i had a silver granada used to screech around nw london and pull over blokes have them against the wall with hands up ,we were only early twenties ,dont know how we never got our heads kicked in !!

[alliekanga]

Leslie Ann Down swoon!

Not heard this for donkeys cheers mate!

[benalex55]

ownage series!!!!!!!!!! *your nicked!*

[JAYROX1969]

REGAN: Get yer trousers on, yer nicked!

[rgbarji]

CARTER: They didn't have any evidence against him, guv.

REGAN: Yeah, well perhaps we can find some.

CARTER: What--fabricate it?...Inspector, that's not fair.

The most non-PC show ever! And yet although it was violent, how many people actually got killed? It just goes to show that a good cop show does not have to be ghoulish and obsessed with homicide and death.

BTW, one of the main scriptwriters, Trevor Preston, also did a great early 70s kids show called the Ace of Wands.

[Retardis]

"Switch off, or they'll collect your head in a pillowase!"

[flares]

We're the Sweeney son and we aven't 'ad any dinner. Love it.

[Bloodravendude]

the jags are the coolest cars and the fords not as cool but its a good opening

[chapmjx]

Fords, like it or not are part of British history. There's nothing cooler than the old Granada, or the Mk3 Cortina from Life on Mars - the look of that car knocks spots of a lot of the cars around today.

[mrhomerbojangles]

I agree and the old cars were made to last

[carefreesteve]

No no no. The cars were awful in the 70's - particularly Ford and Brit Leyland which is why the Japanese imports did so well. They start rusting in a car wash! My Uncle worked at the Ford plant at Dagenham - which was so big it had its own railway station, and he was on strike more than he was working. And those Friday cars... jeez

[CHANNELOMD]

SHUTIT

[handcuff4545]

great show love it your nicked you slag

[stegaflaps]

Loved this show....they made them to last in those days! And your right- no PC BS!! ....and how refreshing it was to watch an old episode! Classic stuff!

[mrhomerbojangles]

What a show and what class. Bring back the good ol days where you could smoke when you liked & where you liked without some idiot dictating to you.

Good ol' John Thaw, what an actor one of the old school in what ever part he played, he played he played with passion and heart.

[79274333]

go to

gubadotcom

and see free episodes of minder, the sweeney ( about 30 ) and new tricks if you are a waterman fan

[stevezodiakxl5]

The best cop series ever.. No one comes near just class all the way - john thaw sadly missed R.I.P -

[pentanglekiller]

Theyve tried to copy it but it was a pure classic "Put yer trasers on yer nicked"

[Hamishtarah]

Wow it looks awesome....i've never seen before...apparently i was on the wrong side of Europe ;-)

But the music, the cars... Woof!!

[goldenhitman]

they show it on itv 3 sometimes its really good you should check it out

[Hamishtarah]

Yes i will i've get on Ebay the whole Tv show

;)

[bommmmmmmm]

SHAAT IIT!!!

Brilliant. No politically correct bullshit with this show.

[11111225]

pure pure class !!!

[Paulio67]

My Dad was in the real Met Police Flying Squad during the same time that the TV Drama was being shown. He used to let me stay up and watch it with him. I found it fasinating especially learning the slang words such as blaggar,etc. He still says that there's never been anything since that showed the Police accurately. He hates the Bill, won't have it on!

[Voxac100b]

The Bill sierra oscar, sierra oscar that's about how good the script goes.... the Sweeney packed more action in during the first two minutes (the teaser bit before the titles) than any other show! Check out a Taste of Fear, Jack or Knave episodes or the classic Nightmare

[y0utubemetube]

Saw this show as a kid-great show.Great theme music.

[guiltygear101]

WE'RE THE SWEENEY SON, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DINNER, SO SHUT IT SLAAAG, GET YER TROUSERS ON, YOU'RE NICKED!

The Sweeney = Greatest iconic cop show ever!

[1337fox]

Fantastic show!!

Proper cops doing what they do best "SHAT IT, YOU'RE NICKED MATE" "GOT NOTHIN ON ME GUVNER" *one fist fight later* - truly epic.

Better than The Bill - load of rubbish mate!

[rocky20000g]

best theme tune ever!

[ChessChat]

My Dad used to drive us round in a Ford Consul GT in the 70s like at the start of the sequence , great motor - Keep the glove box full of crisps and Mars bars non of this health food muck.

[twotoneandy73]

YOUR NICKED

[lockie72]

SHAAT IIT!!!

[borgduck]

YOU AINT GOT NUTHIN ON ME MATE!

[jubbaronny]

Just watched this very episode an hour ago..........quality!

[BARRETBROWN]

SHAAT AAP!!!!

[PistolPeteSCFC]

You're nicked, saan!<--(son)

LOL. Quality show.

[dubboy65]

Plant that 'Cuban Stack'.....classic

[TheSweeney72]

The best cop show ever.

[addisson66]

my dad used to let me stay up and watch the sweeney when i was a kid...was on at 9 on a monday evening...been nothin like it since...its still top drawer...john thaw was gr8 as regan!

[bobgrantsbus]

The best British cop show ever produced, a great team in John and Dennis, theme music, scripts and supporting actors.

I've got the 4 series, 2 movies and pilot movie and its a joy to watch.

They most definitely dont make them like this anymore.

[LightningMqueen]

They do on ITV4 sometimes

[VirgLondon]

yes about 11.30 monday mornings. I put sweeney first, work second and get in about 45 mins late

[Tarzan171]

Oh yeah, that's why its sweet to be a Sweeney!

[classictellyfan]

best cop show ever.

[dh300c]

Shame they dont nick them like this anymore

[lifeslittleoutcast]

fuck im george, errr I mean book im lol

[georgethebear1812]

ur nicked - take him down the nick george

[Squab1972]

Brilliant show...shame they don't make em like this anymore.

[LightningMqueen]

Just brilliant!!! I am only 15 but i love this show and others like The Professionals and Minder. Thank the lord 4 peeps like u

[minderlover]

lol same i love minder and i'm 16. got 3 dvd's and i can't get enough minder

[dh300c]

shame it aint like that now, Police r hamstrung, fuckin politics and shit, glad i left in 2002, i'd b going mad by now

[stagman72]

don't make um like this anymore.awesome classic tv at its best.

[politirel]

Shut your bleedin mouth my son, your nicked!

[BlackpeopleLOL]

i think the main problem with TV today is that there isnt a single hetereosexual male currently working in the industry.

[AMICHIO]

no police show amaerican or british can beat the sweeney this proper no nonsense violent, dark an real crime dectective show

[Ashley4Movies]

Shut it! LOL

[897384]

Naa listen ere', this is thee best cop shaa'

evaa! ! !

[stewarthird]

If we had policing like this nowadays the world would be a better place !!

[avtomatklashnikova]

Your nicked get ya trousaaaaaaaaaas on.

you gonna talk or you gonna fall daaaaaaaaaa-n some stairs?

[MrBooojangles]

WE'RE REGAN AND CARTER, GET YOUR TROUSERS ON YOUR NICKED, SHUT IT YOU SLAG. I must have a drink of whiskey from out my desk when I get back to the nick.

You don't see any of this on The Bill.

I used to stay up specially to watch it when I was at school.

[mvpowns098]

"we're the sweeney , and we have'nt had any dinner!"

[mvpowns098]

"we're the sweeney , and we have'nt had any dinner!"

[leebo1123]

your nicked

[HotDiggityDig]

Doesn't get any better than this.....

You know you wannit...you slag....LOL

[locorojo25]

pmsl@woozy. how good is the sweeney? quality. shut it u slag.

[justwoozynow]

Christ, it makes me feel like a 13 year old again. In fact, I'm off for a wank.

[JWhitelaw99]

on right nw ITV 4 here in the UK

[zampox]

great

[spyker786]

Nostalgic intro. Can't forget Regan's fav line: "you're nicked - get your trousers on". Classic

[MsCorelli]

I'm still watching this on ITV4! ;-)

Classic British telly at it's best!

[ATVmidlands5581]

classic British tv from Thames television.

awesome

atvmidlands uk

[donnylad73]

the best cop show of all time!even beats hill street blues which wasnt bad

[RugbyDemon6789]

were the sweeny.... and we haven't had any dinner yet so you bes not keep as waiten ...class.

[LGScotland1992]

Need Police like this now adays to sort out the scum.Everything shouldnt be so PC,Police should be like Dirty Harry and Regan and Carter.

[samothraki1]

couldn't agree more mate! You could also add charles bronson to the list from the "death wish" films.

[russellramjet]

Brilliant!

There was no PC bullshit back then,if someone broke the law they got a kicking.

Thanks for posting.

[tennisaus]

The shows music theme is one of the best I ever have heard & the show itself is also very good !

[dogriffiths]

Do you have the end credits? It was lke a soft jazz riff. I was allowed to stay up late on Sweeney nights and I still can't hear the end credits without falling asleeee..... zzzzzzz...

[897384]

British tv at its best and still nothing can match it.

[ratty383]

Sorry to be an anorak but the car featured is a Ford Consul 3.0 GT, The Consul was introduced the same time as the Granada and was basically the same car in cheaper trim, Hence ideal as a Police Car. Both were introduced in approx 1972. I used to sell them brand new, I'm that old!!

[22hobo22]

god wat age are u

[jackiebaron]

My dad had a Hillman Avenger and my mum had an Austin Maxi and when I sat into a friend's dad's Consul, I thought it was the biggest machine ever.....I WAS only 8 but still!

[elli1898]

The car featured in the credits is a Ford Consul 2.5. The Granada came in later years on R registration. 1976 1977.

[22hobo22]

yeah i no ratty just said that

[josatinho]

GREAT LOOKING GRANADA 3,0

[stevezodiakxl5]

More of the sweeney needed on our streets today' to give some of these lazy lowlife scumbags a dam good kicking - Thanks for posting

[47166]

Can`t agree with you more. A couple of broken ribs & the odd broken jaw would work wonders for lowlife scumbags. that`s the only thing they understand. SOD THE HUMAN RIGHTS BRIGADE & THE P C CROWD.

[stevezodiakxl5]

Yes i agree 100% these lowlife maggots need a good kicking lesson, One day someone like Charles Bronson from (Death Wish) will get a group of people together and rid the streets of these wild animals and put the great back into Britain

[banedon88]

LOL it's all fun and games until you're the one on the end of the kicking. So few seem to appreciate such tactics at that point.

[gazartuk]

It ain;t just the cars today that lack soul,

[riley886]

An absoloute cracker, they weren't worried about being PC and they wouldnt tolerate the rubbish thats arrived on our streets in the 2000s. Ray Winstone, bit too old for playing Regan but we shall see. Doubt it will be anything as good as the original.

[b6gm6n]

That shows tune was one of the main reasons as a kid/teen (13-14) that attracted me to 'doing wrong' or getting into crime or hapless felonious activities which would gain the respect of my peers and freak out my mother, it was dirty it was gritty and real and in the UK of the 1980's as a developing person it shouted a bleak message to me, i did the crime hoping to meet them :) thank God for the 90's

[ukgolfa]

Best tough guy cop show ever on TV...and if the world hadn't become so PC, we need cops like this in real life today. RIP John Thaw.

Many thanks for this.

[geraint0808]

We're the Sweeney and we don't put 7 bullets into Brazilians!!

[geraint0808]

If you look on imdb, there is a Sweeney film in the planning stages, due out in 2009 and Ray Winstone is in talks to play Regan.

[raymondrayban]

when i was a kid when the sweeney was on tv which was wicked,my mum had a ford granada 3.0 gxl when she went out with her freinds i used to nick her car and go for a drive in it with my mates we were the sweeney tod then,we loved it,and made the most of it but she sussed me one day when i couldnt get it back in the same parking spot she went fucking mad , no real life sweeney tod the flying squad after that,.

[guvner321]

SHUT IT!

[HildaMinogue]

"Sorry wrong house. I'll um just put the door back on its hinges" lol

[ellandrd1306]

were the sweeey and we ant had our dinner

[cortinagxl]

Loved Sweeney since 14yrs old. Agree modern cars lack soul, i run a v6 manual vx omega. Not a mk1 granny i know but big and rwd.

[efiebrown]

Top,fcking top

[mercdriver]

BRILLIANT!

[shifteng]

best cop series ever

[suedehead237]

has to be the best theme tune ever

[heartandhumour]

Best. Thanks.

[arita2006]

get yer trousers on, your nicked!

[bodieofci5]

You're nicked you slag! Now SHUT IT!

[porta44]

lol!

[spiro2200]

Nice one Shufti, you Blagger!

[noxinsox]

an iconic reminder of how great the 70s were. the detail in this series is superb, it will never be bettered.

[SupaStevie]

copyrighted material - your nicked sunshine! ;-)