The sweeney pilot opening - Regan

[Voxac100b]

The theme music and incidential music was great Del Baker did great stunts too.

[Bondfanxever]

Do you know if there is any chance to view the episodes over internet? I tried a search but can't find a reliable website where to watch them

Thanks

[JollyRodders]

For some reason this reminds me of Red Barrel..!!

[toyotasera55]

I would love a Rover P6B!

[webboffin]

They don't make cars like that anymore

[regthrumper]

Ah, the old "mouth organ on wheels" Ford Zodiac (or was it the Zephyr?); they don't like gas guzzlers like that any more (not since the 1974 oil crisis anyway).

[guv859]

Very Get Carter and Callan, at this point.

[steve01274]

We're The Sweeney Son, And We Ain't 'Ad Our Dinner

[DeadOriginal]

Good old blighty..sadly Londanistan has all changed for the worse.

[DrKincade]

Wow... I've woken up in a state like, or worse than that at times....

Happy days the 1970's!

:))

[regthrumper]

@DrKincade Guess he shouldn't have mixed his drinks the night before!

[crazyjonhere]

classic not so long ago i could of got the entire 52 episodes boxset including the pilot episode for £12.00 but didnt have the cash at the time gutted to be honest as never knew this till i'd seen the boxset that there were loads of exstended episodes that were cut for tv so they could get them in the hour slot and show them at peak time

[eatalettuce]

I am arresting you on suspicion of attempted murder. You have the right to remain silent, though it may harm your defence if you do not mention something you subsequently rely on in defence.... GET YOUR TROUSERS ON YOU'RE NICKED!

[thecritic2007]

listen up you slagssss anyone know why the show changed its name from the flying sq to the sweeney

[axelfUK]

It`s cockney rhyming slang....

Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad

Then it was shortened by members of the criminal underworld to "The Sweeney" ....

Sweeney Todd was the Demon Barber of Fleet Street a fictitious(?) character in London history.

[gurneyer]

What a terrific pilot this was to arguably the best tv show of all time. The style of the excellent 'Regan' theme here is so similar to the ending of the Sweeney series. It might even have been 'a contender'.

If only they made stuff like this now but then we dont have 70s London anymore.

Thanks for posting this.

[crownhill]

Even 80s london will do,how it has all changed and i think it all ended when they developed the docklands.

[rutlandplace]

hE'S NOT AVIN A GOOD DAY.

[Banner1979]

I remember first watching this fully in 2000. Bought the video off ebay or amazon and loved every moment of it. John Thaw hadn't quite got into the character too much yet, but that improved greatly as the series wore on. I told a girl about the ending of this and she was speechless.

Channel 4 showed Regan as part of a TV Heaven night in '92.

[thesubtleface]

This clip is missing the very start and one of the best clips of the whole series - a 1970s pub which is full of Victorian-looking characters but which, strangely, still does seem 1970s. Also the barman who's a dead ringer for Lee Van Cleef.... The area around Tower Bridge does NOT look like that now!!

[MickeyLove01]

it would have been better to have the bloke waking up as Regan

[kogvos]

Lovely Mk IV Zodiac. You certainly wouldn't want to get bowled over by an FC Vauxhall Victor.

[tyreburster]

"The Loner" (Regan theme music) is on a charity CD called "Girl In A Suitcase" produced by Winchester Hospital Radio. It is however some seven years old and very rare. Good luck and good hunting.

[tonyphillips1984]

no 1974 and this was the pilot film for the series

[bommmmmmmm]

Can anyone tell me what years this run to and from? Did it start in 76?

[Voxac100b]

1974 - 1978

[Dessan01]

Yeah that was him laying on the floor just before the music started, he was a Skipper in the Sweeney whod decided to try and go after that gang single handed. Good story was Regan, quite a lot of people dont know it exists (despite it been on DVD now) because they never seem to repeat it on TV, like they do with the regular Series.

Lee Montague was really sinister in this he was in a later episode of the Sweeney too, but it was a bit dud.

[Voxac100b]

Classic stunts the actor who played Sgt Cowley was a stuntman he also appeared as a villan in the episode Messenger of the Gods during 1977 (fourth series).

[Firebird49]

Perhaps I've got it wrong, but I seem to remember that the pilot movie opened with the scene of the guy getting beaten in the warehouse.If so, can you upload that scene sometime. So many of us miss this show so thanks for sharing.

[VirgLondon]

yes, I know what you're saying but the emphasis was more on the theme rather than the opening. He's cover is blown in the pub so recieves a good kicking which is where this opening picks it up

[tonyphillips1984]

a classic bring back this television

[eddiesteele]

I`ve got 18 commendations,if you include the 1 I didn`t get yesterday,and how does this wonderful police force show its gratitude for all my years of unstinting effort? It bangs me up in a crummy little cell like some cheap little villain; all because of a toe-nail called Hutchinson who`s got a few bottles twitchin` on the fifth floor. I`m going to have to be reinstated, and what do you double-died hypocrites want now?..crawl back to work and be terrible grateful I didn`t get nicked! Stuff it!

[tyreburster]

This tune is called "The Loner", by Mark Duvall. Very creepy !

[Voxac100b]

Is this on the audio CD? Where did you find this one out? Very Good I love all the incidential music in the Regan film.

[pluto1111777]

Please could you tell me where can you find this on DVD? I never knew it existed as a pilot titled Regan lol

[crazyjonhere]

@pluto1111777 H M V sell it all you got to do is ask for it and they will order it if its not in the shop

[Banner1979]

A terrific way to begin a landmark crime series.

The writer of this, Ian Kennedy Martin, decided not to stick with the show, because he wasn't all that keen for the streetwise side of things.  He wanted to concentrate a bit more on office politics.

[TheSweeney72]

Best cop show ever.

[classictellyfan]

great pilot this.

[Voxac100b]

I loved the opening music electric keyboard? The stunts were really well done too gem of a police series

[EuroAlien]

That's THE classic line from Jack Regan, isn't it?

Although it wouldn't have worked as the opening theme to the actual series, I think the theme to "Regan" would have worked well as the closing theme to the Sweeney. It certainly worked well as the closing theme to "Regan" :)

Good grief, has it really been 30 YEARS since the Sweeney ended?

[Voxac100b]

I agree the them of Regan could have been used to the Sweeney ending.

[248rpa42]

Wish someone would post the whole show-never had a chance to see the series on tv and would love to get a feel for an entire show.