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The Sweeney is the Flying Squad. It is a name derived from Cockney rhyming slang (Sweeney Todd = Flying Squad), used by police and underworld alike to refer to this highly mobile force of top London crime-busters. The Sweeney depicts the violent clashes between the Flying Squad and the deadly world of organized crime.
DI Jack Regan (John Thaw) is the total professional, a 24-hours-a-day cop whose commitment to his job has already led to the break-up of his marriage. Regan's partner, DS George Carter (Dennis Waterman), is a sharp, South London Cockney. Together, Regan and Carter lead a unit of skilled detectives who infiltrate and bust up London's criminal underworld.
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Cast
Gloria Maley
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Peter Brace
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
John G. Heller
Czechoslovakia
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
![Peter Dyneley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099468_a85c88.gif)
Peter Dyneley
UK
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Ivanhoe (1958) (series)
Andrew Downie
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Frederick Schiller
Austria-Hungary
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Susan Tracy
Best series:
Ted Lasso (2020) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Jack Woolgar
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Jeremy Sinden
UK
Best series:
Pavillons lointains (1984) (series)
Robin of Sherwood (1984) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
Ivor Salter
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
Toni Palmer
UK
Best series:
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Elizabeth Begley
UK
Best series:
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Frank Coda
UK
Best series:
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
The Benny Hill Show (1969) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
![David Sterne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/059/164059799_d2ca97.jpg)
David Sterne
UK
Best series:
Red Dwarf (1988) (series)
Detectorists (2014) (series)
Vikings (2013) (series)
John Ronane
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Frank Mills
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Colin Douglas
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Benny Hill (1962) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Gwen Taylor
UK
Best series:
Only When I Laugh (1979) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
Tracey Ullman's Show (2016) (series)
![Catherine Schell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/160/166160816_dadb59.jpg)
Catherine Schell
Kingdom of Hungary
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series) - actor, a.f.
Mollie Maureen
Ireland
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)