The Sweeney ratings (TV show, 1975-1978)

Jack Regan and George Carter are hard-edged detectives in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police (called "the Sweeney" from the Cockney rhyming slang "Sweeney Todd" = "Flying Squad"). They pursue villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal, frequently violent and - more often than not - successful.

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