Masterminded by Ian Kennedy Martin, brother of Z-Cars co-creator Troy, it made his sibling’s series look staid by comparison.
Oft caricatured but never bettered. When The Sweeney kicked down the doors, it upended an entire genre. Masterminded by Ian Kennedy Martin, brother of Z-Cars co-creator Troy, it made his sibling’s series look staid by comparison. Following the Met’s Flying Squad, it was shot on location with 16mm film for a cinematic look. DI Jack Regan ( John Thaw) and DS George Carter (Dennis Waterman) happily bent the law to bring down hardened criminals. Full of punch-ups and car chases, it was pacy, un-PC and viscerally thrilling.