Regan and Carter are assigned the case as a last order from Detective Chief Superintendent Jupp (Denholm Elliott) before he resigns to face allegations of corruption in the courts.[15]. "Carter" says, "Think we'd better go back to the yard, guv, and get some more." BurtonshawJohn Alkin - D.S. Release Dates The Sweeney (2012) stars Ray Winstone as Regan, Ben Drew as Carter and Damian Lewis as Haskins. Simple-minded but clever, he responds A dour Scottish sergeant arrives from Glasgow. She is all bright eyes and smiles, but kills cockroaches and chops meat like a The filming of each episode normally took 10 working days, shooting about five minutes of edited screen time per day. Series Cast 146. Tony Allen subsequently worked as wardrobe manager for many of John Thaw's later projects. Aunt Lizzy seems like a very tactile person. The series introduces several other Squad officers over the years including: Detective Sergeant Matt Mathews (John Flanagan); Detective Sergeant Kent (Carl Rigg); Detective Constable Thorpe (Martin Read); Detective Constable Jellineck (James Warrior); Detective Constable Gerry Burtonshaw (Nick Brimble); Detective Sergeant Tom Daniels (John Alkin). [27] A suspicious group of men have entered a bank dressed as painters. "Thick as Thieves" episode and "Special Branch" episode. The third is Detective Chief Inspector Frank Haskins (Garfield Morgan), their boss and a senior Flying Squad officer. Unlike the almost-contemporary Starsky & Hutch the violent action did not have a James Bond-movie feel to it, being instead down-and-dirty, and sometimes quite shocking. A gang of cold-blooded thieves set off on lorries killing a driver and injuring a policeman. List of The Sweeney (1974) Characters Characters played by John Thaw Det. A scene from "The Wedding Veil Inspiration". Sweeney played five seasons for the Boston College Eagles, redshirting his freshman season. Full cast!!! | As a result of her roles in films such as The 27-Hour Day, Christmas Under the Stars, Valentine Ever After, I Do, I Do, Midnight Masquerade, Love at the Thanksgiving Parade, A Country Wedding, Love on the Menu, and Season for Love, she is well-known to viewers of the Hallmark Channel. In addition to her long-running career as Sami Brady, for which she was nominated for an Emmy, Sweeney hosted 13 seasons of NBCs The Biggest Loser, hosted a number of live TV specials, and made numerous appearances on popular TV series and true crime podcasts. The university branch of the National Mercian Bank is robbed. ", which is slang for following a suspect, but in this case, means "market" as "Carter" drives erratically through a market place. 2023 TV GUIDE, A FANDOM COMPANY. Detective work was mainly a matter of asking informants, many of whom lived in fear, or of following people, or simply "knowing the manor" so well that the heroes could just guess who was the most likely suspect. John Thaw. Episode 1.7 "The Placer" introduces the character of Bill (Tony Allen) who becomes Regan's regular driver, although he plays a peripheral, non-speaking role in most episodes. [3] At the time, this reality served as a backdrop to the series, and it is reflected in the mood, tone and story lines of The Sweeney. be on the edge of insanity. Gynaecologist Dr Delacroix leaves his clinic on the way to the airport. Learn. Dave Gelly writing in The Guardian called South's title music "the most emblematic TV theme of its day". The video consists of photo's back in the day on the movie and the latest photo i could find, that's if i could find any at all. Auditioners are encouraged to expand upon them or try different interpretations in the same vein. Regan will appear in every episode, Carter in approximately 10 out of 13 episodes. Jack Regan Det Insp Jack Regan Characters played by Dennis Waterman Det. A movie adaptation of the show was released in 2012. I am utterly and abjectly pissed-off with this little lot. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. features a crook who did twelve years in the army and kicks the plot off by robbing a pair of criminals right after they've pulled a job. Sweeney! -KMc. She is pretty, sweet, and delicate and Like many in this play, he is on the edge of insanity, but is basically
Felicia Hardy is mostly a thief, but she also does help the heroes for the greater good once in a while. One of Haskins' three children, Richard, also appears in this episode. He pulled the heist to fund a kidney transplant for his daughter abroad, and the villains aren't keen to honour his share after his arrest and imprisonment. ULTIMATE CAST GUIDE!!!Sweeney! (One is tempted to call him an Affectionate Parody, but he'd call one a poof for saying so. Sweeney grew up in Ramsey, New Jersey and attended Don Bosco Preparatory High School. and boisterous assistant to the Judge, yet has a scheming nature. Regan gets suspicious about an invitation to spend a night out with an old friend. We suspect Gars decision is influenced by the emotional effect of it being the wedding day of his lost love, Katie Doogan - reinforcing the fact that there is nothing left for him in Ballybeg. Viktors Ritelis. The new The Wedding Veil trilogy consists of three films, and this one is the second in the series. Powered by. There are many specific singing roles within the Chorus, Doreen Haskins (Sheila Reid) features in the penultimate episode 4.12 "Victims", which deals with her deteriorating mental health and the impact of police work on family life. Two Australians commit 11 armed robberies. The programme's title comes from the real-world Cockney rhyming slang nickname "Sweeney Todd" used to refer to the Flying Squad by London's criminal fraternity in the mid 20th Century. Gerry Standing, Dennis Waterman's character in New Tricks, is another Affectionate Parody of what the characters from The Sweeney (George in particular) might look like thirty-odd years down the track. 56 items. Regan goes undercover to break a ring of lorry hijackers. At the Euston Films production office in Colet Court, Hammersmith, a standing set of the Flying Squad offices was constructed which provided an alternative option for when inclement weather restricted the day's shooting. The series broke new ground for TV drama and didn't shy away from self-awareness and genre-referential humour. Phiadelphia, Here I Come! Nonetheless it was very influential, directly inspiring ITV's successful The Professionals and The BBC's relatively unpopular Target. After earning his degree in experimental cinematography from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in 2005, he started working in TV and film, appearing in both Italian and foreign productions. Due to this, the number of different filming locations had to be restricted to 10, i.e. Sgt. Sweeney Todd, formerly known as Benjamin Barker, is the main protagonist and titular character of the Broadway musical and its film adaptation. Barker served 15 years of a life sentence in a labor camp in Australia, which he called "a living hell". George Carters wife, Alison is killed in a hit and run accident. Black Cat Like the White Queen, Marvel's Black Cat has no trouble playing both sides of the hero-villain conflicts. In the episode only Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson are shown. [8] [9] On the weekend of release, The Sweeney topped the UK box office, taking over 1.5 million and replacing Dredd at the top of the chart. [10] The film received mixed reviews from critics. [6] All of this may have inspired parts of the plot of Sweeney 2. 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This made it possible to shoot almost entirely on location for both exteriors and interiors, helping to give the series a startling degree of realism and elevating London as a character of its own. Det. Regan's ex-wife Kate (Janet Key) appears in the pilot Regan and in episode 1.13 "Abduction". He is also mentioned briefly in The Waste Land. The poem explores themes of desolation and emotional disconnection. In the early 1980s, the comic Jackpot featured a strip called "The Teeny Sweeney" which was originally drawn by J. Edward Oliver. Company Credits College career. British television cop shows had been undergoing a steady evolution from the light-hearted Dixon of Dock Green to the relatively gritty Z Cars. As "Carter" races the car through the streets, "Regan" keeps bellowing at him and others to "Shut it!". medicine and collects as much money as he can. Correspondingly, there are two versions of the fourth series opening titles, one with, and one without, Haskins. one location per day. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Director: Nick Love. Never. British classic!! Regan's squad car comes with an "authorised" police driver. He is frequently seen at odds with Regan, preferring more conventional "by-the-book" policing methods. Season two's "Golden Fleece" and "Trojan Bus" featured a pair of Australian villains, Colin MacGruder and Ray Stackpole. in 1977 and Sweeney 2 in 1978. After the death of his wife Carter is shown dating women in several episodes. Each episode had a budget of 266,000 with an eight-and-a-half-week production schedule: two weeks' pre-production (for casting, finding locations etc. The relationship between Squad officers is largely informal. Regan is determined to get a conviction, and plans to make one of them. In the interview, he was asked about the filming locations and if it was shot in Italy at all. | Young Davey Holmes is arrested following the attack of a retired money lender. Beadle Bamford: 40s, Standard British accent (RP) or Cockney, jovial These extras are exclusive to the boxset. The series shows a somewhat more realistic side of police life, depicting them as flawed human beings, some with a disregard for authority, rules and the "system". Would love your thoughts, please comment. Large amounts of money being spent lead Regan to the Smithsand another case. A trio of schoolboys played at being plain-clothes policemen, with two of them looking like little versions of Regan and Carter. Other squad cars featured include an onyx green 1973 Ford Granada 3.0 Ghia (Mk1) (NHK 292M), a blue 1974 Ford Cortina 2000 XL (Mk3) (NHK 296M), a bronze 1976 Ford Granada (Mk1) 3.0 Ghia X (RHJ 997R). Many up-and-coming actors also appeared in the show during its run, such as: The Sweeney strived for authenticity and social realism. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. The Graceful Spider-Gwen Marvel Comics Then theres the now-iconic Spider-Gwen. revenge twists him into something violent and evil. Jack ReganDennis Waterman - D.S. The series is infamous for featuring Jaguars as the criminal's car of choice. people in line. John Hodge Ian Kennedy Martin Actor 40 Credits Ray Winstone Jack Regan Ben Drew George Carter Hayley Atwell Nancy Lewis Steven Mackintosh Ivan Lewis Paul Anderson Francis Allen http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/TheSweeney. The Sweeney was shot on 16mm film, allowing producers to use much smaller and more agile camera crews than shooting on videotape allowed at that time. The Sweeney took this to the next level, with an unprecedented level of violence, cynicism, and bad language (albeit that it was still PG-rated; "bastard" was as bad as it got)note thery were allowed one "fucking", though. He invariably calls Carter and the other Squad members by their first names, or occasionally nicknames. Actor: Paul Anderson, Ray Winstone, Damian Lewis, Ben Drew. George Carter Det Of course, the veil will be involved, but well have to watch the movie in order to find out how! Jimmy Fleet, a prisoner, is arrested and remanded in custody at Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Paolo Bernardini, who plays Paolo in the trilogy, is from Italy but was born in Belgium, according to his bio. 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However, other notable locations in London, the South East of England and further afield were also used for filming the show's episodes and included: The cinematic versions of The Sweeney feature the same actors and characters as the TV series, however both films have levels of swearing, violence, sex and nudity that would not have been possible on television at the time. Lizzy Sweeney is Gars aunt. Filmmakers including Ridley Scott, Peter Greenaway, Mike Figgis, Roberto Faenza, Liliana Cavani, Marco Martini, and Marco Simon Puccioni have all directed films starring Bernardini over the years. This release did not include the pilot film Regan or either of the two feature films. The Movie (1977). The film was released in 1977 and based on a story by Ian Kennedy-Martin and directed by David Wilkes. Criminal and police slang was also used, including 'ringer' (a car thief, also a stolen car with fake plates), 'stoppo' (a getaway car), 'snout' (informant), 'factory' (police station/office), 'fence' (selling stolen goods, also someone who sells stolen goods) and 'fireman' (someone who deals with problems). O Donnell, and their housekeeper, Madge. The place is known for its beautiful scenery and comfortable climate when it comes to filming. The String of Pearls: A Domestic Romance (alternatively titled The Sailor's Gift) is a fictional story first published as a penny dreadful serial from 184647. Every writer on the series was given very specific guidelines to follow: "Each show will have an overall screen time (minus titles) of 48 minutes 40 seconds. In the orange-tinted photographs that are shown in the closing credits for Series 13, an enlarged set of fingerprints is displayed on a board behind Detective Chief Inspector Haskins. 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