The Sweeney: The Complete First Series Blu-ray Movie
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The Sweeney: Series 1 / The Sweeney: Season 1Network | 1975 | 650 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Sep 24, 2012
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Movie rating
8.1 | / 10 |
Blu-ray rating
| Users |  | 4.2 |
| Reviewer |  | 0.0 |
| Overall | | 4.2 |
Overview
The Sweeney: The Complete First Series (1975)
All thirteen episodes from the first series of the gritty 1970s television police drama. John Thaw and Dennis Waterman star as Jack Regan and George Carter, two of the tough, uncompromising cops from Scotland Yard's Flying Squad. In this series, the team take on big-time bullion thieves, Regan gets accused of police harrassment, and a gang of crooks kidnap Regan's daughter to force the police away from a daring robbery. Episodes are: 'Ringer'; 'Jackpot'; 'Thin Ice'; 'Queen's Pawn'; 'Jigsaw'; 'Night Out'; 'The Placer'; 'Cover Story'; 'Golden Boy'; 'Stoppo Driver'; 'Big Spender'; 'Contact Breaker'; and 'Abduction'.
Starring: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield MorganDirector: Tom Clegg (I)
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Specifications
Video
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080/50i
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Original)
Music: LPCM 2.0
The English Dolby Digital 2.0 track is the original, as-broadcast mono audio track, encoded in a dual-channel mono configuration.
Subtitles
English SDH
Discs
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (3 BDs)
Packaging
Slipcover in original pressing
Playback
Region B (A, C untested)
Review
The Sweeney: The Complete First Series Blu-ray Movie Review
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The Sweeney: Series One Blu-ray Movie
50th Anniversary Edition
Old Gold Media | 1975 | 660 min | Rated BBFC: 15 | Jun 02, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
“Get your trousers on, you're nicked!" Fifty years ago, The Sweeney bust open the door and exploded onto TV screens, forever changing the face of TV police drama. Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and Detective Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Flying Squad had only one rule when it came to taking down London criminals - forget the rules! Audiences were blown away by this new depiction of the police as flawed and realistic characters willing and ready to bend the rules if it meant keeping the streets safe. In this groundbreaking first season, featuring a new 2025 restoration on Blu-ray in the original broadcast aspect ratio, The Sweeney take on kidnappers, hijackers, bank robbers and worse. This definitive collector's boxset includes two versions of the original Armchair Cinema episode Regan' that launched the series together with a heist's worth of special features and bonus materials. Now watch it and shut it!
Action / Crime / Drama
The Sweeney: Series Two Blu-ray Movie
50th Anniversary Edition
Old Gold Media | 1975 | 651 min | Rated BBFC: 12 | Sep 01, 2025 | Dr. Svet Atanasov
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Action / Crime / Drama
Other editions
The Sweeney: Other Seasons
The Sweeney: Series Three
50th Anniversary Edition
Regan: The Original Armchair Cinema Pilot for The Sweeney
1974
The Sweeney: Series One
50th Anniversary Edition
1975
The Sweeney: Series Two
50th Anniversary Edition
1975
The Sweeney: Series Four
50th Anniversary Edition
1978
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