The Sweeney: The Complete First Series 50th Anniversary Blu-ray
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Posted April 4, 2025 02:43 AM by Webmaster
British label Old Gold Media has informed us that it will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic TV show The Sweeney: The Complete First Series (1975) with a brand new release of a new restoration of it. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on June 2.
We have also been informed that "individual releases of Series 2, 3 and 4 will follow throughout 2025."
"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 box set includes two versions of the original Pilot 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!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
We have also been informed that "individual releases of Series 2, 3 and 4 will follow throughout 2025."
"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 box set includes two versions of the original Pilot 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!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION (2025)
- NEW 5.1 OPTIONS, plus original mono tracks and isolated music tracks
- Armchair Cinema: Regan (original and 50 minute cut-down versions)
- Interview with series creator Ian Kennedy-Martin
- Restoring The Sweeney
- Reconstructed titles from Original Stills
- Vintage Thames Trailer for Jackpot
- Introduction to Queen's Pawn by Tony Selby
- Introduction to The Placer by John Forgeham
- Introduction to Cover Story by Prunella Gee
- Introduction to Golden Boy by Dudley Sutton
- Introduction to Stoppo Driver by Billy Murray
- Introduction to Big Spender by Warren Mitchell
- Introduction to Abduction by Wanda Ventham
- Audio Commentary on Armchair Cinema: Regan by actor Dennis Waterman, producer Ted Childs & director Tom Clegg
- Audio Commentary on Ringer with actors Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, writer Trevor Preston & editor Chris Burt
- Audio Commentary on Jackpot with authors of "The Sweeney The Official Companion" Robert Fairclough & Mike Kenwood
- Audio Commentary on Thin Ice with Producer Ted Childs, writer Troy Kennedy-Martin & Director Tom Clegg
- Audio Commentary on Night Out with director David Wickes & assistant director Bill Westley
- Additional Audio Commentary on Night Out with producer Ted Childs & writer Troy Kennedy-Martin
- Audio Commentary on Stoppo Driver with actors Dennis Waterman & Garfield Morgan
- Audio Commentary on Abduction with actors Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, writer Trevor Preston & director Tom Clegg
- Booklet
- TOTAL RUNNING TIME: APPROXIMATELY 12 HOURS
- OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR EACH EPISODE
