In 1977 and 1978, publishers Brown Watson (who specialised in annuals based on TV series) published two editions of The Sweeney Annual featuring a mix of comic strips (some with art by Brian Lewis) and illustrated text stories, interspersed with occasional features on the TV series, articles about policing, puzzles and (in the 1978 annual) an interview with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman. Release Dates He'd call one a poof for saying "one" instead of "him" anyway.) Alan Embers son, Paul is kidnapped with a ransom of 10,000. Not much Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot stuff happened, but it was often quite close to real police work. BurtonshawJohn Alkin - D.S. The timeline below shows where the character Mad Sweeney appears in American Gods. He believes people are mostly good at heart. 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Regan, while over forty, greying and divorced, was successful with women as part of his macho image (although his sex life became a plot point sometimes). One of the painters talks in a squeaky-like voice and is called "Squealer", which is slang for informant. 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. After the death of his wife Carter is shown dating women in several episodes. In the DVD commentary for "Abduction", it is claimed that Alison was written out because actress Stephanie Turner was asking for too much money to continue to appear in the series. Sweeney: Writer, Directior Producer/ Editor: Keith Kristinat, The Colonie/ Co-Stars: Sean Astin, D.B. In director Nick Love's film, the characters from the original series are re-imagined, and the setting and action are moved to the early 21st Century. Previously, most TV police dramas had shied away from showing officers as being fallible. Dennis Waterman was cast after his performance in the Special Branch episode "Stand and Deliver", also produced by Euston Films.[1]. George Carter Det Gynaecologist Dr Delacroix leaves his clinic on the way to the airport. Explained by saying that the invisibles created their cover identities from old '70s cop shows. In the early 1980s, the comic Jackpot featured a strip called "The Teeny Sweeney" which was originally drawn by J. Edward Oliver. In "The Bigger They Are", a tycoon is being blackmailed by a criminal who has a photo of him present at a massacre of civilians in Malaya when he was in the Army twenty-five years earlier. The new The Wedding Veil trilogy consists of three films, and this one is the second in the series. The box-set also contains exclusive extras, listed below: Commentary with Dennis Waterman, producer Ted Childs and director Tom Clegg. Barker is married to Lucy Barker and together they have a daughter, Johanna. As was with the first movie in the new trilogy, most of the filming took place in and around Victoria in Canada. Killing is an attempt to assuage his very visible pain, to heal himself. Colin Douglas features as an unnamed Commander in series 1, with Michael Latimer as Commander Jackman in series 2. Shooting took place through the spring, summer, autumn and winter months; exterior night shooting was expensive, and was limited to three minutes of external night material in any episode. The main antagonist of the story is Sweeney Todd, "the Demon Barber of Fleet Street".The story was the character's first literary appearance. Regan gets suspicious about an invitation to spend a night out with an old friend. As a redshirt junior, he led the team with 36 receptions, 512 receiving yards, Series Directed by. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. For the period it has a high degree of on-screen violence, and it is not unknown for several deaths to occur in an episode. "Soppo Driver" sees a Flying Squad driver blackmailed into being a getaway driver for a gang when they kidnap his new wife. In this gritty action film based on the '70s TV show, two hard-drinking cops battle the criminal underworld and attempt to foil a major bank heist. His corruption makes him blind to true good and evil. Three crooks walk out of court as free men. The 1993 Comic Strip film Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown features a character introduced as "Shouting George from The Weeny" (played by Jim Broadbent). 56 items. Jack Regan Det Insp Jack Regan Characters played by Dennis Waterman Det. Although he is seen driving various cars himself throughout the series, Regan usually travels by squad car with police driver. appears to be (there is a surprise at the end of the play). In "Feet of Clay", an ex-informer turned businessman's son is kidnapped. Perhaps because she has had too much to drink, Lizzy becomes very emotional about the fact that she and Con were - despite spending a fortune on doctors - unable to have any children of their own. 2 Episodes 1975. For this release the original 16mm film negatives were scanned in HD and comprehensively restored by BBC Studios and Post Production.[29]. Powered by. [5] Twelve other officers were also convicted and many more resigned. "The Electric Theatre Show" interviews with John Thaw, Dennis Waterman and Ted Childs. Regan and 1.5 "Jigsaw"). According to Kevin Whately, John Thaw claimed that he had witnessed the regency red 1960 Jaguar Mark 2 (registration 248 RPA) used in Inspector Morse being written off several times while filming The Sweeney. This release did not include the pilot film Regan or either of the two feature films. During the first three series, Haskins appears in the opening titles of every episode whether or not the character appears in the actual story. Past and present, Young and old. The new The Wedding Veil trilogy consists of three films, and this one is the ", thery were allowed one "fucking", though. A blue/grey S-type DWD 606C is used in the series 1-3 opening titles, pursued and chased down by the Squad in NHK 295M. Series 4 textless titles with dual sound. Other more senior officers include: Detective Chief Superintendent Maynon (Morris Perry), a semi-regular throughout the series and more willing than Haskins to bend the rules to get a result (later promoted to Commander); Detective Superintendent Grant (T.P. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists. In a selfie of what looks like a hotel hallway, he wrote in Italian: 8am thought I wasnt suffering from jet lag I was wrong ! Barker served 15 years of a life sentence in a labor camp in Australia, which he called "a living hell". "Taste of Fear" features a gang of ex-soldiers carrying out armed robberies. There are many specific singing roles within the Chorus, George Carter (13 Episodes) Garfield Morgan. After A10 investigates, Regan gets a promotion from the Golden Maid Dairy Robbery 5 years earlier. A security van is robbed by a masked gang. Sweeney could play a young Emma that the audience actually got to watch grow into her villainous role. The main characters are Gar O Donnell (Gar Public and Gar Private), Gar's father S.B. Jim Goddard. "father") and Mrs. Lovett (his "mother"). is a play written by Brian Friel. | It was produced by the Thames Television subsidiary Euston Films for broadcast on the ITV network in the UK between 2 January 1975 and 28 December 1978. A post shared by Paolo Bernardini DadMom (@_misterpaul_). 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. Company Credits ward Johanna, even as he professes to keep her innocent and safe from "vile Technical Specs, See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro, third assistant director (as Samuel Smith), visual effects supervisor: Sebastian Barker, editor: EPK/making-of documentary/DVD extras, production executive: completion guarantor, assistant to Christopher Simon / production supervisor for embargo films, the producers wish to thank (as James Waller). Regan will appear in every episode, Carter in approximately 10 out of 13 episodes. The opening titles were filmed in Colet Gardens. The series also captured the zeitgeist as it was made during a dark period for the real-world Flying Squad. I've got eighteen bloody commendations, if you include the one I, "Hold it right there, squire. Sweeney! 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. Other featured characters include the close family of the three leads. Blatantly parodied in The Invisibles, where Jack and George of Division X are Carter and Regan to the life. [10] Jaguar S-types in particular were regularly deployed throughout the series as getaway cars, most notably in episode 1.10 "Stoppo Driver". Tycoon Leonard Gold is blackmailed by Harold Collins. These descriptions below are He is also mentioned briefly in The Waste Land. The poem explores themes of desolation and emotional disconnection. -KMc. McKenna); Detective Chief Superintendent Braithwaite (Benjamin Whitrow). Snow everywhere.. The series is infamous for featuring Jaguars as the criminal's car of choice. Sweeney: 40s, English accent not necessary. The Movie (1977). On screen and in-film references include the line "The same damned speech you made in 1978" and a large banner at the OPEC delegates meeting features the convention's logo and the year "1979". Johanna: 18, Sweeney's daughter. family seems easily pushed into madness. Che dire? She is all bright eyes and smiles, but kills cockroaches and chops meat like a They even had "Flying Squad" written on the side of their cartie. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! A drunken Regan pulls Luke Sparrow for questioning for the theft of mercury worth 30,000. She is a sister of his mother Maire, who died just after Gar was born. was a British film based on the TV series The Sweeney. A burglar is found dead at Professor Busbys home. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. These descriptions below are meant to give some feeling of what makes each character a distinct personality. Haskins is absent at the start of the fourth and final series due to Garfield Morgan's other professional commitments, but he returns a few episodes in. Season two's "Golden Fleece" and "Trojan Bus" featured a pair of Australian villains, Colin MacGruder and Ray Stackpole. The show was recorded entirely with film, and the production had a heavy reliance on location shooting, both of which were very unusual features at the time. Episode introductions by guest stars Geraldine James, Steven Pacey, George Sweeney, Nadim Sawalha, Tina Heath and John Lyons. Sweeney neither trusts nor believes in anyone except Anthony as he expresses in his response to Anthonys insistence that any good Christian would have helped save a fellow See Cast Stories & Locations, Please review our privacy policy here: https://heavy.com/privacy-policy/, Copyright 2023 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. This solemn ending themeto a show about crime, with it's own fast-paced intro music. Regan tries to nail a criminal for robbery, and meets opposition from an MP. It stars John Thaw as Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Dennis Waterman as his partner, Detective Sergeant George Carter. The programme's title derives from ' Sweeney Todd ', which is Cockney rhyming slang for 'Flying Squad'. Produced by Thames Television subsidiary Euston Films for broadcast on the ITV network. Claire Jane Sweeney (born 17 April 1971) is an English actress, singer and television personality, best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside and playing the role of Roxie Hart in the musical, Chicago, in Londons West End. A tough police officer, often frustrated by Scotland Yard's red tape. The funny story is that when I arrived to shoot the movie, I was in the car and was like, wow, the weather is so beautiful here, he said. Only the brand name has been retained."[16]. [17], Incidental and background music for the series was selected from off-the-shelf production music libraries, including De Wolfe, KPM, Bruton and Chappell. [27] A suspicious group of men have entered a bank dressed as painters. 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. The main episodes featuring Haskins are 2.7 "Golden Fleece", in which he is set up to be the victim of a corruption inquiry, and 4.13 "Victims", in which his wife, Doreen, suffers a mental breakdown. Production Manager at Labyrinth Theater Company. 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. 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. Lizzy Sweeney is Gars aunt. | He is very suspicious of Sweeney, Also included on the album is the main title theme music from the first feature film, Sweeney!. Following this battle for creative control, Ian Kennedy Martin parted company with the project. Once every 10 years. After? Insp. As per her bio, Autumn Reeser, who plays Emma, has experience performing on stage, as well as on TV and in movies. What they and the crews delivered is a fast-paced series, depicting the Squad's relentless battle against armed robbery; but it also includes a substantial degree of humour. A category of characters that appear in the films and Broadway musicals. Insp. The plots of the books are not taken from any of the television episodes; overall, the tone of the books differs somewhat from the television series in that Regan is usually depicted as working alone, and his relationship with Carter is distinctly unfriendly.[21]. 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. Some years earlier, Eddie Medhurst a gang member who shot a police sergeant escapes to Spain but returns. | The Sweeneys visit - coinciding with the day of Kate Doogans wedding - seems to be a catalyst for Gars decision to emigrate. When they burst into the bank, it turns out that the men are genuine painters and that "Regan", their guv (or boss), is there to tell them that they have the wrong sort of white paint(!) 2 Episodes 1978. Cast (in credits order) Produced by. "Thick as Thieves" episode and "Special Branch" episode. "Thou Shalt Not Kill" sees the Flying Squad deal with a robbery at the university branch of the National Mercian bank. Many have a twinkle in the eye--a lurid enjoyment of horrifying the Judge Turpin: 50-60, Standard British accent (RP), a conservative Stares. 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. While in prison, inmates Titus Oates and Colly Kibber plan a robbery. (14 episodes, 1975-1978) Terry Green. With Haskins on holiday, Quirk takes charge. Hallmark Regan meets a housewife Marcia Edmunds at a pub. This ethos was reflected in most aspects of production, from the storylines, casting, locations and most importantly the dialogue. A classic British Cop Show from the 1970s featuring Cowboy Cop Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and his sidekick Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad (Rhyming slang: "Sweeney Todd" = "Flying Squad", hence the title), an elite detective unit dealing with armed robbery. Most of the locations used for filming The Sweeney were around the west London areain particular, Acton, Chiswick, Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith, Fulham, Earl's Court, Kensington & Chelsea and Notting Hill districts, close to the Euston Films HQ at Colet Court in Hammersmith. 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