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  • I'd had one telly part before – a croupier in an episode of The Sweeney.

    Portrait of the artist: Geraldine James, actor 2011

  • Still maybe the local police had been watching re-runs of The Sweeney and wanted to look hard and tough!

    Archive 2008-08-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

  • Travelling Man - The Complete Series - Created and scripted by Roger Marshall - renowned for his contributions to The Avengers, Public Eye and The Sweeney, among many other classic series.

    DVD Times 2010

  • And given that Mossad has access to the most sophisticated assassination techniques in the world, why were the alleged assassins wearing the kind of ill-fitting nylon wigs and comedy moustaches last seen being sported by bank robbers in The Sweeney, circa 1975?

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • "I've been playing with making a film of The Sweeney for years and that's been in the offing, and we may have a go at doing it this year," he revealed.

    Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010

  • Ray Winstone and Daniel Craig are reportedly being lined up for starring roles in a remake of The Sweeney.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • The original ITV series - which ran for nearly 15 years - started back in 1979, as a vehicle for Dennis Waterman, who had appeared in another hit show, The Sweeney.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • The original ITV series - which ran for nearly 15 years - started back in 1979, as a vehicle for Dennis Waterman, who had appeared in another hit show, The Sweeney.

    SFluxe 2009

  • The television I remember from my childhood was not the American escapism of Charlie's Angels and the like, but the chilling British eeriness of Edge of Darkness and the gritty satisfactions of The Sweeney.

    California Chronicle 2009

  • If you liked Life on Mars there’s always four series of The Sweeney to have a gander at.

    Summer 2008 TV: why should we care? DAVID BISHOP 2008

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  • Flying Squad of the Metropolitan Police, England.

    January 26, 2016

  • Supposedly from rhyming slang: Sweeney Todd, Flying Squad.

    January 26, 2016