646f9e108c Jack Regan is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police. He pursues villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal themselves, frequently violent and more often than not successful. Jack Regan is a hard edged detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police (called 'the Sweeney' from the Cockney rhyming slang 'Sweeney Todd' = 'Flying Squad'). He pursues villains by methods which are underhanded and often illegal themselves, frequently violent and more often than not successful. American here. I have just finished watching NEW TRICKS all episodes for the 3rd time. Around Christmas for the past 3 years I treat myself. This year I went looking for older things that the cast may have appeared in and I had never seen. I found The Sweeney with Dennis Waterman in it. I began watching and to my delight I had failed to reference John Thawa lead character. I could not believe my Good Fortune. I am now in the second season and really enjoying this series. I am glad that I had seen Morse and New Tricks first. These two for the most part are playing the same characters with similar mannerisms. Morse is a wee bit less disgruntled in this series and Jerry/Carter is more subdueda character. It always takes me a few episodes to really get into the rhythm of a UK show. This series took longer because of the rhyming phrases sprinkled everywhere within the shows. I have had to look up a few phrases more than usual. Being an Artist and a Hippie Chick from The Sixties, I have to admit that I adore The Fashion of the show. I have made my daughter come into see outfits that are simply so lavish and charming I wax nostalgic. My nic-name in college was Velvet, because I wore lots of it and lots of plush wide Wales corduroy to boots! Love it, love it, love it. Amazing are the Velvet Jackets worn to work during the day. You just had to be there. I also miss hair, long beautiful hair, here hair, there hair, everywhere HAIR. I am pleased that I have found this series to indulge my long cold winter here in the Midwest of the US. I am a big Mystery Buff and kudos to you UK Folkes for creating SMART characters and series for the rest of the world. My Favourite Crime/Mystery Series New Tricks, Dalziel & Pascoe, Lewis, Morse, Frost, Midsomer Murders, Lynley, Hetty Wainthrope, Marple (Margaret being the best!) The Last Detective Waking The Dead Jonathan Creek, Hamish Macbeth, Pie In The Sky, Rosemary & Thyme, Poirot Sherlock, Wallander and wish I could get the new Father Brown series! Jack Regan tells various members of the criminal community they are nicked and selected colleagues to "shut it" in this magnificent series which re-wrote the rules of cops and robbers TV drama. Until The Sweeney, scenes involving dialogue between actors travelling in cars employed dodgy back projection which was very noticeable. The Sweeney had a cameraman in the car with the cast while the car is actually being driven. The depiction of violence here was controversial - the thumping Thaw gives Eric Mason in series one closing episode Abduction is particularly brutal - is it justified because he had kidnapped Regan's daughter - we the audience are the judges! Many people cite this series for wrecking numerous Jaguar Mkll saloons - in fact it is an S Type - and there is only one which gets smashed up over and over again ! Bad Apple from series 3 is especially good - with Norman Jones and John Lyons playing corrupt but very effective cops. The closing chase sequence where Thaw and Jones meet at last has scenes filmed at Chertsey lock - into which this correspondent had the misfortune to fall during a Thames boating holiday in 1972! Messenger of the Gods has the taxi driver from Eastenders (Derek Martin)promising that the sexually active young gentleman who "grassed" him (Malcolm McFee, of Please Sir fame) has "earnt 'isself a slappin' " On The Run includes the immortal line where Regan tells a superior that he and Carter (Dennis Waterman) are "working like one armed paperhangers"; and its prequel Taste of Fear features a magnificent portrayal of a new recruit (Norman Eshley) who isn't cut out for life in The Sweeney. Morecambe and Wise appear in Hearts And Minds, much to the amusement of Thaw and Waterman. Witness the end credits where Harry South's reflective theme is matched to evocative black and white stills of John Thaw, Dennis Waterman and Garfield Morgan, who straddle these adventures like colossuses. Watch and enjoy.
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