and he doesn’t fancy the Flying Squad having any idea that something is going on. The brighter of the two thieves has the clever idea of selling the photos to the subject of Regan’s observations, a highly-connected gangster who has some sort of hush-hush operation about the get underway. (He had, unfortunately left the car unlocked.) A car that Regan has borrowed from a sleep-in girl friend to do some surveillance work for the day is stolen, along with his camera and several photos he’d already taken. I’m not sure why this first episode is titled “Ringer,” but it’s a good one. John Thaw ( Inspector Morse) played Detective Inspector Jack Regan, while Dennis Waterman ( New Tricks) was his second in command, Detective Sergeant George Carter. It was on British TV for four seasons, followed by three theatrical movies. “The Sweeney” is Cockney slang for London’s Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police (short for Sweeney Todd, a rhyming version of ‘Flying Squad’). Writers: Trevor Preston, Ian Kennedy Martin. Guest Cast: Ian Hendry, Brian Blessed, Jill Townsend. John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan. THE SWEENEY “Ringer.” ITV, Thames Television.
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