I haven't seen an episode of The Sweeney since I was a kid, but I'd be curious to see it again now. Has it aged well or is it all rather ridiculous? The theme tune is still great.
― admrl, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 20:57 (eighteen years ago)
i read this as "tim sweeney - have the years been kind?"
― get bent, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 21:06 (eighteen years ago)
Still better than The Professionals.
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 21:20 (eighteen years ago)
Predict the first person to say "Shut it you tart" in this thread
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 21:22 (eighteen years ago)
I think it gets shown on ITV4. I never watch it. I've got things to do.
― Alba, Tuesday, 8 January 2008 21:24 (eighteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaNAtkzaKe4
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 12 July 2012 22:31 (thirteen years ago)
it wasnt just a wobbewy
― r|t|c, Thursday, 12 July 2012 22:35 (thirteen years ago)
I just heard about the movie today. I used to watch The Sweeney on tv when I was little, I don't really rememember it except for car chases (?) - but this looks good
Love old Ray
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 January 2013 18:09 (thirteen years ago)
No, they haven't but there was a great episode on the other day, "Victims", where Haskins' wife has a breakdown and goes missing and Lynda La Plante's boyfriend kills a copper a goes on the lam. Also Regan's rant at the end of the very last episode, which was also on last week, is awesome - John Thaw was so good at rage.
― The Corbynite Maneuver (Tom D.), Sunday, 3 May 2020 12:50 (five years ago)
Every day, just before "The Sweeney" comes on, "The Professionals" is on and, though I don't actually watch it because it's fucking crap, I can't help but notice that Pamela Stephenson seems to be in every episode.
― Future England Captain (Tom D.), Friday, 26 June 2020 10:30 (five years ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Collins
In the same period Collins was writing songs with Mike McCartney, and when the drummer Pete Best was dropped from The Beatles, Mike McCartney suggested Collins as a possible replacement to his elder brother Paul McCartney. Turning down the option of an audition with The Beatles, Collins continued playing music on an amateur basis for a number of local bands, including The Eyes, and The Georgians.
What might have been...
― tired of waiting for icu (Matt #2), Friday, 26 June 2020 12:26 (five years ago)
Yes, he was in quite a well known band iirc.
― Future England Captain (Tom D.), Friday, 26 June 2020 12:28 (five years ago)
He played bass in the Mojos, where his partner in the rhythm section was Aynsley Dunbar!
― Future England Captain (Tom D.), Friday, 26 June 2020 12:33 (five years ago)
I'm now imagining The Professionals with Ringo Starr.
― trishyb, Friday, 26 June 2020 12:50 (five years ago)
Dodgy first Sweeney movie was on last night - well they're all dodgy. Three things of note. Barry Foster was such a class act, especially when playing reprehensible slimeballs. John Thaw has one absolutely classic Regan rant that's almost worth sitting through the rest of the film for. The 70s was definitely the decade for the bleak downbeat ending!
― Nine Inch Males (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 14:45 (two years ago)