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  • Actors: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Katherine Fahey, Albert Welling, Benjamin Whitrow
  • Directors: Ben Bolt, Chris Burt, Christopher Menaul, David Wickes, Douglas Camfield
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Network
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Sep 2005
  • Run Time: 700 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002XOYSE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,443 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
The entire fourth series of the action-packed dry-witted smash hit cop show of 1970s.
They're a classic detective double act, John Thaw is the mature, serious and irritable Regan, while his young partner, Dennis Waterman, is the cheeky cockney Carter who's a hit with the ladies. Part of London's Sweeney Todd the Flying Squad (rhyming slang!) they're called upon to raid villains' homes, particularly when there are semi-clad ladies involved. Regan and Carter face violent clashes and often use firearms and illegal methods to get an arrest. Undoubtedly influenced by movies like GET CARTER this acclaimed, gritty and notably realistic TV series--where police work is not glamorised and the effects on personal relationships of the committed coppers is all too clear--still has resonance, but at the same time is of its time.

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Finishing in style, 19 Oct 2004
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The fourth and final series of The Sweeney was (in my opinion) the weakest (save for a few real gems 'Messenger of the Gods', 'Drag Act', 'One of Your Own' and, of course, Regan's closing comments to Haskins in 'Jack or Knave') but I put this down to the story lines rather than the actors - all on top form as usual.

As far as this DVD set goes, Network has definitely saved the best until last. Various John Thaw and Dennis Waterman interviews accompany the regular 'Annual' feature in PDF format as well as pre-programme introductions by a selection of the guest actors. A fantastic 'Out Takes' and 'Making of Hearts and Minds' PDF feature, not to mention the now expected crystal clear picture and sound quality and music only track complete a highly polished box set.

In short; congratulations to Network for providing us with the complete 'The Sweeney' - long overdue but well worth the wait, and well done to everyone involved in 'The Sweeney' for providing us with some of the finest television ever produced.

5 stars.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Swan Song or Triumhant Fanfare?, 1 Nov 2004
By Richard Batty (Bury Cambridgeshire GB) - See all my reviews
This last series of the Sweeney showed that the vastly popular and well acted drama had come to a logical conclusion. The episodes are a real mixed bag - some brilliant and some leaving you thinking why the writer allowed the plot to develop along those lines. The Acting is as ever superb, with the double act of Thaw and Waterman being really comfy with each other by this time.
Regan develops into an even harder drinking, harder smoking character who seems to get his leg over more in this final series, but remarks to George that "I am getting too old for this caper - I smoke too much, I drink too much..."
This is a series for real Sweeney fans like me, but is not by any means the best of the bunch. There is also an appearance by Morcombe and Wise (I am not a fan), but this somehow seems out of place, as if we are sharing an in-house Euston films joke that we don't quite understand.
There are good interviews and special features and the restoration of the original 16mm film is as in the previous sets absolutely superb.
In summary, if you love the Sweeney, you will love this. If this is your first Sweeney purchase then I suggest you start with an earlier series, preferably in chronological order to get the best effect.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Christmas, another boxset, 27 Mar 2007
Tucked away in this final set is my favourite Sweeney episode "Hard Men", in which a Scottish detective "liases" with the Met to foil a kidnap plot. An hour of brilliance in the writing and acting department. Nowadays, British drama consists of endless serial killers with preposterous habits and cardboard characters leaning over mortuary tables babbling about forensics in weird colour filters. It's all terribly dreary.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sweeney reaches maturity, challenges the system... and gets the push.
The writers, Trevor Preson particularly, reached a new confidence by the final series. Dialogue is more naturalistic and there's a little more sight of the dynamic duo's private... Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2006 by Tony Gosling

5.0 out of 5 stars Goodbye Mr Regan televison will never see your like again
After a two year gap the final series( four) of the Sweeney kicked off in the politically fraught autumn of 1978(the year of the winter of discontent )having established itself... Read more
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The fourth and final part of this wonderful set of DVD's, the worst of the 4 series of The Sweeney but if you've got the others then you may as well get this. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2004 by DAMAGED BALLARD

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