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Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best ’70s drama series can be, The Sweeney is one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. Featuring John Thaw as the irascible Detective Inspector Regan and Dennis Waterman as his loyal ‘oppo’, Detective Sergeant Carter. (Network)
Cast
![Patricia Franklin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281303_6f0357.jpg)
Patricia Franklin
UK
Best series:
Black Books (2000) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Billy Murray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/313/313159_1aa61f.jpg)
Billy Murray
UK
Best series:
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Bergerac (1981) (series)
![Diana Dors](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647064_5b5d55.jpg)
Diana Dors
UK
Best series:
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) (series)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (series)
Hammer House of Horror (1980) (series)
![Nadim Sawalha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/906/157906656_80718a.jpg)
Nadim Sawalha
Jordan
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Hour (2011) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
![George Harris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/402/402392_4f1544.jpg)
George Harris
Grenada
Best series:
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Spooks (2002) (series)
![Carol Drinkwater](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/469/161469720_fc6496.jpg)
Carol Drinkwater
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Captain James Cook (1987) (series)
Golden Pennies (1985) (series)
![Vernon Dobtcheff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494695_35970a.jpg)
Vernon Dobtcheff
France
Best series:
Rome (2005) (series)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) (series)
![Edward de Souza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/141/158141958_350453.jpg)
Edward de Souza
UK
Best series:
Rome (2005) (series)
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
![Michael Elphick](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785469_748e2e.jpg)
Michael Elphick
UK
Best series:
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Masada (1981) (series)
![George Cole](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/055/126/55126076_3d3d7a.jpg)
George Cole
UK
Best series:
UFO (1970) (series)
Suspicion (1957) (series)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![Ian Hendry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160102_b5f26c.jpg)
Ian Hendry
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
![Roy Kinnear](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/125/158125872_70caf0.jpg)
Roy Kinnear
UK
Best series:
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
Blakes 7 (1978) (series)
![Hywel Bennett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/997/161997847_b3926a.jpg)
Hywel Bennett
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Lesley Dunlop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/078/158078109_51d440.jpg)
Lesley Dunlop
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
The Bill (1984) (series)
![Ronald Fraser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126142_d87370.jpg)
Ronald Fraser
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
![Roger Sloman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/321/158321533_d490ee.jpg)
Roger Sloman
UK
Best series:
Mr. Bean (1990) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Blackadder (1983) (series)
![Anthony O'Donnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/321/158321535_0d2bc9.jpg)
Anthony O'Donnell
UK
Best series:
The Storyteller (1987) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005) (series)
![Caroline Blakiston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538480_179382.jpg)
Caroline Blakiston
UK
Best series:
The Saint (1962) (series)
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994) (series)
Chancer (1990) (series)
Tim Meats
UK
Best series:
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
![William Morgan Sheppard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/785/162785479_4eb7ff.jpg)
William Morgan Sheppard
UK
Best series:
Dexter (2006) (series)
Young Justice (2010) (series)
Shogun (1980) (series)