Talk:The Sweeney

message: It's true that in the Sweeney pilot (or at least the first episode), Regan makes reference Carter being from the Peckham area in South London. In later episodes, though, this was altered to give the impression that he was from Fulham. Anyone know why? -   at 13:42, 28 June 2006
:It seems he was from Peckham but lived with his wife in Fulham, where she worked in a school. Valenciano (talk) 10:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Carter's provenance

message: In The Television Crimebusters Omnibus (1994), Peter Haining mentions an episode called "Regan and the Stripper", however I can find no mention of it in the article. Maybe it aired under a different name or it could be Haining talking complete rubbish as usual. Anybody know more of this? Colin4C (talk) 18:20, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No such episode or any with a plot substantially involving a stripper. He does visit a strip club to meet informant Joey Stickley in 'Supersnout' and it's unclear what his ex-girlfriend Iris Longs job is in 'Night out' but they don't seem to fit the description. Valenciano (talk) 10:26, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for that. My information is that there is a Sweeney novel called either Regan and the Stripper or Regan and the Bent Stripper published in 1977, by Joe Balham. I assumed as per Haining that it was adapted from a Sweeney episode, though am not surprised that Haining has lived down to his usual standards of inaccuracy in this. Colin4C (talk) 10:38, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  There is indeed Regan and the Bent Stripper  but most of the books have nothing to do with the series so I doubt it's based on an actual episode. Valenciano (talk) 11:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks again. Perhaps we should mention these books in the article? Colin4C (talk) 11:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. If you need any more info, best place to ask is here where someone will know.  Valenciano (talk) 12:28, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regan and the Stripper 

message: Is it just me, or does the run-down of each series seem to be extremely POV - containing a user(s) own personal favourites? There are no citations, and just seems to very much be a matter of opinion. I didn't want to edit / remove it before hearing other's thoughts. Jay Firestorm (talk) 13:44, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Over a year later... and still feel the same. Each season gives run-downs of "highlights". Highlights in whose opinion?? Can't believe I'm not the only one who feels this. Jay Firestorm (talk) 16:39, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Jump in and fix it. > Best O Fortuna (talk) 23:35, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extreme POV 

message: The article states that for the remake "Ray Winstone's name confirmed for the role of George Carter, and Ewan McGregor and Daniel Craig being sourced as keen possibilities for the lead role of Jack Regan". This seems barmy, for Carter to be 14 years older than Regan. Surely Winstone would be Regan and McGregor or Craig would be Carter? DavidFarmbrough (talk) 12:58, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Look for a better, more credible source, than Wikipedia. > Best O Fortuna (talk) 23:35, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Surely not! 

message: I watched a re run of "Abduction" on ITV 4 (20th Jan 2011) & a scene appears to have been censored - the friend of Suzy's (Reagans daughter who has been kidnapped) is describing the last time he saw her - the dialogue was cut & for a few seconds a box appeared on the sceen stating that changes had been made for legal reasons.
& there was a short cut in the dialogue later on in the episode.
Is there a specific reason for this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.116.155 (talk) 11:23, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of these type of shows in the 1970s initially went out after the 9.00 PM watershed, after-which a certain amount of violence and bad language was allowed in TV programmes, it being considered that most responsible parents would have their children put to bed by this time - this being long before most UK school children had TVs in their bedrooms. Hence, when re-shown in e.g., the afternoon, many had to have scenes edited or removed to make them acceptable for the 'pre-watershed' schedule. Usually it was just to remove bad language (swearing) or occasionally, nudity, although violent scenes were also sometimes cut. As Jay mentions above, also to make room for the adverts, there being much longer and more frequent add breaks nowadays compared to when the programmes were originally aired - approx eight minutes of adverts per-hour on ITV then - at 15min, 30 min, 45 min and on the hour, all of around two minutes each break, so even more editing is necessary for showing them on TV today.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.112.81.24 (talk) 20:55, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  ITV editing re runs? 

message: Was there very much?
It aired here in Canada in the 1970s. 99.247.1.157 (talk) 17:24, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Overseas distribution