The Sweeney

Cover Story - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: At the end Regan is driving the green ford escort at speed causing a police car to chase him, Carter is a passenger the two stunt doubles in the green escort do not look like Regan and Carter.

eric 64

Jackpot - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Regan arrives at the block of flats to speak to Biggleswade's parents, the squad car parks between a blue Ford Cortina and a white Fiat 128 parked a distance behind. In the next shot from the flats walkway looking down the white Fiat is parked right behind the squad car.

Money, Money, Money - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: During the car chase when the sweeney Ford Granada is chasing Sleman's Renault, in some shots the bonnet on the Granada has been released but at the end of the chase it is closed, which couldn't have been done when the car was being driven.

Money, Money, Money - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: When Fischer and Monk are fighting in the car, they collide with a parked red Austin 1100, pushing it on the pavement, but when they crash into the parked red sunbeam next you can see the red 1100 behind them undamaged and still on the road.

Money, Money, Money - S4-E6

Continuity mistake: After Fischer drives away after hitting the mini he passes Sleman's parked white Renault but when the camera switches to inside the car Fischer passes Sleman's parked car again.

Hard Men - S4-E2

Continuity mistake: When Freeth and Gibson meet under the canal bridge a barge sails past them in the direction that carter is approaching from, but when the camera is on Carter the barge has disappeared .

Down to You, Brother - S3-E9

Continuity mistake: When Meadows is riding in his Rolls Royce he gives his driver some money to buy a present, the Rolls is about to pass two parked cars - a yellow Daf and a blue Maxi - at the end of this scene the Rolls passes the same two parked cars a second time.

Faces - S2-E2

Continuity mistake: Brake lights are reflected in the front of the security van in the close up of when it pulls up outside the factory, but in the wide shot there is no vehicle in front of the van.

May - S3-E7

Continuity mistake: When the Jaguar is driving across the wasteland some accident damage to the front offside wing and rear door appears that wasn't in previous shots.

Tomorrow Man - S3-E4

Continuity mistake: When the robber drives off in the grey Vauxhall the offside hubcaps suddenly disappear just before it is hit by the security van.

Poppy - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: During the car chase at the airfield, after the Triumph crashes into the villain's Jaguar, spinning it round, the chase suddenly changes from the airfield to a lane.

Hit and Run - S2-E5

Continuity mistake: When Regan sounds the horn and shouts at the driver of the yellow car when it undertakes them, then cuts in front of them, the car was not visible through the side window when the camera was on Regan.

One of Your Own - S4-E10

Continuity mistake: When Tina comes out of the bureau de change and walks towards the car there is no one walking behind her, but as soon as she gets in to the car the shot from inside the car shows two people walking directly behind her.

Big Brother - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: In the pre-titles sequence at the start, as the blue van is driving along following the two men, the shots inside the van show a grey Mercedes parked to the van's right. When the shot changes to outside the van, there is a blue Ford Zodiac parked in front of the Mercedes that wasn't there in the inside shots.

On the Run - S3-E13

Character mistake: When Mrs Haldane is giving her statement to Regan she tells him that Cook was wearing dark glasses when she saw him outside her neighbour's house, but Cook wasn't wearing any glasses.

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Trivia: The blue Ford Cortina squad car seen in series 1 and 2 has the reg number NHK 296M. Sometimes it is fitted with a false number DLO 97M on the front (as has been noted as a mistake). The programme makers had been supplied with two cars from Ford, this Cortina and a Consul GT. The Cortina was fitted with this false plate to make the squad look like it had more cars, and only one number plate (the white front one) was made up to keep costs down, as the Sweeney had a small budget. In the series 3 episode "Pay Off" DLO 97M is on a white Cortina, in series three the same Triumph 2000 is seen with number plates TPA 931N and UUV 931N - again it is the same car with different number plates.

eric 64

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Hit and Run - S2-E5

Question: Towards the end of this episode the squad car has to double park so Regan can use a phone box, as Regan gets out of the car a van has to drive round the squad car and the driver sounds the horn, Regan gesticulates and shouts "up yours" at the van driver. I wonder if this was scripted or was a random moment and John Thaw was ad-libbing?

eric 64

Answer: Scripted.

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