The Sweeney

The Sweeney (1975)

24 mistakes in season 4

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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 .

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.

Money, Money, Money - S4-E6

Audio problem: When Eddie Monk and Brian Fischer are fighting in the car, Fischer collides with three parked cars. The same sound effect of the crash is used all three times, also the sound of breaking glass is heard but no glass is broken on any of the cars.

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Trivia

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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Questions

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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