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The show was recorded entirely with film, and the production had a heavy reliance on location shooting, both of which were very unusual features at the time. Although it was extremely popular, a combination of high production costs and creator burnout meant that it only lasted for four series. Nonetheless it was very influential, directly inspiring ITV's successful ''[[The Professionals]]'' and the BBC's relatively unpopular ''[[Target]]''.
Reportedly getting the Hollywood film treatment some time soon.{{when}}
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'''There were fewer obvious tropes in this series than in some cop shows, since it tried hard to avoid being corny, but some that occurred were:'''
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** The aforementioned Brian Blessed.
** Viewers of ''[[The Bill]]'' will say this when they see Christopher Ellison (aka DI Frank Burnside) and Andrew Paul (PC Dave Quinnan) pop up.
** [[Blake's
** John Hurt and [[Minder|George Cole]] appear together in one episode.
** Lynda Bellingham (now of ''Loose Women'') is another famous guest star who appeared in an episode.
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* [[Perp Sweating]]: Lots of sweating, along with plenty of punching, kicking, and banging against walls.
* [[Rabid Cop]]: Regan on a bad day.
* [[Six Is Nine]]: The "6 with a screw missing turns into a 9" gag is used in a scene where a very respectable family are eating dinner when armed policemen crash into their home, and are just as surprised as they are because they were expecting to meet armed criminals. After the mistake is cleared up, the officers leave with apologies and the family calmly return to their meal. Moments later, a crash is heard in the distance, and the father comments that it sounds as though they've found number 9.
* [[Special Guest]]: Morecambe and Wise. (John Thaw and Dennis Waterman found it hard to keep a straight face around them; they also did a spoof of ''The Sweeney'' on their sketch programme.)
* [[Theme Song Assonance]]: the sWEEney, the sWEEney, dadadadadaaaaa, dadadada!
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