The Foxes

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Television series
German title The Foxes
Original title The Sweeney
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Year (s) 1974-1988
length 45-60 minutes
Episodes 54 in 4 seasons
genre Crime series
idea Ian Kennedy Martin
script Ian Kennedy Martin
production Ted Childs
music Harry South
camera Dusty Miller
Norman Langley
Roy Pointer
cut John S. Smith
Chris Burt
Ian Toynton
First broadcast January 2nd, 1975 on ITV
German-language
first broadcast		 August 6, 1980 on ZDF
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The Foxes (original title: The Sweeney ) was a British crime series from 1975-1978. The main characters were officers from an elite Scotland Yard unit known as the Flying Squad , whose mission was to combat violent crime. The series consists of 54 episodes in 4 seasons. In Germany, 26 parts of the series were broadcast on ZDF from August 1980. In 1993, two television films were put together from the series, which were broadcast on RTL 2 under the umbrella name Sweeny .

action

The main characters are Detective Inspector Jack Regan and Detective Sergeant George Carter, who serve at the raid in London. The police officers are not portrayed as infallible, always correct officers, but as people with rough edges, who also make mistakes and occasionally do not shy away from outbreaks of violence or unorthodox methods to arrest brutal criminals.

background

The series originally ran on British television network ITV between 1975 and 1978 . From a technical point of view, the series excelled in that everything was completely recorded on film (it was often common at the time to use the technically poorer video cameras, at least for indoor shots). In addition, the series dared to jump out of the television studio as one of the first of its kind: As a result, a large number of exterior shots were shown in a series that were actually shot live in London traffic, mostly without barriers.

Since the 1990s, the series has hardly been repeated in the United Kingdom, but from 2010 it was increasingly broadcast on ITV3 and ITV4. In 2012 there was a remake in theaters under the title The Crime with Ray Winstone as Jack Regan and Plan B as George Carter.

For the German broadcast, ZDF did not proceed in stages, but skipped episodes at random. The broadcast slot was every 14 days on Wednesdays at 9:20 p.m. After the series, two television films were made, which ran on RTL 2 in 1993 under the umbrella name Sweeny.

Episode list

(Order and numbering of the episodes according to imdb.)

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast VK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
0 0 - Armchair Cinema: Regan pilot episode 1974 - Terry Green Trevor Preston
1 1 Car thieves Wrestler 0Jan. 2, 1975 Jan. 28, 1981 Terry Green Trevor Preston
2 2 - jackpot 0Jan. 9, 1975 - Tom Clegg Troy Kennedy-Martin
3 3 - Thin ice Jan. 16, 1975 - Tom Clegg Troy Kennedy-Martin
4th 4th - Queen's Pawn Jan. 23, 1975 - Viktor's Ritelis Ranald Graham
5 5 The alibi Jigsaw Jan. 30, 1975 Feb 12, 1981 William Brayne Tudor Gates
6th 6th A long night Night out 0Feb 6, 1975 Aug 20, 1980 David Wickes Troy Kennedy-Martin
7th 7th Under a false name The placer Feb 13, 1975 Oct 15, 1980 Ted Childs Trevor Preston
8th 8th The cover story Cover story Feb. 20, 1975 17 Sep 1980 Ted Childs Ranald Graham
9 9 The golden boy Golden boy Feb. 27, 1975 Jan. 14, 1981 Tom Clegg Martin Hall
10 10 - Stoppo Driver 06th Mar 1975 - Terry Green Allan Prior
11 11 - Big donor 13 Mar 1975 - Viktor's Ritelis Allan Prior
12 12 - Contact breaker 20 Mar 1975 0December 3, 1980 William Brayne Robert Banks Stewart
13 13 - Abduction Feb. 27, 1975 - Tom Clegg Trevor Preston

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast VK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
14th 1 - Chalk and Cheese 0Sep 1 1975 - Terry Green Trevor Preston
15th 2 - Faces 08 Sep 1975 - William Brayne Murray Smith
16 3 - Super snout Sep 15 1975 - Tom Clegg Ranald Graham
17th 4th The big Brother Big brother 22 Sep 1975 0July 1, 1981 Tom Clegg Trevor Preston
18th 5 - Hit and Run 29 Sep 1975 - Mike Vardy Roger Marshall
19th 6th - Trap 0Oct 6, 1975 - Jim Goddard Ray Jenkins
20th 7th - Golden fleece Oct 13, 1975 - David Wickes Roger Marshall
21st 8th Hot money Poppy Oct. 20, 1975 Oct. 29, 1980 Tom Clegg Trevor Preston
22nd 9 - Stay Lucky Eh? Oct. 27, 1975 - Douglas Camfield Trevor Preston
23 10 The ghost bus Trojan bus 0Nov 3, 1975 Dec 17, 1980 Ted Childs Roger Marshall
24 11 - I want the man Nov 10, 1975 - Tom Clegg Ray Jenkins
25th 12 A country boy Country boy Nov. 17, 1975 Nov 12, 1980 Ted Childs Roger Marshall
26th 13 - Thou Shalt Not Kill Nov 24, 1975 - Douglas Camfield Ranald Graham

season 3

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast VK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
27 1 The gentlemen from cell 13 Selected target 06 Sep 1976 Feb 25, 1981 Tom Clegg Troy Kennedy-Martin
28 2 Cold cargo In from the cold 13 Sep 1976 25th Mar 1981 Terry Green Tony Hoare
29 3 Dangerous cargo Visiting Fireman Sep 20 1976 03rd Sep 1980 Tom Clegg Troy Kennedy-Martin
30th 4th The computer king Tomorrow Man 27 Sep 1976 0Aug 6, 1980 David Wickes Andrew Wilson
31 5 - Taste of Fear 0Oct. 4, 1976 - David Wickes Roger Marshall
32 6th Rotten apples Bad Apple Oct 11, 1976 Apr 22, 1981 Douglas Camfield Roger Marshall
33 7th - May Oct 25, 1976 - Tom Clegg Trevor Preston
34 8th The inheritance Sweet Smell of Succession 0Nov 8, 1976 11th Mar 1981 William Brayne Peter Hill
35 9 - Down to you, brother Nov 22, 1976 - Christopher Menaul Richard Harris
36 10 Where's Eddy Glass? Pay off Nov 29, 1976 0Oct. 1, 1980 Douglas Camfield Peter Hammond
37 11 - Loving Arms 0Dec 6, 1976 - Tom Clegg Robert Wales
38 12 - Lady luck Dec 13, 1976 - Mike Vardy Ranald Graham
39 13 - On the run Dec 20, 1976 - David Wickes Roger Marshall

Season 4

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast VK German language first broadcast (D) Director script
40 1 The gentlemen from cell 13 Messenger of the Gods 0Sep 7 1978 Feb 25, 1981 Terry Green Trevor Preston
41 2 - Hard men Sep 14 1978 - Graham Baker Troy Kennedy-Martin
42 3 Service is service Drag Act 21 Sep 1978 0May 6, 1981 Tom Clegg Ted Childs
43 4th Red takes stock Trust Red 28 Sep 1978 0Apr 8, 1981 Douglas Camfield Richard Harris
44 5 - Nightmare 0Oct 5, 1978 - David Wickes Ranald Graham
45 6th The main prize Money, money, money Oct 12, 1978 July 29, 1981 Sid Roberson Trevor Preston
46 7th The bait Bait Oct. 19, 1978 Feb. 26, 1990 Sid Roberson Trevor Preston
47 8th - The Bigger They Are Oct 26, 1978 - Mike Vardy Tony Hoare
48 9 - Feet of Clay 0Nov 2, 1978 - Chris Burt Roger Marshall
49 10 ... aka Charlie Mason One of your own 0Nov 9, 1978 03rd June 1981 Christopher Menaul Tony Hoare
50 11 Two friendly gentlemen Hearts and Minds Nov 23, 1978 July 15, 1981 Mike Vardy Donald Churchill, Ted Childs
51 12 The lady from South America Latin lady Nov 30, 1978 Aug 12, 1981 Peter Smith Ted Childs
52 13 - Victims Dec 14, 1978 - Ben Bolt Roger Marshall
53 14th Regan in a bind Jack or Knave Dec 28, 1978 Aug 26, 1981 Tom Clegg Ted Childs

literature

  • Robert Fairclough, Mike Kenwood, George Williams: Sweeney !: The Official Companion . Richmond 2002, ISBN 1-903111-43-9 .
  • Pat Gilbert: Shut It !: The Inside Story of the Sweeney . London 2010, ISBN 1-84513-589-X .

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