The Foxes
Television series | |
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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 |
occupation | |
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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 |
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0 | 0 | - | Armchair Cinema: Regan pilot episode | 1974 | - | Terry Green | Trevor Preston |
1 | 1 | Car thieves | Wrestler | Jan. 2, 1975 | Jan. 28, 1981 | Terry Green | Trevor Preston |
2 | 2 | - | jackpot | Jan. 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 | Feb 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 | 6th 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 | December 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 |
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14th | 1 | - | Chalk and Cheese | Sep 1 1975 | - | Terry Green | Trevor Preston |
15th | 2 | - | Faces | 8 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 | July 1, 1981 | Tom Clegg | Trevor Preston |
18th | 5 | - | Hit and Run | 29 Sep 1975 | - | Mike Vardy | Roger Marshall |
19th | 6th | - | Trap | Oct 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 | Nov 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 |
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27 | 1 | The gentlemen from cell 13 | Selected target | 6 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 | 3rd Sep 1980 | Tom Clegg | Troy Kennedy-Martin |
30th | 4th | The computer king | Tomorrow Man | 27 Sep 1976 | Aug 6, 1980 | David Wickes | Andrew Wilson |
31 | 5 | - | Taste of Fear | Oct. 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 | Nov 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 | Oct. 1, 1980 | Douglas Camfield | Peter Hammond |
37 | 11 | - | Loving Arms | Dec 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 |
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40 | 1 | The gentlemen from cell 13 | Messenger of the Gods | Sep 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 | May 6, 1981 | Tom Clegg | Ted Childs |
43 | 4th | Red takes stock | Trust Red | 28 Sep 1978 | Apr 8, 1981 | Douglas Camfield | Richard Harris |
44 | 5 | - | Nightmare | Oct 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 | Nov 2, 1978 | - | Chris Burt | Roger Marshall |
49 | 10 | ... aka Charlie Mason | One of your own | Nov 9, 1978 | 3rd 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 .
Web links
- The foxes in the Internet Movie Database (English)