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- DirectorTom CleggStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanLee MontagueA Flying Squad officer is led a merry dance by gangsters from a London pub and, although he survives a brutal beating, he subsequently dies. Enter John Thaw's vengeful and unconventional copper Jack Regan.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganAfter Regan gets a tip about an upcoming robbery from a trusted informant, the gang kidnaps his daughter to blackmail him into inaction.
- DirectorWilliam BrayneStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganAfter Danny Keever, a convict on weekend release and due for parole, is framed in a bank robbery, Regan works to clear him.
- DirectorTerry GreenStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganGiles Nunn and Carrie Selhurst are an upper crust couple who, partly for kicks and for the profits, commit highway robbery in lonely country lanes, along with the lower class boy Tommy Garret, whose dad is a friend of George Carter. Regan is on to them and Carrie gets arrested, but her unwillingness to cooperate leads to the death of the next victim.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganVic Labbett, a violent robber who fled England following a robbery, has now returned from exile but only temporarily. His aim is to pick up the cash from the heist and convert it into diamonds and fly out of the country again. Regan is on to him and although Labbett initially eludes him, a muddy car chase across the air-field leads to his downfall.
- DirectorDouglas CamfieldStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganThe day before the start of a new term, the university branch of the National Mercian bank is robbed. Regan and his squad arrive and catch or shoot most of the gang but known killer Wands and simple side-kick Monks are still inside with the manager and two women hostages. Haskins' hesitancy in ordering the police marksmen to fire on the robbers leads to a car chase and fatalities, causing Regan to round on his boss.
- DirectorDavid WickesStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganRobert Hargreaves, who has an apparently distinguished military background, joins Regan's team. However, at a raid on a caravan site to capture a gang of ex-soldiers who have carried out a violent robbery and are armed, Hargreaves bottles it and cowers behind a tree. Running against the general tide of opinion, Regan believes he is unsuitable for the job but needs to find out more.
- DirectorDavid WickesStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganViolent psychopath Tim Cook, dubbed 'The Leopard' by the press, escapes from custody on a hospital visit, having vowed to get Regan, who put him away. He is sheltered by ex-cellmate Ian Pinder in a house belonging to Pinder's gay uncle but after freaking out and attacking Uncle goes on the run and hides in the woods. Regan and Carter lead the Sweeney in a manhunt which leads to a shoot-out.
- DirectorSid RobersonStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGeorge SewellRegan is staking out vicious robber Vic Tolman and his girl-friend Lyn Hurst, who have stolen the wages from the firm where Lyn worked. A surveillance is in progress on the flat belonging to Lyn's sister Joan, who is looking after her daughter. Regan and Carter eventually break into the flat and use the two women as bait for Tolman. He turns up but things do not go as planned.
- DirectorSid RobersonStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganEddie Monk has been straight for some years and he and his wife are good friends to Regan. He wins the pools but is blackmailed over a robbery for which he was never caught eleven years earlier and is killed after a fight with the blackmailer, Fischer. Using leads from a former gang member and his old mentor, Regan tracks down Fischer and has his revenge. Haskins is less fortunate when an important witness is put out of action.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganA security guard is murdered during a payroll snatch. The local police force under Chief Superintendent Canning have no luck in catching the robbers and Canning is reluctant to work with Regan when the Sweeney are called in, frequently clashing with him. When Regan apprehends all the gang without telling him, Canning is far from happy. Regan is accused of corruption nine years earlier and Canning, his contemporary, refuses to help him. Fortunately Carter finds someone who will, but the whole experience leaves Regan extremely bitter.
- DirectorTerry GreenStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanDiana DorsA hung-over Regan pulls local Lothario Lukey Sparrow for his part in the theft of thirty thousand pounds worth of mercury. The boy has an alibi - he was in bed with a married woman, but wants it kept quiet, as he is getting wed next day, to Linda, daughter of the fearsome Lily Rix. Regan proves Lukey's part in the crime but needs to reach him before some very dangerous heavies do. Either way the wedding seems unlikely to go ahead, subjecting Regan to the full wrath of Mrs. Rix.
- DirectorDavid WickesStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanGarfield MorganWhen the Superintendent finds out that there is a bank robbery in progress on a Saturday afternoon, he assigns Regan to visit an old girlfriend whose apartment is adjacent.