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The Sweeney at 50: How a brash, brutal police drama transformed British television

The Sweeney at 50: How a brash, brutal police drama transformed British television

Half a century ago, John Thaw’s flawed and fallible detective Jack Regan introduced the antihero to mainstream British TV audiences. Decades later, the show’s influence is still visible all over our modern drama series, writes Jonathan Wells

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