stoneman 11:56 Fri Jun 19
The Sweeney & The Professionals
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Why is that when cars crashed in 70s Cop shows they always burst into flames even after a minor shunt?
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british is best
12:04 Sat Jun 20
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The best one ever on the professionals . was when bodie and Doyle turned up at the start of an episode wearing matching red tracksuits it was comedy gold .
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Gonch
11:43 Fri Jun 19
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Nice and easy does it all the time...
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stomper
11:43 Fri Jun 19
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Problem is a lot cops copied the behavior of the guys on the telly, Living near Baltimore, I reckon the Wire has a lot to answer for.
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Top Iron
11:28 Fri Jun 19
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There was an episode of The new Avengers filmed with Shaw and Collins playing villains, just before The Professionals went into production.
There's a nudge-wink moment at the end when Collins says to Shaw 'we'll have to work together again soon.'
Used to love to watch it just to see if Gordon Jackson remembered to limp from week to week.
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wanstead_hammer
11:20 Fri Jun 19
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The Sweeney and Minder were/are brilliant.
The Professionals was alright but not as good as the others.
Even the closing title music in the Sweeney is quality and brings back good memories of those times.
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subcutaneous
11:12 Fri Jun 19
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MrCrowmanSir 10:18 Fri Jun 19
As soon as I saw this thread, I thought of you.
Not in a gay way, of course.
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stoneman
11:11 Fri Jun 19
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Utter cock!
Unbelievable.
Minder was great until they ran out of story lines for Terry, I actually liked the nephew episodes.
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Sven Roeder
11:05 Fri Jun 19
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I think The Sweeney and Minder (except when Dennis Waterman left and the floppy haired 'nephew' or whatever came in) were brilliant tv and still stand up.
But the Professionals was a load of utter cock. I cant stand either of the actors TO THIS DAY. IN ANYTHING AT ALL.
Gordon Jackson was ok though
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South West Hammer
10:37 Fri Jun 19
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I bought a Ford Granada back in my early 20's because of the Sweeney. 3 litre V6 in metallic brown with matching vinyl roof. fackin 'andsome!
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MrCrowmanSir
10:18 Fri Jun 19
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Preferred The Sweeney, it was grittier, more realistic. Both programmes had good cars in though.
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Attwood
10:08 Fri Jun 19
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there used to be an excellent Sweeney web site.
there was a photo of Jack's flat and you could click on the items in it and get a few lines of text about them - his sheepskin coat slung over the back of a chair, the bottle of johnnie walker red label, players navy cut fags and the string and nail picture of a yacht on the wall.
brilliant, brilliant series with john thaw the archetypal DI
spawned a thousand imitators in the real old bill through the 70's and 80's, very close in terms of culture within a real CID office
no idea why all the cars burst into flames though. british Leyland workmanship?
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mashed in maryland
7:01 Fri Jun 19
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Hahahahhaa as if people on here still get annoyed when there's non-football threads on here ffs
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Private Dancer
6:22 Fri Jun 19
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I'm also gonna start a thread on a football forum on the next tv programme that I watch. Stand by your beds.
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HairyHammer
5:28 Fri Jun 19
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Obvious innit
The leading actors were hot and on fire.
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SJS
4:28 Fri Jun 19
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Klansman was banned due to race tensions at the time.
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Swiss.
3:51 Fri Jun 19
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Funny I was watching UK gold and they showed the same episode I can distinctly remember as a kid with Patrick Mower playing an Aussie crook.
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Joke Whole
3:30 Fri Jun 19
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Watched an episode of The Professionals a while back, no sure which one but it was centred around a bowling club in, I believe, "south London".
It just seemed to get more & more camp as it progressed. Could have been a pantomime by the time the end credits rolled.
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worm
2:48 Fri Jun 19
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Why was that episode banned?
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SJS
2:01 Fri Jun 19
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yngwies Cat 12:19 Fri Jun 19
Andrews started filming / rehearsing with Shaw but they canned it due to bad chemistry.
If you get the BluRay's it has loads of insight and extras, including the, banned, 'Klansman' episode. Love it!
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Dave Lister
1:55 Fri Jun 19
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Did anyone here play Sweeney at school?
You'd mob into 2s or 3s pick a villain (a mongy kid) and Sweeney him which meant pushing him up against a wall, yelling "you're nicked" and giving him a gentle (as in not going all out) kicking.
The teachers were all against it. They didn't mind the kicking but hated being yelled at.
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Swiss.
1:16 Fri Jun 19
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Loved the Comic Strip piss take.
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