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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BCI ECLIPSE LLC
EAN: 0787364778997
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Bci / Eclipse
Manufacturer: Bci / Eclipse
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Bci / Eclipse
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 05, 2007
Running Time: 650 minutes
Sales Rank: 29539
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
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Product Description:
From its launch in 1984 as a weekly Brittish cop drama to its currant serialized format this show has remained a top-rated series. The Bill follows the daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters. This 4 DVD set includes 11 episodes. Extras include pilot episode series overview featurette and photo galleries. John Salthouse Eric Richard Mark Wingett Gary Olsen Jeff Stewart Trudie Goodwin and Tony Scannell star.System Requirements:Running Time: 550 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 787364778997
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Enjoyable, good old fashioned British TV!
Really enjoying this trip back to mid 1970's London. No cell phones or computers - just good old fashioned cops and robbers. Wonderful acting from John Thaw - feels like you are watching Inspector Morse in his early career. Great classic cars too. If you are an Inspector Morse fan and like British TV I don't think you will be dissapointed. Yes it's old fashioned but that's a nice change from modern TV shows and no "politcal correctness" I was only 4 when they made this TV series so wasn't sure I'd like it but it's great!
Rating:  - Too out of date for me
I have to agree with the other viewer who found this too 70's to be of much interest now. What may have been gritty and hard-hitting in the 70's is pretty tame stuff now. Compared to NYPD Blue, and even Hill Street Blues, this is simple, slow and feels much more like TV than reality.
If you weren't a fan of this show when it aired, I'd try to rent a disc before investing in this set.
Rating: - You're nicked!!! The Sweeney finally on DVD in America!!!
What a great police show from the U.K.!!! Now this hard hitting cop show that starred the late John Thaw and Dennis Waterman show is now available in a awesome 4-DVD set!!! Some choice DVD extras are also included:audio commentaries on select episodes and some video introductions on select episodes by some classic guest stars,and more!!! This show was shot on a shoestring budget,but the entertainment is of the highest calibur!!! Great picture and sound!!! This show was quite original and paved the way for countless cop shows thereafter!!! Absolute classic television!!! Get this before it goes out of print!!! Two thumbs up Way up!!! Five stars!!! A+
Rating:  - Interesting Early Cop Show But Dated
I had high hopes for this series after reading the reviews and knowing that John Thaw starred. However, I found it to be too dated to be really interesting now and the macho atmosphere a bit juvenile. I can imagine it was quite a sensation when it first appeared but cop shows, whether character or action driven and whether about upper crust characters or street denizens, have come a long way since then. Also, the central character as a maverick officer/detective has also been done a lot and done better since that time. Inspectors Morse, Frost, Lynley, and others like Vincent, DaVinci, Barnaby, the Sandbaggers, etc. have all portrayed the smart cop who doesn't like to follow the rules and I found most of those to be better done and more engrossing than The Sweeney.
Rating: - And About Time Too!!!
THE SWEENEY was one of the great TV cop series from Euston Films of the 1970s. As one reviewer noted, before John Thaw was Inspector Morse he was Jack Regan. I've got all the sets from England and hope the rest will be issued in the USA, especially with the audio-commentaries and introduction from featured actors who often say something like, "When the Sweeney was on everybody made a point of watching in and it was an honor to appear in the show. You can't say the same about anything on British TV now (this was pre-LIFE ON MARS and NEW TRICKS). They are not exaggerating!
Dennis Waterman, one of the NEW TRICKS team, went on to appear as Terry in the long running Euston series MINDER. It was a shame that PBS never showed these series in the USA since they were really innovative and much better than Guy Ritchie's awful "mockney" British gangster films. THE SWEENEY was an inspiration for LIFE ON MARS now being adapted (and obviously ruined!!!) for American TV.
Enjoy this series which has finally reached this side of the pond and give PBS programmers "a good kicking" (as Regan and George Carter would say) for not transmitting it earlier.
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