Sweeney Theme Tune (Intro and Outro)

[@leedstown]

Watching this takes me back to my happy childhood when I was a young kid. Best police show ever made

[@songsmith31a]

Theme music perfectly suited to its material. Never get tired of listening to it..

[@jc7671]

So sad to hear the passing of Dennis Waterman. This was always my favourite police show and Dennis was a principal player.

[@markscott6414]

Very sad, Sweeney & Minder being the only thing worth watching back in the day. Gone too soon. RIP Dennis & John & of course George ❤️

[@terrytibbs1593]

The greatest British tv show ever.Thaw and Waterman made for each other

[@guitartommo2794]

One of my favourite themes because it is basically the same melodies in opening and closing themes. But the different arrangements and tempo change create two completely different musical atmospheres. Love the blasting trumpets at 00:22 compared muted at 00:59.

[@davidfrancis273]

Euston Films produced some great drama series for ITV in the 70s and 80s The iconic The Sweeney and also Minder, Van der Valk and Capital City. All fantastically entertaining and, in most cases, great commercial successes.

[@GeorgieGorman]

Harry South wrote the theme. It's a great piece of music. For a great show. The best ever made by. British TV a classic will never get old The Sweeney John Thaw Denis Waterman

[@charliehinde2982]

Please never delete this video!!!

[@scudo1905]

love the Winkworth Gong bell on the Granada. Brings back fond memories of growing up in south east London and hearing that noise on met police cars.

[@timwingham8952]

Amazing to think that Met vehicles were still fitted with a mechanical bell/gong until the early 90s.

[@TheBlueOwl21]

Fantastic theme tune ! Brings back so many happy memories of growing up.

[@frankhardy5115]

The end tune better. 👌 And it meant time to go to bed and sleep 😴 💤

[@richardjones8699]

Absolutely love the end tune.

[@ks_1762]

When John Thaw throws a punch at the camera at 0:36 😂😂😂.

[@sammiianne5295]

Love the sad theme at the end 😪

[@richardjones8699]

Me too. The visuals are extremely nostalgic of the UK in the 70's.

[@clintdavies491]

@@richardjones8699 so true, each time I watch it I wonder what lives the people lived. especially the geezer in the kipper tie in the outro. these programmes kick up a shit load of questions for me

[@richardjones8699]

@@clintdavies491 John Thaw?

[@clintdavies491]

lol nooo the guy he passes smoking outside with his mate. at 1.10 . its only a quick shot, white kipper tie.

[@richardjones8699]

@@clintdavies491 at 1.11 . Those were real people. They just decided on spec to go for a wander around Soho and captured all sorts. Gives a real feel for Soho in the 70's (76 I believe).

[@LScouser8]

I like the kaleidoscope starting but it doesn't work at all for the end. The old ending was so much more somber and fitting with the knot in your stomach as your night was finished!

[@cultfilmfreakreviews]

SO TRUE

[@hitachi3dheaven658]

I prefer both intro and outlook of the original series 1.

[@tomkearns7136]

One word, brilliant.

[@taconner1000]

Also loved Waterman in New Tricks & Thaw of course was sensational in Inspector Morse. So sorry both are gone. The theme song is great as is the show.

[@1122ste]

top show and a great classic

[@cas447]

Love the way, their beating up the crap out of the criminal at the end of the intro. 🤣

[@nunyabusiness5400]

yeah...today, the compo claim would be staggering....

[@theshrew8853]

RIP to both John Thaw and Dennis Waterman

[@Class43Harrison]

That's how British justice and policing should be.

[@markcf83]

Amen.

[@Myelinchief]

Shut it shut it shut iiiiiiiit!

[@32ModB]

But they were men, not modern, immature, ignorant psychopaths in need of medication/heroin😊

[@Banner1979]

Brilliant episode is Nightmare. No cop show since has ever come close to matching The Sweeney's brilliance.

[@TheHorsebox2]

Yes you are so right.

[@khiggins7231]

Both gone now!

[@JH-si9oe]

Love this tune

[@blank882]

Good theme! Cops today in Britain should be like Regan punching the perp!

[@spockboy]

Interesting, but a cheap camera gimmick doesn't compare to the original dynamic montage of tinted blue pictures, used in the original. :)

[@summerteeeth]

I watched this one first (aged 6...parenting fail...lol) but agree the earlier sequence has the edge on this one.

[@cas447]

The original intro was more badass.

[@cultfilmfreakreviews]

i know. i HATE the season 4.

[@misdangered4326]

Whenever I heard this music start it was immediately followed by my parents shouting “Right! Bedtime!!” at me. Good parenting, but I still hate them for it 😁

[@Voxac100b]

@@cultfilmfreakreviews the best series of the lot

[@BS15RED]

Never as good as the original intro

[@Dustydreams930]

@thefranksterboy Almost entirely within a thjree mile radius of Hammersmith which was the production base. Occasionally it ventured further, such as the City and Farringdon, Peckham in the first episode, and Wimbledon Village.

[@nickbattershill1371]

Loved the Cooney episode....."who taught you to drive...Evil Kneivel?

[@peterfreeman6677]

Memorably parodied on some comedy programme (was it Not The Nine O'Clock News?) as "Running Around And Shouting A Lot". Yep, that's The Sweeney all right.

[@m.ssy_zolo4423]

The best cop show on this earth I love the Sweeney the getaway driver that Reagan and carter are running after is the stunt man out of the Sweeney

[@thecoinmagician]

I agree no cop show comes close . The chemistry between the two "cops" seems to be something cool.. .

[@clintdavies491]

wow thats great info thanks for that ;-)

[@swamppifi6186]

this is the season 4 opening, I hated how they changed it, season 1-3 opening is perfect....

[@sumguyplaysmc]

anyone else notice on the later intros how unbelievably dodgy the baddie looks that regan and carter are chasing like if you do P.S the Sweeney still appeals to me as a younger audience.

[@Lytton333]

Where were the outro scenes filmed? One scene looks obviously looks like Soho, but is the other scene where they're walking past shop-windowws on Oxford St I wonder?

[@richardjones8699]

Apparently, Soho predominantly to give it a sleazy, gritty feel.

[@vordman]

Never understood why they changed the classic opening and closing credits for Series 4.

[@pizead]

RIP Dennis Waterman

[@GeoffHarper-k7z]

Would the squad car still have a bell in 70's I'd have thought it would have had two tones

[@James-nl6fu]

This title sequence is why British cops aren't armed and why people run when they see them "Nightmare"

[@thecoinmagician]

The ending bit from 0.42 on I like.. and that's a fine these days for diffing the tab end out jack.

[@Markjogo]

Great tune init 👍

[@paulgibson3433]

Loved the Sweeney but the last series went a bit off and had a more comedic tone to it with Morecambe and Wise guest staring etc.Also what are they looking up at getting out of the squad car? The bit with Haskins struggling out was cut later on as was the crim running in platform shoes who stops and looks how far the cozzers are behind him and then carries on running!......comedy gold!!

[@sylvester-jb3lj]

much preferred the original credits ....

[@None-zc5vg]

The writers seemed to run out of steam in the later series and Euston Films just had to introduce the likes of Morecambe and Wise....Even the image-changes in the credits were somehow 'off-key' but, then, it was their series to play around with.

[@stuartwebster4267]

No political correctness no woke bridgade the halcyon days of the seventies on a personal note a great and happy decade for myself and what can one say the brilliant John thaw & Dennis waterman in the Sweeney get your trousers on your nicked

[@johntate5050]

*you're.

[@exeleth1180]

Great tv series

[@sslaxx]

This is the last series title sequence.

[@jane1975]

sslaxx I think these were used from about 1976 onwards.

[@jp3492]

lookout guv, eh's got a shootah!

[@thefranksterboy]

Where about's in London was The Sweeney actually filmed?

[@jane1975]

thefranksterboy Apparently lots of locations in West London particularly: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sweeney

[@julianaylor4351]

Titles of the last series.

[@rumpraisin]

He received a Knighthood from Elizabeth 1st of England when playing the role of Francis Drake. What's so important about being knighted?

[@jane1975]

rolf bay John Thaw was a CBE ( Commander of the Order of the British Empire) and was very much proud to be so by all accounts, his widow, Sheila Hancock is an OBE. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that, despite Thaw being a Labour voter he wasn’t anti- establishment. He was from the tough streets of Burnley in Manchester and ended up living in beautiful house in Cirencester with a walled garden a world away from his humble and very poor beginnings, I am not surprised that he was proud of receiving it.

[@wafldread2770]

Get yer trousers on, you're nicked!

[@mohdjesriothman3360]

The ford granda

[@ANONYMOUS-xd3eu]

This and the thief takers best ever

[@SenhorBundy]

Nothing wrong with Ford Granadas, it's a shame that in my 3 trips to Blighty, I saw a grand total of ONE on the road! :(

[@m.ssy_zolo4423]

I think the only car left out of the Sweeney is the bronze consul gt no one knows what happens to the rest of them

[@TheHorsebox2]

Doesn't the Granada Club have the Consul?

[@jacky_1479]

Love the sweeney. No nonsense, a nice punch in the face and ask questions later if you are lucky 👊👏

[@markcf83]

...the operative word being IF......

[@residentelect]

"Get your trousers on... You're nicked!"

[@hotrockin197]

brilliant👯🐶

[@thevibesss7831]

Music so sad

[@PAOLETTAB1000]

Stop please ... John Thaw died of cancer in 2002 ... was an actor who has closely mirrored in his life the role of Inspector Regan ....... heavy drinker and smoker, divorced 2 times perme ..... a symbol of who does his business (in the movie) ..... seriously good with the good and the bastards with bastard! Rest in peace John!!!

[@jane1975]

Mario Milano Yes, it’s sad that he is no longer with us ( he gave up the booze but couldn’t give up the cigs unfortunately, and sadly it killed him), He was a great thespian and he made this role and that of Morse his own ( and a lesser extent, Kavanagh QC ). I am sure that he would be proud that people still enjoy his work posthumously. Apparently Regan was originally from Manchester like Thaw was ( sometimes Thaw did have difficulty keeping his accent down as Morse), Regan was only divorced 1 time ( and it’s obvious that Regan still cares about his ex, Kate and loves his daughter). Thaw was only divorced 1 time too, Sally Alexander and him divorced ( both claiming that they were too young to settle down) and their daughter ( whom stars in Endeavour), Abigail is an actress. Thaw married actress Sheila Hancock on Christmas Eve 1973 and he adopted her daughter, Melanie ( also an actress) and Sheila gave birth to their daughter, Joanna in 1975. They remained married until his death ( separated briefly in 1988 ). Although coming from a gritty background, like Regan, Thaw’s personal life was a lot happier. I agree with RIP though. .

[@None-zc5vg]

@@jane1975 Thaw first lived in a terraced house on a small one way street in the Manchester suburb of West Gorton, almost all of which has been erased from the map by systematic clearance and redevelopment that took place between the 1950s and 1980s. His home was situated a few hundred yards from where I lived for ten years from the late '40s to the late '50s (1957).

[@timothygrocock8433]

Real men,Real cops.

[@rabbithog]

@sunderlandgent He died

[@sentimentalbloke185]

Geezer Squad

[@robertcarpenter3098]

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[@amyclarke41]

John thaw ok in this better as morse

[@timpriddy349]

......oh no....the ice cream man is chasing me...never liked the newer one