THE SWEENEY Filming Locations - West Brompton & Fulham Part 1

Walking in the footsteps (and Ford Consul tracks) of Regan and Carter, we'll explore an area round West Brompton and Fulham looking at how much has changed - or not - since the heyday of The Sweeney. [Part 1 of 2.]

[@robertdyton5587]

I’m 58 now and cannot tell you how much I loved this programme. Every Thursday night at 9pm I was allowed to stay up and watch it. When it ended I just could not wait until the next Thursday. Oh and I was always Jack Regan when we played the Sweeney in the street.

[@PaulWalshp-wx4in]

Did you turn out too be a cozzer in later life ????

[@robertdyton5587]

No I was ambitious. 😂

[@bendingspring]

@@robertdyton5587 Didn’t like the thought of retiring on a handsome pension at 55 then? 😬

[@michaelrobson3460]

Playing Sweeney in the street... Picking your mate up by the collar and bouncing him off a garage door, while shouting "Oi, mate, You're nicked" all day. 😂

[@user-un9go4qe5i]

60 now. Started watching it in 1976. My nickname at school was 'Sweeney'. When I moved to another school, in 1977, when asked my name I replied 'Jack Regan'. I don't think it had the desired effect! Great days.

[@davidcousins3508]

As an ex cop who started out in service during the late 70s ..I have to say that the sweeney was the best British police series ever.👍

[@geoffsullivan4063]

I have to ask you during your time as a cop did you ever refer to anyone that you were pursuit of or in the middle of apprehending or "nicking" as a.. "!{{SLAG}}!"? 😆

[@davidcousins3508]

@@geoffsullivan4063 not directly Geoff..I think it might have got used jokingly because of the Sweeney ..we did have an ex London detective inspector who I think used it …I doubt it is now though..my sons a cop and I think it’s more rainbow flags and watch your personal pronouns 😬

[@francomartini4328]

@@davidcousins3508 yeah, things have really changed in the service since your day (which was also my day). As a life long Londoner, I remember that in the late '70s the Met were best known for their racism. It was their assault on the 1976 Notting Hill carnival that caused the riots that August bank holiday. More riots ensued in 1981 in Brixton and 1985 in Tottenham sparked by wrongful deaths caused by the police. The Met's political arm, the SPG, were very active throughout that period clubbing protestors over the head. Let's also not forget the other thing they were famous for, their corruption, especially the Vice Squad in Soho. I can tell you from personal experience, as someone who has lived and worked in Tottenham, Brixton and Peckham, that little has changed since then. Police were confrontational then and they're confrontational now. Maybe at Hendon, Chelmsford and the other training schools, they include courses on political correctness these days (I've sat through a few of those myself) but they still teach police cadets that the way to deal with trouble is to escalate it. The Met is whiter now than it was 40 years ago because they behave like an army of occupation in black areas and the community considers them the enemy. Keep your culture war nonsense to yourself. I'm not buying that bullshit because I have lived and therefore know the reality. _The Sweeney_ was great police fiction, that inspired _Life on Mars_ 30 years later, but fiction was all it was.

[@bendingspring]

@@francomartini4328 FFS lighten up!!!

[@charlesfortrsqueminor2120]

@@francomartini4328deluded bullshit. Everything you people advocate for has been realised by weak politicians and the brave new world is here for all to see. London is an immigrant shit hole. The turd world is on our doorstep

[@rockinron5113]

We’re the Sweeney and we ‘aven’t ‘ad any dinner! 🇬🇧 One of the best, if not the best, series ever.

[@cliffwheeler7357]

“Get yer trousers on, you’re nicked.” One of the best series ever. Closely followed by Minder.

[@londonman8688]

was west london easier to film in ?

[@CARLIN4737]

Euston films. Close location filminf. All on location.@@londonman8688

[@CARLIN4737]

Euston Films

[@stumagoo2395]

That was John Thaw's first ever line as Regan when he burst into the bedroom of a criminal in the pilot "Regan".

[@nickgodfrey1148]

Minder takes it for me. The early Minder’s were so well written. Was watching “A Nice Little Wine” earlier tonight and it was just class. The script and acting were brilliant.

[@sergeantcrow]

Outstanding Series... Watched when young in 70s.... Brilliant.

[@JonSmith-cx7gr]

I remember watching this as a kid with my dad when i stayed up late. " We're the sweeny son and we haven't got any trousers on. You're nicked! Put some breakfast on!" Happy memories.

[@yensabi]

Loved the Sweeney when I was a teen in the 70s , no video recorders back then and I can honestly say that on Thursday night between 9-10 pm the streets where I lived where deserted because we where all watching the SWEENEY.... 👍

[@papsnappa]

Brilliant video and forensic research. Thanks very much.

[@Sweenealogy]

Thank you for the feedback - glad you enjoyed it 😊 Stay tuned for nore!

[@chrismanners9091]

Forensic is the word.

[@boofuls]

Diana dors had the Sweeney terrified 😂

[@paulthomas3841]

Rock Hard Men, this is How my Dad was in the 70s

[@geraldlloyd-brown7106]

I so miss those days loved the Sweeney.

[@geoffsullivan4063]

"we'll be following on the trail of some right slags !" come on lets go... Fkin classic had me in stitches 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnhennessy8903]

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[@trevorgilbert7284]

Great show in the 1970s when Britain was Britain still watch it now.

[@dr.plutonus1496]

What a terrific idea for a channel ! Loved The Sweeney as a1970s teenager & still love it now I'm a Senior Railcard holder! 😁

[@DofTF]

"Three quid for a bottle of Scotch, you're having a laugh" "He's a wrong un, George"

[@mikewilson714]

7:18 I grew up in Fulham (born in Parsons Green) and my secondary school was St Mark's in Ackmar Road. As I was leaving one afternoon, I recall seeing the cast and crew filming outside Brigade House. In 1982, my first job (as In-house designer) on leaving school was in that very building, which was the National HQ for the Christian youth organisation, The Boys' Brigade. Thanks so much for bringing back some happy memories! I love The Sweeney (plus Minder and The Professionals)

[@namesake-mx9nl]

Brilliant , thanks for taking the time to put these clips up . The Sweeney was one of the best series on tv , ever .

[@pdsimons1]

Thanks for this lovely bit of nostalgia. Euston Films and Troy Kennedy Martin gave us a lot of good TV series that are timeless. Great actors, writers and producers, and great production values. People are still watching these shows which will never be equalled.

[@CARLIN4737]

Minder and Prospects

[@davidpaterson3443]

"Oi, leave it out Guv!"..... classic series, made when times were good.

[@stumagoo2395]

The Sweeney is imo the best tv series ever made, I've just started rewatching all the old Network box sets I bought around 20 years ago. I haven't watched them for around 10 years and have deliberately ignored the ITV4 repeats so I can enjoy each episode without remembering the dialogue and plots. The Network box sets were superb with loads of interviews with the cast and writers, great extra features with John and Dennis, the sound is in glorious stereo and the remastered picture quality is way better than the guff ITV4 is churning out. Just a shame they didn't remaster all 4 series on BluRay as I'd happily have bought them no matter what the price. The Sweeney and Minder deserve a BluRay restoration as they're tv gold.

[@Sweenealogy]

I've got the Network box sets too - that's what I take my source footage from.

[@fitnessisgood4u]

Lovely stuff mate. Well done.

[@Sweenealogy]

Thank you :)

[@JonBowe]

Some great research in this, cheers for keeping the Sweeney alive, along with John Thaw and Dennis Waterman.

[@joemorgan636]

Loved that and all streets and buildings I still watch Sweeney today comes on ITV4 mornings

[@justinneill5003]

Great job! In fond memory of two fine actors and the best TV cop show ever 👍I was born and grew up in Streatham in the early 1960s, so a bit south from where you ended up. Considering how London has changed since then, it's great to see how many of the older features still remain. Next time I'm in Fulham, I'll visit one of those spots and light up a snout in honour ofJack & George.

[@johnlladron735]

Supreme research and filming. Thank you very much for keeping the best TV series alive in a new light.

[@devildemon824]

Best program ever

[@kerrylester8437]

Brilliant stuff,fascinating how places have changed,and some not so much !

[@greigs9384]

Farm lane was still intact about 12 years ago. Another local iconic building gone for some million pound houses.

[@wiltner]

Love this Sweenealogy. Very well narrated and in the 'Landan'' accent. As an Irish fan from Dublin this series was my teen years. I binge watch the Sweeney every now and again. Great work!

[@andrewjohnston2901]

Great stuff 👏👏👏

[@richardcarter1000]

Love the videos. Was the best series and having grown up in Battersea in the 70s, I know many of the locations well. Thank you

[@MK-1973]

"Not a bad day George" - what a great idea for a channel. I agree that 'Victims' was a memorable episode, with Sheila Reid's portrayal of Doreen Haskins' breakdown ahead of it's time.

[@GeorgeMCMLIX]

The Sweeney was, and still is one of my life-long favourite tv series 👍🏻 You’ve another subscriber.

[@simonread6200]

They filmed the first episode ringer on my estate in peckham (bells garden estate)the big fight at the end, my flat is in several scenes, I was only 6 at the time but I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@jakapuchino]

Enjoyed this revisit - Good stuff

[@TheRobby1971]

You Sir are a diamond, what a cracking video. Subscribed. Nothing has ever come close to The Sweeney.

[@Sweenealogy]

Thank you kindly!

[@quavernote4307]

Brilliant thanks so interesting to see what's changed fantastic series !!

[@buxvan]

Great video. I loved the Sweeney. I even bought a Mk1 Granada in the 80’s. One of my mates had an Ex police Consul GT too. Great for Sweeney wheelspins & handbrake turns !

[@Sweenealogy]

That is awesome!

[@archstanton3763]

Great video must of took a lot of work ! The Sweeney is without a doubt the best TV series we’ve ever had. Followed by The Professionals, love Bodie n Doyle ! Then of course Minder with George and Dennis, three absolute belters.

[@Sweenealogy]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, both of those other shows were excellent also. If I ever run out of Sweeney location material then I might move on to Minder - but to be honest I think I've got my work cut out as it is! PS - impressed that you've got internet connection from 6 feet underground in Sad Hill cemetery :)

[@martinnevey7258]

Totally agree with you buddy....the best tv shows ever...I'm a huge professionals fan as I wasn't allowed to watch the sweeney first time round( past bedtime).....where did the time go?

[@stumagoo2395]

I could never get fully into The Professionals as I don't think think the chemistry between Bodie and Doyle worked that well. Lewis Collins and Gordon Jackson were legends, but I've never warmed to Martin Shaw as an actor and felt the Doyle character lacked the humour and wit of Bodie and Cowley. I love the cars, the action and the 70s scenery of The Professionals, but feel it'd have worked better had they got another actor to play Doyle.

[@martinnevey7258]

@@stumagoo2395 I've never thought of it that way....and after some thought I believe you are right....maybe thats why my mate and I would argue who's turn it was to be bodie as neither of us wanted to be Doyle when we played in a scrapyard rolling over car bonnets....the sweeney had deeper storylines and a grittier feel....but nostalgia wins it for the professionals here....love all the 70s and 80s footage in both of them tho....when Britain was Britain....

[@digeme69]

@@stumagoo2395 They were filming an episode of The Professionals in Islington near Barnard Park. My Dad used to run around the football pitch and during a break from filming Martin Shaw spoke to my Dad and ran around with him. After one lap of the pitch he was knackered and gave up!

[@TJ34644]

This is great. Love the Sweeney and appreciate the effort you have gone to.

[@JimboJangle]

Brilliant! Enjoyed that.👍🇬🇧

[@mattsta1964]

The highlight of my experience at boarding school in the 1970s was watching the Sweeney in a large room set aside for watching television briefly in the evenings

[@poc329]

Sweeney. Timeless. Loved the Films, especially Sweeney 2

[@EdVanMeyer]

This is really well put together and great to see the places named and now and in the past. A superb original series. They also filmed on location in Surrey as well.

[@arrangrant4614]

Sweet Smell of Succession with Hywel Bennett as Steven is one of my favourite Sweeney episodes. Great channel mate keep up the good work 👍😃

[@borderlord]

The work you put in to these videos is incredible! Thaw and Waterman would be proud! 👏👍🍻

[@Sweenealogy]

Thanks! 👍

[@TimGuitarcouk]

They used to film in Lombard Road, Battersea. You’d see them screaming up and down the road in their Ford Cortina’s!

[@meljen8592]

Enjoyed this very much,thanks for your efforts .

[@roythomson555]

The Sweeney is one of my favourite TV shows. Was too young to watch the original transmission (i would have been 5 months old when the first episode was broadcast). I saw some reruns on UK Gold in the 90s and was hooked. Got every episode on DVD now. It looks pretty violent for the time. Surprised it got broadcast but Thaw and Waterman (and Morgan) were all superb.

[@dazzp2]

Great video, the best police show ever

[@Bongo-sm3mf]

The Sweeney 1970s ITV I was ten years old and my mom used to let me stay up to watch it. I don't understand why they ever cancelled the series. Anyway many great memories from those days growing up with the Sweeney being one of them . I remember Tim Cook the ex Soldier and his sawn-off shotgun London really is the best city in the world to live in.

[@Sweenealogy]

I have mixed feelings; I'd have loved there to be more episodes - but at the same time, maybe it had run it's course and it's better that it ended leaving me loving it and wanting more, rather than it running out of steam. In many ways, it - and Regan - are of their era, and as Haskins says towards the end, "the world's changing". I'm not sure Jack's brand of policing would have survived into the 80s...

[@simonkeyse8185]

Well well, I have stumbled onto a little gem of a channel. Fantastic Job. Well done. I love the Sweeney.

[@MalcolmTedds]

These four videos are fantastic , the episode a taste of fear I recognised an older Stamford bridge , remembered it and always wondered exactly where the observation was filmed in farm lane , fantastic investigative work here , I will try and observe some of these locations next time I have some free time in the capital , fantastic work here relating to a programme I loved in the 70’s. Brilliant work , so interesting , love watching these episodes today

[@Mk7adxm]

Great video, very well researched and put together. I’m 20 and love the old tv shows. Got the box sets of The Sweeney, The Professionals, The Saint, Starsky & Hutch, Kojak, Only Fools and Horses, and more. It’s well worth getting ‘Regan’ the 1974 episode that started The Sweeney on dvd, the only thing from Armchair Cinema that had a series made of it.

[@nicklewis2734]

This is an awesome channel. Keep up the great work you do..

[@Sweenealogy]

Thanks - I'll do my best!

[@garth8979]

Really interesting vid thanks. The Sweeney also helped sell a lot of Ford cars, was responsible for a spike in smoking, and everyone walking around saying "shut it you slaaag" when I was a lad 😂

[@Bridgercdl]

Great job

[@DB-ji5bq]

Absolutely brilliant videos as a Sweeney geek this is gold dust 😂

[@simonsmith6158]

Loved the tyre screeching car animation between locations

[@Sweenealogy]

Sound taken of course from a Sweeney episode :) (And the car is a still of the actual brown Ford Consul)

[@stevenmorley1639]

Great researched vids . My favourite villian who appeared in 2 episodes in series 3 was a character called Tim Cook . Pure physco, brilliantly played by the actor George Sweeney.

[@Sweenealogy]

POXY FILTH!

[@digeme69]

George Sweeney played Tim Cook with menace and was very convincing. On one of the dvds he is interviewed and tells the story of when they were making the episode "On the run". The actor Jon Sharp who played Uncle said that when George Sweeney was grabbing him by the shirt and threw him down the stairs he was grabbing his chest hair and it was hurting him. So they had to shoot the scene a few times😃

[@markdunstan8277]

This is absolutely great fantastic work

[@thepofmeister]

Thanks for taking the time to research and make this video. Brilliant.

[@Sweenealogy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rob1134]

Great research. I find it very interesting seeing past filming locations and what changes have been made today.

[@davidsedlickas8222]

1000% agree the best TV drama ever made.

[@GravyDaveNewson]

great work thanks

[@jodavies8952]

Great vid, the episode with Diana Dors a classic,she and John Thaw played it perfectly,it could never be remade,its always made me laugh 👍.

[@Sweenealogy]

Couldn't agree more!

[@xr6lad]

She looks exactly the same and almost the same outfit as she wore in her comedy Queenies Castle set in Leeds which was out around this time as well (or a few years earlier ).

[@p.howard298]

Love this! Great idea, brilliantly produced video. Hope you can grow the channel. Would love to see Minder given the same treatment.

[@chrisrovai9625]

Brilliant stuff! Brings back memories of going to school round there

[@davebracey2027]

Brilliant. love it!

[@mattcrooke8321]

Superb!!!

[@markwood9755]

Brilliant, Thank you, Subscribed

[@honeysuckle4537]

Big Sweeney fan ,ENJOYED THIS THANK YOU ❤❤❤❤

[@richardgray45]

Brilliant stuff. Looking forward to more……

[@Sweenealogy]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it :)

[@user-jc3td1ph9e]

Grew up with the Sweeney, always been the best ever TV drama. My wedding car was a blue MK2 Jag, love it. I use many of the lines and rhythming slang much to my Wife's annoyance ! Soooooooo gritty & funny, thanks for the memories.

[@Sweenealogy]

Haha, love that. Hope you tore away from the church and did a few doughnuts on some waste ground on the way to your reception!

[@user-un9go4qe5i]

The Best British police series of all time... And one of the best dramas of all time regardless of genre.

[@DAVCAV67]

And also, Grandad from Fools and horses was buried at the exact same place as George’s wife was in the Sweeney. The clip where Del through the vicars hat into the grave

[@Sweenealogy]

Wow, never knew that - nice little bit of crossover between two great series. (I'm sure there are others - they must have trod a lot of the same ground.)

[@terrytk9398]

Brilliant commentary and video. Well done sir!

[@Sweenealogy]

Thank you kindly!

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Excellent work. Thank you 🙏

[@valuetraveler2026]

excellent series

[@strumbolli]

So edgy back in the day..After the watershed job. You can catch it at 9am now on ITV4. Great idea, these than and now shots. Cheers

[@user-bi3ww3im3s]

Brilliant show amazing how most of the place's in the Sweeney have changed always watched it when the show was on. Legendary 🤝👐🙏

[@gerryregan3577]

Loved it,my Dad used to let me stay up to watch,m6 Mother was working,My name is Gerry Regan!!!!😀😀😀

[@711honved]

Diana Dors? I thought that was Dick Emery's Mandy in the intro! Another well researched video!

[@clivegeary4587]

Excellent, I really enjoyed this.

[@carmanbazza]

My favourite Tv prog of all time. Watched since it 1st started, still watching. My Dad had a small part in Sweeney 2 film….

[@ianwatkins6202]

Without doubt the best cop tv series ever❤

[@rogerrees1308]

I loved the Sweeney. I’ve started watching it again and apart from dodgy fight scenes I still love it.

[@PaulWalshp-wx4in]

You saying they werent real 😂👌👌

[@johnwaga3702]

Brilliant!

[@topmanjose]

These vids are the mutts. Top drawer work 👏

[@darryllharden9141]

Enjoyed this trip down memory lane and also the mock end titles too.

[@thomas05ish]

I used to skip my homework to catch the Sweeney on Monday nights in the seventies ( no video or catch up in those days) . Mostly serious drama but some great comedy moments too, especially when Morecambe and Wise appeared.

[@Sweenealogy]

M+W episode filmed at Lakeside Frimley Green, pretty close to where I now live

[@Kaytee48]

Very good work mate, love stuff like this. There are some good carry on and on the buses then and now videos worth a look for those interested.

[@starwood213]

So excited to find this.! The Sweeney is my favourite show ever. I'm from Sydney but have loved London ever since watching the show in the 70s. I can't wait to see your videos and thank you.

[@Sweenealogy]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos :)

[@JaysonBryant]

Margravine gardens is where my bro used to live. Another great video. Good to see your boat race.

[@londonroulette]

Intervening years! That’s a new one lol. Yes great series, great vid too. I use to live in Fulham so nice to see

[@tonybekk2939]

Just how policing should be done today, John thaw and Dennis waterman the bee's knees of their time, never forgotten, great memories as a lad, thank you,

[@twilight_tutus]

Love this 😁 Not only was my dad in the flying squad, but you also have footage of where he grew up! He would have loved this 👍😇 .. look forward to the next episode.

[@allanbarton-sy7wj]

well made love all the hard work you have done

[@matchboxmickmoyboyz6988]

Went in that nick a few times LOL.( think it was Heckfield Pl. and when I left school worked at Perretts Electrical on the corner of Cassidy Rd where the carpet shop is now.) and my grandad is buried in Fulham cemetery. So much has changed there now and not the place it used to be.

[@moose6509]

My new favourite channel. You´re nicked !