The Sweeney (2012 film) the gun. Some time later, Regan returns to the now reactivated Flying Squad offices, reinstated. He and the rest of the Squad leave on a case, with Inspector Lewis watching Carter and Regan as they go. A film version of the television series was first announced in 2008. The film was to be produced by DNA Films, and to be written and directed by Nick Love. Love was asked to write the film alongside Ian Kennedy Martin, the creator of the original series. Filming was originally planned for Spring 2009, with Ray Winstone's name confirmed for the role of Jack
The Sweeney programme was shot on 16mm film by Thames Television's film division, Euston Films. It was originally broadcast on ITV between 2 January 1975 and 28 December 1978 at 21:00–22:00 on weekdays (usually Mondays), with repeated screenings at the same time until the early 1980s. The series was created by writer Ian Kennedy Martin, brother of the better-known Troy Kennedy Martin, who wrote several episodes and also the second film. It was developed from a one-off TV drama entitled "Regan", a 90-minute made-for-TV movie that Ian Kennedy Martin wrote for Thames Television's "Armchair Cinema" series in 1974. The part of Regan