The Sweeney displaying "1979". In "Sweeney 2" (1978), George and Jack eventually find themselves going to the island of Malta in order to track down a group of particularly violent armed robbers who have been committing bank and payroll robberies all over London and kill anybody that gets in their way, even members of their own gang, Jack & George were assigned the case by their recently convicted chief inspector as his last order, as he is about to be charged with corruption. In "The Sweeney" (2012) the setting moved to the present day, with Regan being played by Ray Winstone, Carter
The Sweeney handed" (in considerable numbers). Regan is seen to also have his own car outside of the Squad. Dennis Waterman plays Detective Sergeant George Hamilton Carter who comes from south London; and Regan seeks him out in the pilot episode because of his knowledge of the south London area. His age is given in the episode "Hit and Run" as 26. In the series' timeline, we learn that George had previously been in the Squad, but had quit for family reasons (cf. "Regan" and "Jigsaw"). George was married to Alison Carter, a schoolteacher, but is widowed in the episode "Hit and