The Sweeney (2012 film) for the role of Jack Regan. One of Winstone's earliest roles had been in the TV series of the same name as an unnamed youth. Ben Drew, alias rapper Plan B, took the role of George Carter. It was confirmed by the film's director, Nick Love, that the budget was around £3 million. The film was completed in mid-2012, and released on 12 September 2012. The final spend on the production was actually less than £2 million, coming in more than £1 million under budget. BBC's "Top Gear" filmed a car chase for the production in Series 18, Episode 3.
The Sweeney A soundtrack album "Shut it! The Music of The Sweeney" was released in 2001 and features much of the incidental music used in the programme as well as many classic pieces of dialogue from various episodes. It also featured the main title theme from the first Big Screen version, "SWEENEY!", In 2012 the first series was released on high definition Blu-ray discs by Network Distributing Ltd.. For this release the original film negatives were scanned in HD and comprehensively restored by BBC Studios and Post Production. The pilot episode ("Regan") was also given a Blu-ray release by Network at roughly