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
George Sweeney (actor) George Sweeney (actor) George Sweeney is a British film and television actor who commenced his acting career in the 1970s. Sweeney has numerous television credits, including "Z-Cars" (1971), "Rumpole of the Bailey" (1975), "Dixon of Dock Green" (1976), "" (1971–76), "The New Avengers" (1976), "The Sweeney" (appeared in the episodes "Taste of Fear" and "On the Run" in 1976), "Return of the Saint" (1978), "Spearhead" (1978–79), "Citizen Smith" as 'Speed' (1977–80), Fairground, (1982) "Remington Steele" (1985), "Matlock" (1987), "Jack the Ripper" (1988) as John Netley, "Minder" (1980–93), "Pie in the Sky" (1995), "The Brittas Empire" (1996), "The Bill" (1992-2006) and