Armchair Cinema. Regan. Part 1 of 2.

This one-off TV play became the pilot episode of the British police series 'The Sweeney'

First broadcast 4th June 1974.

Jack Regan is a good copper, but his tough, intuitive style is becoming unfashionable in a Scotland Yard seeking a new image. When a policeman is mysteriously murdered, Regan breaks all the rules to find the killer - but he finds there are men in the Flying Squad prepared to break him.

John Thaw - Det. Insp. Jack Regan
Dennis Waterman - Det. Sgt. George Carter
Lee Montague - Arthur Dale
Garfield Morgan - Det. Chief Insp. Frank Haskins
David Daker -Tusser
Janet Key - Kate Regan
Maureen Lipman - Annie
Morris Perry - Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
Stephen Yardley - Det. Insp. Laker
Barry Jackson - Morton
Miquel Brown - Miriam
Peter Blythe - Peter
Carl Rigg - Det. Sgt. Kent
Michael Da Costa - South
Ron Pember - Landlord
Jonathan Elsom - Interviewer
Betty Woolfe - Mrs. Berry
Seymour Matthews - Doctor
Don Henderson - Strip-Club Heavy
Nancy Gabrielle - Johno's Wife
Del Baker - Det. Sgt. Cowley