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The Sweeney
1975 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 4 seasons
Created by Ian Kennedy Martin
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Not a boomer but I take it that's a Sweeney reference?
I don't really remember the show but it brings to mind people drinking scotch out tea mugs and shouting "who's the slag what done the blag?" at some poor "snout".
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071059/
Is there a place here for Blake's Seven, (esp the early episodes) and of course Tom Baker's Dr Who incarnation? Incidentally, for those who didn't know, Douglas Adams wrote some classic episodes and was script editor (head writer) on Dr Who for at least a season or so.
And I think Dad's Army remains a classic, about the Home Guard in WWII, with some of the finest comic actors.
There's even a case to be made for The Sweeney and the Professionals which dealt with grittier more modern reality stories, darker sides of law and intelligence enforcement which is often glossed over in the modern glitzier procedurals.
Aha, and though maybe it was largely in the 80s, how about Minder?