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Shut It!: The Inside Story of the Sweeney

Shut It!: The Inside Story of the Sweeney


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The Sweeney broke the mould for British cop shows. Until it was broadcast, they'd been rather stolid, sometimes quaint, dramas like Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars and Softly, Softly about policemen - or even bobbies: not cops. They were about upholding the law: not breaking it: about smart blue uniforms, not kipper ties and long hair. They were about preventing or punishing violence - not about inflicting it with pleasure on villains. Then, in 1975, The Sweeney burst onto commercial television. Based on the notoriously corrupt activities of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad, it followed two dishevelled, uncouth detectives, Regan and Carter, played by John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, who hurtled around unsalubrious parts of London in a battered Ford Granada roughing up anyone who failed to spill the beans quickly enough. Where Dixon of Dock Green would bid his viewers "Goodnight all1", with a cheery salute, this pair snarled "Shut it!" at toe-rags who spoke out of turn and "Put 'em away, love" at gangsters' molls whose boudoirs they'd burst in on. Philip Glenister's Gene Hunt in Life on Mars is both parody and homage. Now Pat Gilbert has written the book on this cult cop show, interviewing dozens of people who made it happen, from screenwriters to stuntmen. It's an essential companion to one of the DVD box sets.

About the Author :
Pat Gilbert is a former editor of MOJO, the bestselling and internationally acclaimed music magazine. He has also contributed to Q magazine, the Guardian, The Times and the Sunday Times, and produced radio programmes for the BBC. He has written two books for Aurum: the definitive biography of the Clash, Passion is a Fashion -hailed by Uncut magazine as 'a great book'- and Shut It! The Inside Story of The Sweeney.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845135898
  • Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Aurum
  • Height: 234 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 153 mm
  • ISBN-10: 184513589X
  • Publisher Date: 25 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Inside Story of the Sweeney


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