The BEST episodes directed by David Wickes
#1 - Taste Of Fear
The Sweeney - Season 3 - Episode 5
A detective with a very good past joins the Sweeney, in time to investigate a violent burglary by a group of ex soldiers. But is the new recruit up to it? Jack Regan thinks not but nobody seems to share his view, believing he has a vendetta.
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#2 - Tomorrow Man
The Sweeney - Season 3 - Episode 4
Regan has to do battle with a brilliant computer expert bent on revenge to ensure the safe shipment of a consignment of gold bullion.
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#3 - Episode 2
Jack the Ripper (1988) - Season 1 - Episode 2
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of London. As the mutilated corpses of other "shilling whores" turn up in the same area, London's tabloid journalists - particularly Benjamin Bates of The Star - whip up a public frenzy. The killer is nicknamed "Jack the Ripper" after a letter bearing that name and supposedly from the killer, is forwarded to Scotland Yard. As the Ripper terrorizes London, public outrage erupts throughout the country, and Police Commissioner Sir Charles Warren fears that a revolution is in the air in London's East End.
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#4 - Nightmare
The Sweeney - Season 4 - Episode 5
Regan's girlfriend's nightmare has come true when he becomes a target.
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#5 - Episode 1
Jack the Ripper (1988) - Season 1 - Episode 1
London, autumn 1888. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline of Scotland Yard is assigned by his superiors to investigate the murder and brutal mutilation of a prostitute in the East End of London. As the mutilated corpses of other "shilling whores" turn up in the same area, London's tabloid journalists - particularly Benjamin Bates of The Star - whip up a public frenzy. The killer is nicknamed "Jack the Ripper" after a letter bearing that name and supposedly from the killer, is forwarded to Scotland Yard. As the Ripper terrorizes London, public outrage erupts throughout the country, and Police Commissioner Sir Charles Warren fears that a revolution is in the air in London's East End.
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#6 - Night Out
The Sweeney - Season 1 - Episode 6
The squad tries to pinpoint a radio transmitter which is being used to coordinate the movements of bank robbers.
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#7 - Golden Fleece
The Sweeney - Season 2 - Episode 7
Chief Inspector Haskins is framed for corruption while Regan and Carter investigate a spate of break-ins. Is there a connection?
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#8 - On The Run
The Sweeney - Season 3 - Episode 13
An armed robber is sprung from jail and comes looking for Regan.
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#9 - The Female Factor
The Professionals - Season 1 - Episode 2
An Iron Curtain agent is using a young girl to extort secrets from, and ultimately destroy the career of, a future British Prime Minister, unaware that the girl is the long-lost daughter of a well-known local prostitute.
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#10 - Killer With a Long Arm
The Professionals - Season 1 - Episode 4
CI5 become aware that an assassination plot on a group of visiting Greek Royals is being planned using a rifle that has a range of over two miles. But they must find out who is the gunman and what is his target - before it is too late.
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#11 - Face To Face
The Hitchhiker - Season 1 - Episode 6
Dr. Christopher Hamilton, an ambitious and pompous plastic surgeon, meets his challenge in Nina Russell, a patient in the process of a gender change. He shows up to surgery the next day unprepared and he completely botches up the procedure.
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#12 - First Night
The Professionals - Season 2 - Episode 3
CI5 are left to dig deep when an Israeli Minister is kidnapped, and the only clues to his whereabouts are a shadowy photograph and a coded tape message.
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#13 - Lovesounds
The Hitchhiker - Season 1 - Episode 4
For months, Eric Dunlap has been hard at work on a special sound system for Kurt Hoffman, a temperamental conductor who is impossible to please. During that time, he fell deeply in love with Hoffman's much younger wife, Veronica. It isn't long before Eric realises the computer he created, which only responds to him, is something special. When Veronica realises she returns Eric's feelings and the two become lovers, Hoffman learns of his wife's infidelity and exacts his revenge on the two, but Eric's creation avenges the man who gave it life.
#14 - A Time For Rifles
The Hitchhiker - Season 1 - Episode 10
Rae Bridgeman is caught up in a love triangle with her husband Lew and his best friend Joe. Lew finds out about their affair and decides on a late night hunting trip for all three of them. Instead of killing Joe, he accidentally kills Rae. In a panic, they drive away from the scene only to find themselves in a deadly accident.
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