Episode
The Sweeney: Night Out
Overview
When the Superintendent finds out that there is a bank robbery in progress on a Saturday afternoon, he assigns Regan to visit an old girlfriend whose apartment is adjacent.
Details
- Series
- The Sweeney
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1975-02-06
Episode context
Night Out is Episode 6 in Season 1 of The Sweeney. It aired on 1975-02-06.
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