A reboot of a reboot of a...
In what way are these first steps?
Was it any better than the last 2 attempts?
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Anytime I think of The Sweeney I'm reminded of the Black Books episode where Manny stays up all night with his birthday presents. An espresso maker and a box set of The Sweeney. Things go suitably off the rails, as they tend to on Black Books.
Honestly, they're both great shows.
Damn it, I've got to buy an espresso maker now
In their own way, I think both shows are very good examples of their era. There is NOTHING more representative of the 70s in the UK than The Sweeney. It's no coincidence that their biggest fans in the 70s were the real Sweeney, because it portrayed their life and work exactly how it was.
People don't appreciate that it was (probably) the first TV show ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD to portray police work accurately, warts and all. Prior to that, in the UK it was Dixon of Dock Green etc. And in the US you still had shows like Hawaii 5-0 - a wonderful show that I love to watch, but hardly realistic.
I am not old enough to remember TV pre-Sweeney, but there's no doubt it changed UK TV forever.
And the most important thing - DON'T watch the ITV4/ITVX butchered episodes - with 10+ minutes hacked from every episode (basically everything that needs an adult audience) the true impact of the ahow is completely lost.
By the time of Black Books, which was hysterical, the UK had (thankfully, in respect of many things) moved on, as it has continued to do so, to the point that we could take the piss out of stuff from the 70s.