He also composed all the music for the series, The Hanged Man, some of which has been used as incidental music for The Two Ronnies, The Sweeney, the 2009 blacksploitaion spoof Black Dynamite, and would eventually become the intro music for the American TV series, The People's Court.
He later branched out into session work, writing themes and incidental music for television and music libraries, including the theme tune for the 1970s ITV police drama, The Sweeney.
He has also worked in editing, mostly in sound editing and dubbing, for shows such as Quatermass, Van der Valk, The Sweeney and Sweeney 2.
Flamini enjoyed a generally good rapport with Arsenal's fans, who provided him with his own song, an adaptation of the theme tune to British television programme The Sweeney.
Sweeney 2 is a 1978 film made following the success of the 1977 film Sweeney! which was a spin-off from the popular British TV show The Sweeney.
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Thames Television's film division Euston Films used the Danebury Avenue area of the estate to film the opening scene's of Sweeney 2 (1978) – the sequel to the film Sweeney! (1977) itself spun off from the hugely popular British TV show The Sweeney, and the first episode of Minder, Gunfight at the O.K. Laundrette (1979).
He has also made guest appearances in many television programmes including Doctor Who appearing in The Ambassadors of Death as an uncredited heavy, The Claws of Axos as an uncredited UNIT soldier and Image of the Fendahl as policeman David Mitchell, The Sweeney episode 'Messenger of the Gods' as the villain Spooner, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Bill and Only Fools and Horses.
More mainstream work included guest appearances in The Sweeney and The Goodies, several roles in British sex comedies and Carry On Behind (1975).
Rees continued his career throughout the 1970s appearing in popular television shows, including Softly, Softly: Taskforce, The Sweeney and Van der Valk.
Kirkby said he based the character of Harry Batt on a "Seventies Sweeney stereotype, but with a Geordie accent."
Alkin is best remembered for two roles: DS Tom Daniels in The Sweeney and barrister Barry Deeley in the long running daytime TV drama Crown Court.
His rugged features have led to parts in numerous crime dramas: The Sweeney, The Bill, Minder in the Series 1 episode Monday Night Fever, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Campion, The Chinese Detective, Dempsey and Makepeace, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Maigret, The Detectives, Daylight Robbery and New Tricks.
Prior to this, she had played Dennis Waterman's screen wife, Alison Carter, in early episodes of The Sweeney and WPC Howarth in Z-Cars (1972–75), which stood her in good stead for her role as Inspector Darblay.
Other roles have included parts in Coronation Street, Crown Court, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The Sweeney, Cribb, Minder, Dempsey & Makepeace, the 1977 Doctor Who story The Sun Makers, Last of the Summer Wine and The Darling Buds of May.
Murray Torkildsen is a singer and songwriter based in the United Kingdom, who was a member of The Sweeney and also guitarist in John Otway's band.