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The Sweeney

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Introduction

It's not widely know that Trident appeared in The Sweeney, a hugely popular TV show of the 1970's. The Episode was Visiting Fireman , Season 3, Episode 3, and it was aired at 9.00pm on ITV on Monday, 20 September 1976. Whilst this was the only appearance of Trident, Ottershaw also featured in "Nightmare" and possibly others.

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Visiting Fireman

They drive onto Shell Ottershaw (which Trident used to operate for Shell), and discover a bomb in Jack's Ford Cortina. Regan throws the bomb over the fence.

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Gallery

A few stills taken from the movie.

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Watch Episode

Please note that this video is not hosted by Trident, but is an embedded viewer from Guba.com.

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References

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