A famous character first appeared in cheap novels of the mid 19th century and later became a nickname that was made famous in the name of a British TV series. In the year the TV series ended the real life unit it revolved around changed its name. What was the character, the TV series and the unit involved?

TabbyTom

The character must be Sweeney Todd, the "demon barber" of Fleet Street, who murdered his customers and sold the bodies to a neighbouring pie-maker. The TV series was "The Sweeney." The police unit was the Flying Squad ("Sweeney Todd" in rhyming slang) of the Metropolitan Police. Apparently its name was changed in 1978 to the Central Robbery Squad (I never knew that till now). Oct 03 05, 2:43 AM

gmackematix

Yay, TT! Ahh, the brown cars, the kipper ties, the hard drinking, excessive violence, gratuitous womanising and the macho lingo: "Shut it!", "Drink up, George. This could get a bit tasty" and of course "Get yer trousers on, you're nicked". They even had Morecombe and Wise in one episode. I don't know if the publicity provided by the series led to the force's name change. Oct 03 05, 7:13 PM

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