Target was a police drama series which ran from 1977-78 on BBC1. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force It starred Patrick Mower, Vivien Heilbron and Philip Madoc. Patrick Mower (born 12 September 1940, real name Patrick Archibald Mower) is an English Actor well known for his many television and Vivien Heilbron (b May 13 1944 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actress Philip Madoc (born 5 July 1934 in Merthyr Tydfil) is a Welsh actor who has had many Television and Film roles Seventeen episodes were produced over two series. The show was the BBC response to ITV's highly successful series The Sweeney. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The Sweeney was a British Television Police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the Metropolitan