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Minder : Season 1
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Air date: 29 Oct '79 - 11 episodesMinder is a British comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV. The show ran for ten series between 29 October 1979 and 10 March 1994, and starred Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, an honest and likable bodyguard and George Cole as Arthur Daley, a socially ambitious, but highly unscrupulous importer-exporter, wholesaler, used-car salesman, and anything else from which there was money to be made whether inside the law or not. The show was largely responsible for putting the word minder, meaning personal bodyguard, into the UK and Australian popular lexicon. The characters often drank at the local members-only Winchester Club, where owner and barman Dave acted, often unwillingly, as a message machine for Arthur, and turned a blind eye to his shady deals. The series was notable for using a range of leading British actors, as well as many up-and-coming performers before...
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List of Episodes (11)
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1. Gunfight At the OK Launderette
29 Oct '79Terry is caught inside a launderette, while it is being robbed. As the police gather outside, Arthur tries to make some money by selling Terry's life story th the press
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2. Bury My Heart At Waltham Green
05 Nov '79After George an ex bank robber is released from prison, Arthur gets Terry to mind him, until the whereabouts of a large amount of hidden cash is found. The only problem that Arthur forgot to tell Terry is that George is a decoy laying a false trail, while the real bank robber is released, and then he and Arthur will be free to find the money. but they all have a surprise in store
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3. The Smaller They Are
12 Nov '79Scotch Harry arrives from the airport where he has been looking for easy pickings. He has struck lucky by stealing a suitcase full of banknotes, but unknown to him they are forged. Arthur hides him, until he can come to some agreement with the rightful owner
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4. A Tethered Goat
19 Nov '79Terry agrees to guard a middle eastern commodity broker, but he and Arthur get more than they bargained for.
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5. The Bounty Hunter
26 Nov '79Terry and Arthur help out a young widow who has been swindled out of her savings.
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6. Aces High-And Sometimes Very Low
03 Dec '79Maurice a professional gambler is barred from a casino after a large win, Later he is beaten up and the winnings are stolen. When he hears of a big poker game, he has to sell his car to Arthur to raise the stake money and gets Terry to guard him.
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7. The Bengal Tiger
10 Dec '79Terry minds a newspaper shop, from a group of Indians bent on revenge, over the shop owner's daughter and an arranged marriage.
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8. Come In T-46, Your Time Is Ticking Away
17 Dec '79When the mini cab company he has a share in, starts getting trouble from a couple of local louts, Arthur sends in Terry undercover as a driver. But the trouble is coming from an unexpected source.
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9. Monday Night Fever
07 Jan '80Arthur falls for a club singer, and promises to put her in the big time, but falls foul of an unscrupulous club owner. When Terry refuses to help, Arthur turns to a couple of vicious crooks. but Terry relents and tries to help.
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10. The Desert Song
14 Jan '80Terry gets a job minding a Greek restaurant after saving a relation of the owner from being beaten up.
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11. You Gotta Have Friends
21 Jan '80When some barer bonds go missing from big time gangster Bobby Altman, the courier Billy Gilpin is suspect. He later turns up at Arthur's house wanting to get out of town. So Terry drives him to a hotel in Brighton.When Altman finds out , he suspects Arthur of being involved and takes him for a run to get at the truth.
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