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Minder : Season 2
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Air date: 11 Sep '80 - 13 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 (13)
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Minder (1979)
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1. National Pelmet
11 Sep '80Arthur gets Terry to guard a racehorse before he runs in a big race, but the owner and trainer are out to con the bookies and leave Arthur and Terry out in the cold.
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2. Whose Wife is it Anyway
18 Sep '80When an old friend of Arthur's gets injured in a so-called "hit and run accident" Terry gets involved in minding the villain's antique shop.
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3. You Lose Some, You Win Some
25 Sep '80Terry guards a group of people that Maurice the gambler has put together to win at roulette.When the casino start to protest, Terry hides them out at his flat, but this upsets his girlfriend Penny, who has taken the week off to be with him.
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4. Don't Tell Them, Willie Boy was Here
02 Oct '80Terry trains Willie a boxer on the comeback trail, but it becomes apparent that he is not taking the fight seriously. The promoter wants Willie to lose and has had a large bet on the other boxer. Terry shames Willie into training properly but the outcome is in the balance right up to the last round.
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5. Not a Bad Lad, Dad
09 Oct '80An old friend of Terry's has left her son at Terry's house, while she sorts her life out. Terry gets attached to the lad, but when his stepfather starts to cause trouble, Terry has to fight to save the two of them.
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6. The Beer Hunter
16 Oct '80Arthur meets his old army mate Yorkie. After a night on the town, Terry is to drive them home, but after taking him to his hotel, he goes missing. After a long search it turns out that Yorkie went to a local Hooker and somehow has lost his trousers. With his wife on her way down to London, the hunt is on for a replacement pair.
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7. A Nice Little Wine
23 Oct '80Arthur gets into the wine business, but Clive his supplier gets robbed of Arthur's wine money, so it is up to Terry and Arthur to track down the thieves.
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8. All Mod Cons
30 Oct '80Arthur tries to sell Terry's flat out from under him. Meanwhile guest star Toyah Wilcox plays an unscrupulous landlady who is trying to evict a young couple from a house so she can sell it to a developer.
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9. Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Enemy
06 Nov '80While working for a gangsters wife,Rose Mellors the car Terry is driving is stolen along with a bag of diamonds which are hidden in the car, then follows a race to recover the diamonds before the police can trace the car.
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10. The Old School Tie
13 Nov '80An old friend of Terry's (George Palmer) has escaped from prison comes to see him to get help in overturning his sentence. With the help of a newspaper reporter Terry tracks down the real culprits and George gets compensation and a pardon.
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11. All About Scoring, Innit
20 Nov '80A young footballer Danny Varrow wants to sell his story to the press, so Terry to minds him until Arthur can arrange a deal. Unfortunately Varrow is in debt to the local bookie, and the father of his latest conquest is also looking for him to talk about the little matter of sleeping with his daughter.
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12. Caught in the Act, Fact
27 Nov '80Terry help's out Des into delivering a car that that has been used in a robbery. The police pick up Terry when they find his fingerprints on the car but Arthur provides an alibi and he is released. Terry also minds a magistrate who is a shoplifter.
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13. A Lot of Bull, and a Pat on the Back
04 Dec '80Terry and Arthur are hired to move a bull from it's field to the owners new farm. Later they discover that they have stolen the bull, so they decide to find the men who hired them and get the bull returned to the rightful owner. Terry is also hired by his stripper girl friend to discourage a stalker.
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