Went on for far too long

welshNick

The excellently acted Minder was made by ITV and premiered throughout the 1980's in the UK. The two central characters were Arthur Daley, a used car salesman and dodgy businessman, and Terry McCann his bodyguard and 'Minder.' The two central characters were played by George Cole and Dennis Waterman, fresh from his success in The Sweeney. The episodes had some excellent secondary characters who were regulars: Dave, the owner of the Winchester Club, Chisholm and Ryecott, the police officers who were never quite able to put Arthur away and the dimwit mechanic Arnie, played by Ray Winstone.

Each week we had Arthur pulling one con or another and generally getting into trouble. Cue Terry to come in all fists flying to sort the problems out. There were some excellent episodes in each series but as time went on the mediocre episodes were far outweighing the good episodes and a general sameness started to creep in. It was being rushed out to cash in on the ratings and it really showed. Still as said there were some very good episodes. Personal favourites include Aces High and sometimes very low and Rocky 8 1/2 Once Dennis Waterman left it really went downhill. Less said on that the better.

Worth seeing again but pick which episodes you watch with care. The early ones were better.

score 7/10

welshNick 8 July 2011

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