Minder (1979)
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
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Episode 1 - Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Release Date: 1982-01-13A crooked travel agent, Monty Wiseman gets Arthur and Terry to pick up a coffin at the airport and store it at the lock up. But when the coroner needs to perform an autopsy, despite objections Monty stores it at Terry's flat...
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Episode 2 - You Need Hands
Release Date: 1982-01-20Terry aids Des with a debt collection, but suffers a broken hand in a fight. Arthur has a special job lined up, and with his man out of action, has to hire another minder...
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Episode 3 - Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Any More
Release Date: 1982-01-27When Arthur finds an artist who can turn out work as good as the originals, he thinks that he can make money, until a crooked art dealer tries to cut in on him.
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Episode 4 - Looking for Micky
Release Date: 1982-02-03Micky Dixon breaks out of jail in order to publicise his innocence, and Terry looks after him while the press try and hunt him down.
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Episode 5 - Dreamhouse
Release Date: 1982-02-10Terry house sits for a rock star who has gone on tour, but it turns out that the star is broke and the bailiffs arrive to take the furniture away.
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Episode 6 - Another Bride, Another Groom
Release Date: 1982-02-17Arthur's niece is getting married, but Terry, who should be driving the bride to the church, is using the limousine to pick up a load of porn books.
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Episode 7 - The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs
Release Date: 1982-02-24An old friend of Arthur's, released from prison, hopes to pick up a large amount of money left over from a bank robbery. Things start to go wrong when the retired policeman who was in charge of the case, a warden from the prison, and the other member of the gang learn of his release, and try and get a share of the loot.
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Episode 8 - The Son Also Rises
Release Date: 1982-03-03When a school boy is terrorised by local thugs, his mother hires Terry to protect him. It turns out that the thugs have been hired by his father's ex partner, who is just out of jail and has been cheated out of his promised windfall.
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Episode 9 - Why Pay Tax ?
Release Date: 1982-03-10Terry helps out Barry, an independent bookmaker, when he has to pay out a large amount of cash to one of his clients, in a deserted car park, but it turns out that he only wants Terry as a witness to a fake robbery, to cover up the fact that the bookie is broke.
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Episode 10 - Broken Arrow
Release Date: 1982-03-17Arthur finds a potential darts champion playing for peanuts in a pub, and enters him in a local competition, but his man is nobbled. Seeing enough to organize his own tournament, Arthur has a novel way to ensure he makes money, no matter who wins the match.
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Episode 11 - Poetic Justice, Innit ?
Release Date: 1982-03-24While Arthur does jury service, he leaves Terry in charge at the lock up. Debbie goes into the business of home hairdressing and on her first job, the client's house is robbed, and she becomes a suspect.
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Episode 12 - Back in Good Old England
Release Date: 1982-03-31Jack Wragg, a villain who fled the country after a bank robbery, is back to see old friends and his former gang members. Will they be willing to come on in on another heist that he has planned ?
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Episode 13 - In
Release Date: 1982-04-07Arthur gets arrested in a drugs raid after taking possession of a car bought in from Europe. Terry tries to hunt down the seller, and after a long chase he gets the driver, but back at the police station Arthur is being released.