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'Oh My Good Gawd' : 'Minder' TV show Appreciation & Discussion.
I've been recording these on ITV4 lately and they are still as funny as ever.
The way Terry (Dennis Waterman) and Arthur (George Cole) bounce off eachother is such good casting.
You can only sit back and admire all the architecture,and a general London 'feel-good' factor that comes across over the screen,something that is very scarce now.
Add in Chisolm and the Met Police trying to catch them out,and the scrapes they get themselves into,and you can see why this TV series became so big.
I'm having a real blast watching it !!!
Any comment's about Tel' or Arfur,or Dave and the Winchester Club out there ?
The way Terry (Dennis Waterman) and Arthur (George Cole) bounce off eachother is such good casting.
You can only sit back and admire all the architecture,and a general London 'feel-good' factor that comes across over the screen,something that is very scarce now.
Add in Chisolm and the Met Police trying to catch them out,and the scrapes they get themselves into,and you can see why this TV series became so big.
I'm having a real blast watching it !!!
Any comment's about Tel' or Arfur,or Dave and the Winchester Club out there ?
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"The world is your lobster, my son!"
And nice seeing London when it wasn't the 'multicultural' nightmare it is now.
Let us resolve never to mention the Shane Ritchie version.... *shudders*
Even the TV film 'Minder on the Orient Express' shown on Xmas Day got over 25m I think,it was massive.
I remember the 1st series,and Arthur was almost a serious character in it.but I do like how it all turned out.
What series was that episode in,do you know ?
Ive got one recorded about a dead rock star and Arthur gets a hand on his demo tape that was never used,i'm watching in about an hour.
Never one to turn down some readies ,is our Arfur !!
Watch it on You Tube..you will see 80's London and learn some of the cockney slang..any questions ask away once you watched one ;)
Along with Taffy,his sidekick haha...
As others have already noted it was packed with cracking characters - Chisholm, Dave, Taffy (would you get away with that these days? Bit racist) - and the list of actors is jam packed with household names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Minder_cast_members
Even our own Honor Blackman popped up in that Orient Express Xmas special (I still remember the cover of the TV Times with Arthur and Tel driving Santas sleigh). Those were the days. Star Wars toys from Santa, Christmas dinner, the Queen's speech, then Rog in MR and topped off with Minder on the Orient Express. The 80's rocked!
I cant imagine ITV are showing it uncut as there was the odd bit of tit from time to time and I'm sure there's plenty of language that wouldn't get past today's PC Gestapo so I really should invest in the box set too to see it properly.
PS - Ray was shit though.
This surprised me Wiz.i watched one tonight ,about Terry guarding a hotel,and a bit of boob was shown on a black 'riske' model who was being expoited,so I think ITV4 (who are brilliant) are showing the whole thing with its running time.
And I remember the Xmas you are referring to for sure...wow those days have gone.
TBF it held on for quite a while, as he was Terry's recommended nephew,and Cole was as brilliant as ever.
And,unlike shows today,it knew when to stop and end it.
But if C5 offers loads of money for the show then why not sell it to them,the memories are still only they're on ITV4 now.
As Arthur would say : nice little bonus,ITV .
Pretty standard stuff - Terry takes home a bird (played by Suzi Quatro for some reason that I couldnt really fathom - cue shoehorned in segment of her singing in the Winchester) to find Arthur has stashed a dead body in a coffin inside his flat on behalf of some shady characters. Cracking.
As with The Sweeney and The Professionals, I do like looking at all the backgrounds. I'm not from London but all the 'old' cars (and even beer pumps!) bring back many sudden memories.
Even a small advertising sticker on the door of a newsagent showing a food or drink I used to enjoy.
Happy days for me,the 70's & '80's.
Yes the signage brings back many memories. Happy days indeed. With very few exceptions I can name all the types of cars used or parked along the roads. At the time I would have scored 100% in that particular challenge, but time means I have slipped somewhat. Indeed I annoy 'er indoors by blurting out - Tourettes fashion - the different cars. A lot of them (Simca, Talbot etc) don't exist anymore. I still see examples of my first car on these programmes, a Vauxhall Victor 1.8. You'll also notice the proliferation of vinyl roofs!
Hahaha brilliant !,that made me laugh.
But ,yes,alas I would say about at 75% of the shops,buildings,yards,pubs,have all gone ..which makes these shows priceless.
(Just like the old Las Vegas in DAF).
Worth a look...personally I would start with season 2 where they are up to all sorts of scrapes and already know eachother rather the more serious series 1,and then go back to series 1.
Every episode is stand alone so its easy to do..hit the you tube my old mate !!
Basically Arthur is a shady businessman who is always being chased by the police and both sides are useless as each other, and Arthur usually runs away from trouble,so he hires Terry,an ex-boxer just out of jail to be his minder/bodyguard.