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The Best Episodes of Minder

Every episode of Minder ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Minder!

The Best Episodes of Minder

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
  1. Background image for Get Daley
    8.5/10(84 votes)

    #1 - Get Daley

    S4:E10

    When an illegal bookie threatens a customer who owes him money, the customer collapses and dies of a heart attack. Arthur, who is about to go into hospital for an operation, is an eye witness to the event and in no time he is being chased by the police, the bookie and the customer's family.

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    Director:Ian Toynton
  2. Background image for Sorry Pal, Wrong Number
    8.4/10(92 votes)

    #2 - Sorry Pal, Wrong Number

    S4:E4

    Arthur joins up with legendary con artist J.J. Mooney, in a racing scam. They hire a postal address and Terry gets to mind three public phone boxes, and then they sit back and wait for the money to roll in. But it all starts to go wrong when J.J. has a heart attack...

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  3. Background image for The Car Lot Baggers
    8.3/10(99 votes)

    #3 - The Car Lot Baggers

    S4:E5

    When an unscrupulous builder wants a piece of land that is occupied by a local car dealer he hires a gang of thugs to move him out, and tries to lay the blame at the door of the local gypsies.

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    8.2/10(94 votes)

    #4 - Senior Citizen Caine

    S4:E2

    When a wealthy garage owner's wife dies he retires and leaves the business to his children, while he hires Terry as a bodyguard to move money out of the business before the VAT man moves in.

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    Director:Robert Young
  5. Background image for Rocky Eight and a Half
    8.0/10(87 votes)

    #5 - Rocky Eight and a Half

    S4:E1

    Arthur persuades Terry into donning his boxing gloves once more. Meanwhile, 'Dirty Harry' lives up to his name when he sells Arthur's council flat.

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  6. Background image for Minder on the Orient Express
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Minder on the Orient Express

    S6:E7

    When a gangster passes away, he leaves his daughter with clues to the location of his ill-gotten gains. She offers Terry tickets to the Orient Express, and Terry and Arthur spot underworld business on the luxury train to Venice.

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  8. Background image for Willesden Suite
    7.8/10(88 votes)

    #7 - Willesden Suite

    S4:E8

    Arthur gets in on a deal to provide a hotel with provisions. Terry helps out a young girl from Liverpool who wants to be a model but is ripped off by the photographer.

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    7.7/10(86 votes)

    #8 - High Drains Pilferer

    S4:E3

    Terry is helping out a local gangster as a driver when they come back to the flat of his mistress and find that she has been robbed of her jewels. The thief is known to him, and he tries to get them back.

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  10. Background image for Three Cons Make a Mountain
    7.7/10(49 votes)

    #9 - Three Cons Make a Mountain

    S8:E4

    Arthur keeps acquiring items that won't do his reputation any good. How is he going to off-load them without the rest of the manor finding out he's been conned ?

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    Director:Mike Vardy
  11. Background image for A Star is Gorn
    7.6/10(84 votes)

    #10 - A Star is Gorn

    S4:E7

    Terry protects a rock star who has faked his death. His manager and producer want a share of the profits from his last record. Fortuitously, the tape has landed in Arthur's safe hands.

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    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Tony Hoare
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    7.6/10(72 votes)

    #11 - A Well Fashioned Fit-Up

    S4:E11

    When Arthur tries to sell some fake dresses to a fashion agent, he refuses, but offers Terry a job guarding his warehouse. Having already promised a pub owner that he will work for him, Arthur stands in...

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    Director:Jim Hill
  13. Background image for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #12 - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur

    S8:E1

    After Terry marries and leaves for Australia without telling anyone, Arthur appoints his nephew Ray as his new minder and assistant, on similar vague and ungenerous terms. Ray proves himself as physically capable as Terry was, and also finds his French language skills of use when he is sent to Brussels to pick up a car.

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  14. Background image for Too Many Crooks
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    #13 - Too Many Crooks

    S8:E10

    Arthur gets into the food business, but the chef he employs goes on the run from a group of gangsters, leaving him to cater for a policeman's retirement party.

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    7.5/10(45 votes)

    #14 - The Coach That Came in From the Cold

    S8:E12

    As Arthur attempts to ingratiate himself at the local golf club, DS Morley offers to sell him a police transport coach for a knock-down price.

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    7.5/10(50 votes)

    #15 - The Cruel Canal

    S8:E13

    When Ray's van breaks down whilst delivering two hundred video recorders to a client in Limehouse, Arthur needs alternative transport - and fast. He learns they were stolen property, and psychotic Big Dai wants them back...

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    7.3/10(53 votes)

    #16 - Whatever Happened to Her Indoors

    S8:E3

    Her indoors has gone missing and Arthur is the police's prime suspect. More importantly, he's got a cash flow problem and his British car sales are being hampered by the Council.

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  18. Background image for If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On
    7.2/10(87 votes)

    #17 - If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On

    S4:E6

    Arthur is tricked by a young Australian girl into helping find her boyfriend who has gone missing, with her share of some fraudulent loot.

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    Director:Terry Green
    Writer:Tony Hoare
  19. Background image for Guess Who's Coming to Pinner
    7.2/10(58 votes)

    #18 - Guess Who's Coming to Pinner

    S8:E5

    At Charlie Johnson's funeral, a friend of Arthur's persuades him to help with the next 'big one'.

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    7.1/10(50 votes)

    #19 - The Odds Couple

    S8:E11

    Ray is assigned to look after the wife of a casino owner who has become a compulsive gambler. But Arthur finds himself strangely drawn to her husband's casino.

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  21. Background image for A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush
    7.0/10(48 votes)

    #20 - A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush

    S8:E7

    Ray is given the task of minding a racing pigeon due to race from London to Bradford with a prize of 10,000 pounds at stake.

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  22. Background image for The Greatest Show in Willesden
    7.0/10(46 votes)

    #21 - The Greatest Show in Willesden

    S8:E9

    Arthur plans to boost the membership of the Winchester Club with some variety nights, but ends up in a spot of bother over a stolen karaoke machine.

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  23. Background image for Looking For Mr. Goodtime
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Looking For Mr. Goodtime

    S9:E4

    Arthur gets arrested when he attempts to hunt down a new car, acting very strangely in the process.

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  24. Background image for The Last Temptation of Daley
    6.9/10(41 votes)

    #23 - The Last Temptation of Daley

    S8:E6

    Arthur’s doctor wants him to give up alcohol and tobacco if he wants to avoid a stomach ulcer, but this causes him even more stress and he begins to believe that everyone's after him. The feeling is reinforced when building contractor Benny McLeish threatens him over a paint deal that goes sour.

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    6.8/10(72 votes)

    #24 - Windows

    S4:E9

    Arthur tries a new scheme in keep fit fashion, opening an aerobics studio. Terry disrupts his plans when he intercedes in a lovers' quarrel.

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    6.6/10(42 votes)

    #25 - Him Indoors

    S8:E8

    When Ron the Burglar, now reformed, opens Arthur Daley's lock-up with a metal comb, it's clear to that Daley Enterprises has to strengthen its warehouse security.

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    Director:Roger Bamford
    Writer:Iain Roy

Best Episodes Summary

"Get Daley" is the best rated episode of "Minder". It scored 8.5/10 based on 84 votes. Directed by Ian Toynton and written by Andrew Payne, it aired on 3/14/1984. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Sorry Pal, Wrong Number".