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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 The Last Video Show
    8.6/10(101 votes)

    #1 - The Last Video Show

    S7:E4

    A video implicating two senior police officers is mistakenly returned to Daley videos.

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  2. Background image for Goodbye Sailor
    8.5/10(99 votes)

    #2 - Goodbye Sailor

    S5:E1

    When Arthur is stuck with 1,500 pairs of imported shoes, he and Terry find themselves on a boat being chased by the Customs and Excise.

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  3. Background image for Around the Corner
    8.5/10(83 votes)

    #3 - Around the Corner

    S5:E9

    To cover a debt, Arthur is given a greyhound, but while Terry is trying to train him, Arthur gets conned over videos that don't exist.

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
  4. Background image for Second Hand Pose
    8.4/10(85 votes)

    #4 - Second Hand Pose

    S5:E5

    Due to mix up, Terry is left in a large industrial meat freezer and decides to leave Arthur's employ, obtaining work helping out an old friend who is in the second hand furniture business.

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
  5. Background image for The Return of the Invincible Man
    8.4/10(90 votes)

    #5 - The Return of the Invincible Man

    S6:E3

    When the local gents tailor is going out of business, he asks Arthur to get a gang together and rob his safe so he can claim on the insurance. Things start to go wrong when the leader of the gang, Scotch Harry, suffers an accident...

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  6. Background image for The Wrong Goodbye
    8.4/10(88 votes)

    #6 - The Wrong Goodbye

    S7:E6

    Arthur’s bank manager won't extend his already considerable overdraft, and his car lot, lock up and goods have been seized by the sheriff for non-payment. He contemplates retirement, but he hasn't paid National Insurance since 1956, so doesn't qualify for a state pension.

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  8. Background image for A Number of Old Wives' Tales
    8.3/10(89 votes)

    #7 - A Number of Old Wives' Tales

    S5:E3

    Arthur gets involved with Clive Cosgrove, who has several businesses which are all run by women but it turns out that he is married to all of them.

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
  9. Background image for The Balance of Power
    8.3/10(100 votes)

    #8 - The Balance of Power

    S5:E8

    When Arthur's car lot is compulsory purchased by the council, he decides to run as an independent candidate in the local by-election. Terry and a reporter help out, but just as he is about to win, the opposition want him barred for overspending during his campaign.

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    Director:Ian Toynton
  10. Background image for Arthur is Dead, Long Live Arthur
    8.3/10(82 votes)

    #9 - Arthur is Dead, Long Live Arthur

    S6:E4

    When the tax people catch up with Arthur, he fakes his death, starting rumours that he is being hounded by the police and the tax authorities. The news reaches the Winchester, and they take up a collection.

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    Director:Terry Green
    Writer:Tony Hoare
  11. Background image for Days of Fines and Closures
    8.2/10(87 votes)

    #10 - Days of Fines and Closures

    S7:E2

    Dave goes missing while on a day trip to France. Terry and Arthur take over the Winchester while he's away, but his wife thinks that Arthur is behind the disappearance, and calls in the police.

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  12. Background image for What Makes Shamy Run?
    8.1/10(84 votes)

    #11 - What Makes Shamy Run?

    S5:E2

    Arthur is repaid a debt in dodgy £20 notes, but by the time it comes to light they are counterfeit his creditor is heading on a flight to India.

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  13. Background image for Life in the Fast Food Lane
    8.1/10(76 votes)

    #12 - Life in the Fast Food Lane

    S6:E2

    Arthur gets into the carphone business but unknown to him, the goods are from a dodgy supplier. Terry meets a girl who tries to hide her rich family background, and Arthur seeing his workforce being distracted attempts to deal with her father in order to break up the relationship.

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  14. Background image for Hypnotising Rita
    7.9/10(86 votes)

    #13 - Hypnotising Rita

    S5:E7

    Arthur and Terry help Dr. Sudbury and his teenage fiancé, Rita, an heiress about to inherit a great deal of money, escape her disapproving family who say the doctor has hypnotised Rita into falling for him so he can claim her money.

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    Director:Terry Green
    Writer:Alan Janes
  15. Background image for Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread
    7.9/10(84 votes)

    #14 - Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread

    S6:E1

    Arthur gives some landscaping work to a group of ex-criminals, who the Vicar of St Chad's, is (thus far, unsuccessfully) trying to persuade to 'go straight'.

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  16. Background image for From Fulham with Love
    7.8/10(80 votes)

    #15 - From Fulham with Love

    S6:E5

    Arthur sells tracksuits and watches to some Russian seamen, but one of them goes missing and tries to defect, with the bank refusing to accept the foreign currency. Arthur's nephew Nigel comes to work at the car lot.

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
  17. Background image for It's a Sorry Lorry, Morrie
    7.8/10(107 votes)

    #16 - It's a Sorry Lorry, Morrie

    S7:E1

    Arthur buys a lorry load of electrical goods, but when he finds out that they are stolen, and the police are watching the lorry, the only way out of the problem is to set fire to it...

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
  18. Background image for The Long Ride Back to Scratchwood
    7.7/10(85 votes)

    #17 - The Long Ride Back to Scratchwood

    S5:E6

    Arthur and Terry get involved in a scam to sell football tickets to fans, for the clash between England and Scotland. But the scheme doesn't go to plan, and a surprise is in store for Arthur...

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  19. Background image for Fiddler on the Hoof
    7.7/10(82 votes)

    #18 - Fiddler on the Hoof

    S7:E5

    After a robbery at a safety deposit bank, Arthur withdraws his money and hides it in his lock up, getting Terry to guard it. But as Arthur leaves the bank, he is caught on TV talking to an old friend, Maltese Tony, who is wanted by a local gang boss.

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  20. Background image for Waiting for Goddard
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    #19 - Waiting for Goddard

    S6:E6

    A lawyer comes to see Arthur for some help in tracing an old man who has come into a considerable amount of money.

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  21. Background image for A Fridge Too Far
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #20 - A Fridge Too Far

    S10:E1

    To sell a consignment of mopeds to The Pizza Man, Arthur gets involved in complicated money-juggling. He has pawned his wife’s jewellery to fund the purchase, but instead uses the cash to buy a lorryload of fridge freezers at a knockdown price.

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  22. Background image for Minder on the Orient Express
    7.3/10(338 votes)

    #21 - 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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  23. Background image for Fatal Impression
    7.3/10(81 votes)

    #22 - Fatal Impression

    S7:E3

    An Irish fence dies owing Arthur money.

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    Director:Terry Green
  24. Background image for All Things Brighton Beautiful
    7.3/10(54 votes)

    #23 - All Things Brighton Beautiful

    S10:E3

    Arthur's chum Sidney comes to him for protection from a murderer. Unfortunately, Arthur's idea of a safe house is a caravan.

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    Writer:Tony Hoare
  25. Background image for The Second Time Around
    7.2/10(73 votes)

    #24 - The Second Time Around

    S5:E4

    An old author friend of Arthur's comes back to town to write a book and sell her house. When she learns that her ex husband has sold the house without her permission, she hires Terry and a secretary to help with ideas, and Arthur to help get the money back.

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  26. Background image for One Flew Over the Parents' Nest
    7.2/10(51 votes)

    #25 - One Flew Over the Parents' Nest

    S10:E4

    Whilst his parents are on holiday in Spain, Ray, driving Bert’s taxi, picks up Susie, an attractive girl who claims to be on the run from a violent husband. Arthur, scenting a ‘nice little earner’, installs her in Bert and Doreen’s house.

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    Director:John Reardon
    Writer:Tony Hoare

Best Episodes Summary

"The Last Video Show" is the best rated episode of "Minder". It scored 8.6/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Andrew Payne, it aired on 1/23/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Goodbye Sailor".