7.5/1057 votes#1 - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1991
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.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Writer: David Yallop
5.8/1046 votes#2 - A Bouquet of Barbed Wine
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1991
Arthur ventures into the wine trade, but when the supplier is taken in for questioning, his wine is locked up by the police and somehow they've got to get it out.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Writer: Kevin McNally, Bernard Dempsey
7.3/1050 votes#3 - Whatever Happened to Her Indoors
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/1991
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.
Director: Roger Bamford
Writer: David Yallop
7.7/1046 votes#4 - Three Cons Make a Mountain
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1991
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 ?
Director: Mike Vardy
Writer: David Yallop
7.2/1053 votes#5 - Guess Who's Coming to Pinner
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1991
At Charlie Johnson's funeral, a friend of Arthur's persuades him to help with the next 'big one'.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Writer: David Yallop
7.0/1037 votes#6 - The Last Temptation of Daley
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1991
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.
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Writer: William Ivory
6.9/1045 votes#7 - A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1991
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.
Director: Roger Bamford
Writer: David Yallop
6.6/1038 votes#8 - Him Indoors
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1991
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.
Director: Roger Bamford
Writer: Iain Roy
7.0/1042 votes#9 - The Greatest Show in Willesden
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1991
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.
Director: Derek Banham
Writer: Kevin McNally, Bernard Dempsey
7.6/1048 votes#10 - Too Many Crooks
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1991
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.
Director: Alister Hallum
Writer: Tony Jordan
7.1/1046 votes#11 - The Odds Couple
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1991
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.
Director: Keith Washington
Writer: Tony Jordan, Liane Aukin
7.6/1042 votes#12 - The Coach That Came in From the Cold
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1991
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.
Director: Richard Standeven
Writer: Kevin Clarke
7.5/1047 votes#13 - The Cruel Canal
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1991
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...
Director: Keith Washington
Writer: Kevin McNally, Bernard Dempsey
The Best Episodes of Minder Season 8
Every episode of Minder Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Minder Season 8!
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...
Genres:ComedyDramaAction & AdventureCrime
Network:ITV1
Season 8 Ratings Summary
"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur" is the best rated episode of "Minder" season 8. It scored 7.5/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by David Yallop, it aired on 9/5/1991. This episode is rated 1.7 points higher than the second-best, "A Bouquet of Barbed Wine".