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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.

Genres:ComedyDramaAction & AdventureCrime
Network:ITV1

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Minder" is "The Great Depression of 1994", rated 5/10 from 48 user votes. It was directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Arthur Ellis. "The Great Depression of 1994" aired on 2/17/1994 and is rated 0.8 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "A Bouquet of Barbed Wine".

  • The Great Depression of 1994
    5.0/10 48 votes

    #1 - The Great Depression of 1994

    Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/1994

    Arthur spots a way to make money out of his brother-in-law Brian's misery.

    Director: Gordon Flemyng

    Writer: Arthur Ellis

  • A Bouquet of Barbed Wine
    5.8/10 46 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

  • The Long Good Thursday
    6.0/10 56 votes

    #3 - The Long Good Thursday

    Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/1994

    Café owner Luigi is opening a mafia-themed restaurant, the ‘Cosa Noshtra’ with Arthur’s financial backing. On the evening before the grand opening, ‘Cranky Frankie’ Connor escapes from prison and holds Arthur at gunpoint in his lockup. He demands to see Rosie, his wife, whom he suspects of having an affair with Luigi. Luigi’s wife Carla also has her suspicions.

    Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark

    Writer: Tony Hoare

  • On the Autofront
    6.1/10 51 votes

    #4 - On the Autofront

    Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/1994

    Arthur is forced to broadcast his first ever commercial on pirate radio when a rival car dealer tries to put him out of business with a nightmare test drive.

    Director: Baz Taylor

    Writer: William Ivory

  • Looking For Mr. Goodtime
    6.4/10 45 votes

    #5 - Looking For Mr. Goodtime

    Season 9 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/1993

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

    Director: Gordon Flemyng

    Writer: David Yallop

  • Gone with the Winchester
    6.5/10 39 votes

    #6 - Gone with the Winchester

    Season 9 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1993

    Arthur falls out with Dave when a member of their boyhood gang re-appears on the scene.

    Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark

    Writer: Kevin McNally, Bernard Dempsey

  • All Quiet on the West End Front
    6.5/10 42 votes

    #7 - All Quiet on the West End Front

    Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1994

    Arthur's venture into corporate hospitality takes him and Ray into company that's glamorous and dangerous.

    Director: Diarmuid Lawrence

    Writer: Kevin McNally, Bernard Dempsey

  • Windows
    6.6/10 64 votes

    #8 - Windows

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/1984

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

    Director: Robert Young

    Writer: Geoffrey Case

  • An officer and a car salesman
    6.6/10 20 votes

    #9 - An officer and a car salesman

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 12/26/1988

    Special feature length edition of the popular TV series. After "minder" Terry McCann does a stretch in prison for getting caught up in one of his boss Arthur Daley's shady deals, their long & turbulent partnership seems to be at an end. But Arthur's dealings with a former army Colonel, Caplan, who is running a "survivalist" centre in suburban England and for whom Arthur is supplying army surplus equipment, reunites the two when they stumble across a plot hatched by Caplan and his "troops" to stage a bullion robbery - the security for which is supervised by their old enemy, former detective sergeant "Charlie" Chisholm!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Him Indoors
    6.6/10 38 votes

    #10 - 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

  • No Way To Treat a Daley
    6.6/10 43 votes

    #11 - No Way To Treat a Daley

    Season 9 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/1993

    The acquisition of a hot air balloon introduces Arthur to the lucrative world of aerial advertising, but the launch of Daley Inflatables comes to an abrupt halt when he is abducted by a psychotic business rival.

    Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark

    Writer: Tim Firth

  • The Immaculate Contraption
    6.7/10 39 votes

    #12 - The Immaculate Contraption

    Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1994

    A nun buys an Austin Allegro from Arthur’s car lot, despite Arthur knowing it’s clapped out and overpriced, then everything in his life starts to go wrong. Could it be divine retribution?

    Director: Gordon Flemyng

    Writer: William Ivory

  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Retiring
    6.8/10 43 votes

    #13 - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Retiring

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/1993

    When Arthur allows himself to be persuaded into retirement, Ray quickly steps into his shifty uncle's shoes.

    Director: Richard Standeven

    Writer: William Ivory

  • Cars and Pints and Pains
    6.8/10 39 votes

    #14 - Cars and Pints and Pains

    Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/1993

    If he's not able to sell his second-hand cars, Arthur decides it might be a good idea to hire them out instead.

    Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark

    Writer: David Yallop

  • A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush
    6.9/10 45 votes

    #15 - 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

  • The Great Trilby
    6.9/10 38 votes

    #16 - The Great Trilby

    Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 3/18/1993

    Arthur's eyes light up with pound signs when he learns he may be in line to inherit a fortune.

    Director: Roger Bamford

    Writer: Kevin McNally, Bernard Dempsey

  • Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley
    6.9/10 51 votes

    #17 - Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley

    Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/1994

    Arthur is targeted by violent criminal Charlie Knowles, who blames him for his incarceration.

    Director: John Stroud

    Writer: Kevin McNally, Bernard Dempsey

  • The Last Temptation of Daley
    7.0/10 37 votes

    #18 - 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

  • The Greatest Show in Willesden
    7.0/10 42 votes

    #19 - 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

  • The Odds Couple
    7.0/10 45 votes

    #20 - 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

  • Opportunity Knocks and Bruises
    7.0/10 42 votes

    #21 - Opportunity Knocks and Bruises

    Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1993

    Arthur and Ray swap the contents of the lock-up for a fruit machine full of stolen money.

    Director: Diarmuid Lawrence

    Writer: Iain Roy

  • Another Case of Van Blank
    7.0/10 45 votes

    #22 - Another Case of Van Blank

    Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1994

    To take advantage of new rules concerning duty free alcohol, Arthur, Ray and Dave take a van to Calais, planning to stock up on cheap booze. Whilst Ray and Dave go to a hypermarket, Arthur has meets with Henry, a former mate, and gets unwittingly drawn into breaking into a liquor warehouse.

    Director: Ken Hannam

    Writer: William Ivory

  • Gunfight at the OK Launderette
    7.1/10 135 votes

    #23 - Gunfight at the OK Launderette

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1979

    Terry is caught inside a launderette, while it is being robbed. As the police gather outside, Arthur tries to make some money by selling Terry's life story to the press.

    Director: Peter Sasdy

    Writer: Leon Griffiths

  • If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On
    7.1/10 81 votes

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

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1984

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

    Director: Terry Green

    Writer: Tony Hoare

  • The Second Time Around
    7.1/10 64 votes

    #25 - The Second Time Around

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1984

    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.

    Director: Francis Megahy

    Writer: Geoffrey Case