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Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Minder Season 1 Episode 5 - The Bounty Hunter
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    #1 - The Bounty Hunter

    S1:E5

    Terry and Arthur help out a young widow who has been swindled out of her savings.

    Director:Peter Sasdy
    Writers:Francis Megahy, Bernie Cooper

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  2. Minder Season 1 Episode 6 - Aces High and Sometimes Very Low
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    #2 - Aces High and Sometimes Very Low

    S1:E6

    Maurice, a professional gambler, is barred from a casino after a large win. Later, he is beaten up and the winnings are stolen. When he hears of a big poker game, he has to sell his car to Arthur to raise the stake money, and gets Terry to guard him.

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Leon Griffiths

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  3. Minder Season 1 Episode 7 - The Bengal Tiger
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    #3 - The Bengal Tiger

    S1:E7

    Terry minds a newspaper shop, from a group of Indians bent on revenge, over the shop owner's daughter and an arranged marriage.

    Director:Peter Sasdy
    Writer:Leon Griffiths

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  4. Minder Season 1 Episode 9 - Monday Night Fever
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    #4 - Monday Night Fever

    S1:E9

    Arthur falls for a club singer, and promises to put her in the big time, but falls foul of an unscrupulous club owner. When Terry refuses to help him, he turns to a couple of vicious crooks...

    Director:Mike Vardy
    Writer:Leon Griffiths

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  5. Minder Season 1 Episode 10 - The Dessert Song
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    #5 - The Dessert Song

    S1:E10

    Terry gets a job minding a Greek restaurant after saving a relation of the owner from being beaten up.

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Andrew Payne

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  6. Minder Season 1 Episode 11 - You Gotta Have Friends
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    #6 - You Gotta Have Friends

    S1:E11

    When some bearer bonds go missing from big time gangster Bobby Altman, the courier Billy Gilpin is a suspect, and he seeks Arthur's help...

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Leon Griffiths

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  7. Minder Season 2 Episode 1 - National Pelmet
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    #7 - National Pelmet

    S2:E1

    Arthur gets Terry to guard a racehorse before he runs in a big race, but the owner and trainer are out to con the bookies and leave them out in the cold.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:Willis Hall

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  8. Minder Season 2 Episode 2 - Whose Wife is it Anyway?
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    #8 - Whose Wife is it Anyway?

    S2:E2

    When an old friend of Arthur's gets injured in a so-called "hit and run accident" Terry gets involved in minding the villain's antique shop.

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Tony Hoare

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  9. Minder Season 2 Episode 3 - You Lose Some, You Win Some
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    #9 - You Lose Some, You Win Some

    S2:E3

    Terry guards a group of people that Maurice the gambler has put together to win at roulette. When the casino starts to protest, he hides them out at his flat, but this upsets his girlfriend Penny, who has taken the week off to be with him.

    Director:James Gatward
    Writer:Jeremy Burnham

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  10. Minder Season 2 Episode 4 - Don't Tell Them Willie Boy was Here
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    #10 - Don't Tell Them Willie Boy was Here

    S2:E4

    Terry trains Willie a boxer on the comeback trail, but it becomes apparent that he is not taking the fight seriously. The promoter wants Willie to lose and has had a large bet on the other boxer. Terry shames Willie into training properly but the outcome is in the balance right up to the last round.

    Director:Dennis Abey
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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  11. Minder Season 2 Episode 5 - Not a Bad Lad, Dad
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    #11 - Not a Bad Lad, Dad

    S2:E5

    An old friend of Terry's has left her son at his house, while she sorts her life out. Terry gets attached to the lad, but then the stepfather starts to cause trouble...

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Tony Hoare

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  12. Minder Season 2 Episode 7 - A Nice Little Wine
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    #12 - A Nice Little Wine

    S2:E7

    Arthur gets into the wine business, but Clive, his supplier, is robbed, and with Terry's help they must track down the thieves.

    Director:Christopher Menaul
    Writer:Stanley Price

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  13. Minder Season 2 Episode 8 - All Mod Cons
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    #13 - All Mod Cons

    S2:E8

    Arthur tries to sell Terry's flat out from under him. Meanwhile, an unscrupulous landlady is trying to evict a young couple from a house so she can sell it to a developer.

    Director:Ian Sharp
    Writer:Andrew Payne

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  14. Minder Season 2 Episode 9 - Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Enemy
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    #14 - Diamonds are a Girl's Worst Enemy

    S2:E9

    While working for gangster's wife Rose Mellors, the car Terry's driving is stolen, along with its hidden bag of diamonds. The race is on to recover them before the police...

    Director:Christopher King
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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  15. Minder Season 2 Episode 10 - The Old School Tie
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    #15 - The Old School Tie

    S2:E10

    George Palmer, an old friend of Terry's, has escaped from prison, seeking his help to overturn his sentence.

    Director:James Gatward
    Writer:Jeremy Burnham

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  16. Minder Season 2 Episode 11 - All About Scoring, Innit ?
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    #16 - All About Scoring, Innit ?

    S2:E11

    Young footballer, Danny Varrow, wants to sell his story to the press, so Terry to minds him until Arthur can arrange a deal. Unfortunately, he is in debt to the local bookie, and the father of his latest conquest is also looking for him to talk about the little matter of sleeping with his daughter.

    Director:Martin Campbell
    Writer:Willis Hall

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  17. Minder Season 2 Episode 12 - Caught in the Act, Fact
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    #17 - Caught in the Act, Fact

    S2:E12

    Terry helps out Des, delivering a car that that has been used in a robbery, but the police find his fingerprints...

    Director:Terry Green
    Writer:Tony Hoare

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  18. Minder Season 3 Episode 1 - Dead Men Do Tell Tales
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    #18 - Dead Men Do Tell Tales

    S3:E1

    A crooked travel agent, Monty Wiseman gets Arthur and Terry to pick up a coffin at the airport and store it at the lock up. But when the coroner needs to perform an autopsy, despite objections Monty stores it at Terry's flat...

    Director:Robert Young
    Writer:Tony Hoare

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  19. Minder Season 3 Episode 2 - You Need Hands
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    #19 - You Need Hands

    S3:E2

    Terry aids Des with a debt collection, but suffers a broken hand in a fight. Arthur has a special job lined up, and with his man out of action, has to hire another minder...

    Director:Ian Sharp
    Writer:Andrew Payne

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  20. Minder Season 3 Episode 3 - Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Any More
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    #20 - Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Any More

    S3:E3

    When Arthur finds an artist who can turn out work as good as the originals, he thinks that he can make money, until a crooked art dealer tries to cut in on him.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Dave Humphries

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  21. Minder Season 3 Episode 4 - Looking for Micky
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    #21 - Looking for Micky

    S3:E4

    Micky Dixon breaks out of jail in order to publicise his innocence, and Terry looks after him while the press try and hunt him down.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Tony Hoare

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  22. Minder Season 3 Episode 5 - Dreamhouse
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    #22 - Dreamhouse

    S3:E5

    Terry house sits for a rock star who has gone on tour, but it turns out that the star is broke and the bailiffs arrive to take the furniture away.

    Director:Tom Clegg
    Writer:Andrew Payne

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  23. Minder Season 3 Episode 6 - Another Bride, Another Groom
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    #23 - Another Bride, Another Groom

    S3:E6

    Arthur's niece is getting married, but Terry, who should be driving the bride to the church, is using the limousine to pick up a load of porn books.

    Director:Mike Vardy
    Writer:Willis Hall

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  24. Minder Season 3 Episode 7 - The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs
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    #24 - The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs

    S3:E7

    An old friend of Arthur's, released from prison, hopes to pick up a large amount of money left over from a bank robbery. Things start to go wrong when the retired policeman who was in charge of the case, a warden from the prison, and the other member of the gang learn of his release, and try and get a share of the loot.

    Director:Ian Toynton
    Writer:Leon Griffiths

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  25. Minder Season 3 Episode 8 - The Son Also Rises
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    #25 - The Son Also Rises

    S3:E8

    When a school boy is terrorised by local thugs, his mother hires Terry to protect him. It turns out that the thugs have been hired by his father's ex partner, who is just out of jail and has been cheated out of his promised windfall.

    Director:Francis Megahy
    Writer:Paul Wheeler

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Bounty Hunter" is the worst rated episode of "Minder". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Peter Sasdy and written by Francis Megahy, Bernie Cooper, it aired on 11/26/1979. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Aces High and Sometimes Very Low".