5.0/1048 votesLoading...#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
5.8/1046 votesLoading...#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
6.0/1056 votesLoading...#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
6.1/1051 votesLoading...#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
6.3/1021 votesLoading...#5 - 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
6.4/1045 votesLoading...#6 - 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
6.4/1040 votesLoading...#7 - 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
6.6/1038 votesLoading...#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
6.6/1043 votesLoading...#9 - 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
6.6/1044 votesLoading...#10 - 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
6.7/1066 votesLoading...#11 - 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
6.7/1039 votesLoading...#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
6.8/1044 votesLoading...#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
6.8/1041 votesLoading...#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
6.9/1045 votesLoading...#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
6.9/1042 votesLoading...#16 - 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
6.9/1038 votesLoading...#17 - 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
6.9/1051 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.0/1037 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.0/1042 votesLoading...#20 - 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
7.0/1045 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.1/10137 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.1/1081 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.1/1066 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.1/1046 votesLoading...#25 - 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
The Worst Episodes of Minder
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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...
Genres:ComedyDramaAction & AdventureCrime
Network:ITV1
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Great Depression of 1994" is the worst rated episode of "Minder". It scored 5/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Gordon Flemyng and written by Arthur Ellis, it aired on 2/17/1994. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Bouquet of Barbed Wine".