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Post by barrythebook on Jan 24, 2023 20:12:47 GMT
A bit of a change of tone from the first 3 episodes - less obvious humour and a much darker theme with hints of serious violence. In some respects this works better than a script full of gags and one -liners , the contrast sharpens the humour and vice versa . Kenneth Griffith as Dai Llewellyn certainly steals the show as a drink sodden gentleman's gentleman. I do like the bit were Bassam Sayin reels of a list of tasks for Dai - fetching the suitcase from the car , running a bath with no herbal fragrances , lunch of a clear soup and a hard biscuit , set up the office in the front room , lay out the grey whistle, white dickie and red peckham ..... You expect the fine and dandy's to have taken their toll , but no - he remembers word for word ! Arthur admiring the Cannelloni on the wall , his daft scheme of trying to bump into Sayin as he arrives at Heathrow. Doubling down on this by introducing Frankie as light entertainment .This is epitomy of Arthur - conceiving an ill thought through nice little earner but seeing it kiboshed by his own incompetence and misreading of the situation. We learn a bit more about Terry's character - fundamentally he does the right thing the right way even if this is to his disadvantage. He doesn't leg it after the hit but spirits Dai and Sayin away to a safe house (pub) eluding the kidnappers/assassins . And rather drive straight to nick at the end - takes Sayin to the airport saving him from trouble with his fake passport. Also I got the impression Arthur whilst driving the van was trying to think of a way to alert Terry - called him Terrence for example. So there is a spark of decency underneath all that skulduggery. The good guys win out in the end as in the best Hollywood feelgood endings. A solid 4/5 Very good review geoff, some great points and observations.
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Post by swainy on Feb 5, 2023 19:29:47 GMT
Not sure if this the same guy in each scene or not but here are a couple of pictures:
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Post by metro1962 on Mar 2, 2023 0:11:47 GMT
Great episode from Series 1 👍 but 4mins into this episode (when Terry & Arthur are in the pub) why does the barmaid bring them two drinks (one is red wine? in it and the other is possibly Vodka?) and puts the drink with red wine in it right in front of Terry only to find that Terry then picks up the one with the Vodka in it and it shows the red wine instead of a Vodka 😆 he should have picked up the red wine but Arthur gets that instead.😁
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Post by hollandpark on Dec 5, 2023 19:38:00 GMT
I recently started watching random season 1 episodes to satiate my minder cravings till xmas day (I have the Minder dvd under the xmas tree to start watching in order on xmas morning)
This and Bengal Tiger are the ones I watched yesterday. This one is great, it has that great balance of seriousness and comedy , Dai is fantastic . I cracked up when Terry keeps telling him to lay off the Gargle ( A term I am not familiar with)
Had no idea the Lebanese businessman was narrator of the original Jackanory ! looked it up on IMDB after I watched it
A 5 star episode for me.
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 5, 2023 22:07:36 GMT
Dai is fantastic . I cracked up when Terry keeps telling him to lay off the Gargle ( A term I am not familiar with) A 5 star episode for me. I agree, Dai is a wonderful character portrayed perfectly by Kenneth Griffith. Drunk and subservient one minute, aggressive the next, then nervous and afraid. Too much gargle (alcohol) played its part.
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Post by jjmolloy on Dec 6, 2023 12:22:08 GMT
I recently started watching random season 1 episodes to satiate my minder cravings till xmas day (I have the Minder dvd under the xmas tree to start watching in order on xmas morning) This and Bengal Tiger are the ones I watched yesterday. This one is great, it has that great balance of seriousness and comedy , Dai is fantastic . I cracked up when Terry keeps telling him to lay off the Gargle ( A term I am not familiar with) Had no idea the Lebanese businessman was narrator of the original Jackanory ! looked it up on IMDB after I watched it A 5 star episode for me. Gargle is commonly used in Ireland, but not so elsewhere.
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