logie
One Of Your Own
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Post by logie on Jan 6, 2020 10:44:00 GMT
He also played the customs & excise man who nabbed Wayne's motor in Auf Wiedersehen,Pet thus leading to Oz 'entertaining' his wife!
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Post by barrythebook on Jan 6, 2020 21:31:14 GMT
He also played the customs & excise man who nabbed Wayne's motor in Auf Wiedersehen,Pet thus leading to Oz 'entertaining' his wife! Quite a well spoken, middle class type in that wasn't he rather than the brash wide boy we see him play here. Nick Stringer also got hung on a meat hook by Harold Shand if memory serves me right
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Post by scotchharry7 on Mar 17, 2020 9:53:20 GMT
Cracking wee episode it had a bit of everything. I felt Arthur crumbled a bit to easily, a smashed case of Smirnoff and a golf club through some 26” telly then Arthur inevitably tells them to try The Winchester. Dave on the other hand took a bit of a doing before he gave up George.
I agree the fight at the scrap yard was a bit funny when Arthur and Rycott turned up.. Rycott preference is to take them on himself with uniform getting involved. I had to rewind the bit a few times when Terry jumps from the office window, I thought it was him at first but you just see him sneaking out from behind the car after the stuntman lands on the roof.
Terry gave the bald one a right tanking at the end. Arthur meanwhile doin*g his best to keep out of trouble, understandably.
It seems as if Rycott was prepared to let Terry off with taking in an escaped convict even if George ends up getting a free pardon at the end..
Good to see Arthur and Terry mates again at the end..
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peter1
Car Lot Browser
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Post by peter1 on Jun 10, 2020 20:56:38 GMT
Excellent episode, missed it in re-runs etc so it was like watching a brand new episode, and despite a fairly average storyline (George trying to clear his name) it was fast paced, action packed comedy at its best, some great acting and future big names too, I loved it!! I remember Derek Thompson was destined for something really big in movies after starring in The Long Good Friday, but ended up as a regular in Casualty instead...
Like most others here, I thought the finale in the scrap yard was brilliant, so much going on, and theres Arthur tip toe-ing about trying his best to avoid dirtying his cream suit - great motors too tucked away in the yard, a MkII Jag and Triumph Spitfire in amongst the classic 70s wrecks!!
Well worth another watch!!
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Post by harryshand on Jun 16, 2020 13:14:49 GMT
Another cracker of an episode that could easily extend to a feature length production with some more back story. Some good stunts in this one, depsite the dodgy syrups. Not sure that's DW jumping from the window either due to the hair colour change.
Bit of stunt fight history beween Nick Stringer and Dennis after the hiding he gave DS Carter in the One Of Your Own as well.
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west12lad
Winchester Regular
I'll show you what a spanking feels like from the rough end of the market
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Post by west12lad on Aug 26, 2020 21:59:14 GMT
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Post by barrythebook on Nov 20, 2020 18:49:45 GMT
the scrapyard punchup always comes across as slightly implausible i.e. how Rycott, Arthur & Harry are able to assist in the overcoming of the scrapyard team. Terry clearly wasn't up to it earlier on What would have been far more plausible here is for Rycott to call up reinforcements It's a great episode but this last part always leaves me doubtful of how this could really work I have to agree. The main flaw imo is when Harry brings one of the Runciman brothers in, the one who'd been portrayed previously as a right nasty piece of work. Harry simply walks him into Rycott with a pathetic armlock enough to keep him in check.
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Post by westminster on Nov 21, 2020 9:45:06 GMT
Excellent episode, missed it in re-runs etc so it was like watching a brand new episode, and despite a fairly average storyline (George trying to clear his name) it was fast paced, action packed comedy at its best, some great acting and future big names too, I loved it!! I remember Derek Thompson was destined for something really big in movies after starring in The Long Good Friday, but ended up as a regular in Casualty instead... Like most others here, I thought the finale in the scrap yard was brilliant, so much going on, and theres Arthur tip toe-ing about trying his best to avoid dirtying his cream suit - great motors too tucked away in the yard, a MkII Jag and Triumph Spitfire in amongst the classic 70s wrecks!! Well worth another watch!! To me, scrapyard scenes always have a very retro feel. You used to see them everywhere in the 1970s and '80s but there are hardly any around nowadays. Probably because everything's tightened up in terms of rules and regulations, recycling and disposing of things in an environmentally-friendly way. A lot of people used to run old bangers on parts from the scrapyard back in the day. Then again, you don't see many old bangers on the road nowadays either. Cars covered in rust, with different coloured body parts or bits hanging off them. You don't really see it now.
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Post by barrythebook on Nov 21, 2020 21:55:07 GMT
A couple of points about this episode that I hadn't really taken notice of before.
Their's discussion in other episode threads about Rycott possibly being 'bent' and here we see him in Arthurs lock-up, telling Arthur to warn Terry that he's due a visit regarding George being on the run and that he doesn't want to find George at Terrys flat. I don't know why he would give Terry a chance like this but I'm fairly certain Chisholm wouldn't have!
Secondly, unless I've missed something, Arthur gave up George's whereabouts when the heavies began to smash up his stock but when was Arthur told that George was holed up at The Winch?
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Post by daz on Dec 13, 2020 14:48:08 GMT
A couple of points about this episode that I hadn't really taken notice of before. Their's discussion in other episode threads about Rycott possibly being 'bent' and here we see him in Arthurs lock-up, telling Arthur to warn Terry that he's due a visit regarding George being on the run and that he doesn't want to find George at Terrys flat. I don't know why he would give Terry a chance like this but I'm fairly certain Chisholm wouldn't have! Secondly, unless I've missed something, Arthur gave up George's whereabouts when the heavies began to smash up his stock but when was Arthur told that George was holed up at The Winch? I watched this yesterday and Dave doesn't tell Arthur he is holed up in the club, but his facial expression and eyes give it away when Arthur brings the matter up, so mere a guess by Arthur.
A great episode.
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Post by kelotoph on Dec 13, 2021 12:43:27 GMT
This was an excellent offering IMHO. Tension between Terry and Arthur, some nasty heavies, a two-faced crook related to the prison widow and a barely-decent Debbie thrown into the mix. I kept wondering where I'd seen Nick Stringer before and after confusing him with Howard Lew Lewis I realised that he was one of the villains in The Long Good Friday (a previous comment confirmed this). I agree with others that the scrapyard scene, whilst entertaining, was a bit implausible, but it was fast-paced enough to deserve a place in The Sweeney. Wasn't that a Renault 4 on the vehicle platform? It implies it was there for repair - surely those things were just disposible?
5/5
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Post by jjmolloy on Dec 13, 2021 14:21:02 GMT
Excellent episode, missed it in re-runs etc so it was like watching a brand new episode, and despite a fairly average storyline (George trying to clear his name) it was fast paced, action packed comedy at its best, some great acting and future big names too, I loved it!! I remember Derek Thompson was destined for something really big in movies after starring in The Long Good Friday, but ended up as a regular in Casualty instead... Like most others here, I thought the finale in the scrap yard was brilliant, so much going on, and theres Arthur tip toe-ing about trying his best to avoid dirtying his cream suit - great motors too tucked away in the yard, a MkII Jag and Triumph Spitfire in amongst the classic 70s wrecks!! Well worth another watch!! To me, scrapyard scenes always have a very retro feel. You used to see them everywhere in the 1970s and '80s but there are hardly any around nowadays. Probably because everything's tightened up in terms of rules and regulations, recycling and disposing of things in an environmentally-friendly way. A lot of people used to run old bangers on parts from the scrapyard back in the day. Then again, you don't see many old bangers on the road nowadays either. Cars covered in rust, with different coloured body parts or bits hanging off them. You don't really see it now. A neighbour of mine kept one of his front wings in place with electrical tape!
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Barrel
One Of Your Own
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Post by Barrel on Feb 12, 2022 21:41:01 GMT
I liked early Rycott and this episode is one of the reasons why. He showed he could be tasty in a fight when needed juat like Chisholm.Another episode ive seen countless times over the years it has all the ingrediants of a top level Minder episode especially the fight at the end.
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Post by martidibergi on Aug 14, 2022 13:38:20 GMT
My favourite episode so far - Terry seems to be catnip to the ladies but doesn't seem much of a looker to me. There again I am a bloke.
Nice to see Debbie and her posterior again. I have only seen two eps with her in and she gets her posterior out in both, was it written into her contract?
Rycott can handle himself though I thought Dave was going to hold out on the heavies.
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Post by Albert Wendell on Dec 2, 2022 23:40:04 GMT
This is another episode that I forget about when trying to list my favorite Minder episodes. I love everything about this one, I'm a big fan of both Nick Stringer & Trevor 'Ziggy' Byfield so great to see them doing a double act, I'm sure we have discussed this before on here (or on the 'sitting room' forum) that 'The Old School Tie' is the most violent of all the Minder episodes. I like how Arthur feels genuinely bad for having a go at Terry for doing a favor when he finds out it's for Dave, it shows a nicer side to Arthur something we don't see in later episodes. More top class acting from Diana Malin especially the questioning in the bedroom scene with Tommy & Billy. Paul Moriarty is credited as Wells on the end credits I may have missed it but is his last name actually mentioned in the episode as I think he is only referred to as Kev or Kevin. I think there maybe another sighting of a 'Minder's Dodgy Motors' that isn't on the list our old friend the brown Cortina SYY 434S you can't see the number plate but right at the end of the episode when Terry parks and gets out of his Capri outside The Winchester you can see a MKIV Cortina in brown with a tan vinyl roof parked up the road behind him, I'd put money on it being that car.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Apr 18, 2024 7:21:25 GMT
Excellent episode this. Some good, often implied violence and general menace in this one.
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