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Post by jno on Feb 17, 2015 9:36:02 GMT
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Post by Toecutter on Apr 4, 2015 11:35:41 GMT
Just watched this on ITV4.Trying to work out where I'd seen the Scottish blokes sister.She played the nurse and his lady friend in Frost.
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Post by jno on Apr 4, 2015 11:45:16 GMT
This is a great episode and contender for one of the best, particularly the punch up at the end. Terry very much in detective mode again.
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Post by flyingsquad on Apr 6, 2015 12:00:30 GMT
I was flicking through the channels the other day and this was on and I saw the Old Kent Road flyover and a road sign for Elephant & Castle while Brian Cox was driving a lorry. The Old Kent Road flyover is about half a mile up the road from where me and my family lived when I was a child. We lived on one of the streets off the Old Kent Road.
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Post by jno on Apr 22, 2015 6:33:31 GMT
Here is a nice article from my Minder pile that was in The Sun about a month after 'In' had been first broadcast.
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Post by swainy on Apr 22, 2015 14:23:36 GMT
Interesting that they say that Leon Griffiths was working on a draft for a forthcoming film version.
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Post by dscarter1975 on May 13, 2015 18:32:33 GMT
One of my favourite episodes. This, The Old School Tie and You Need Hands had a bit more of a Sweeneyish feel because of the villains Tel came up against.
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Post by ltd on Jun 1, 2015 19:08:28 GMT
Just watched this on ITV4.Trying to work out where I'd seen the Scottish blokes sister.She played the nurse and his lady friend in Frost. I'm pretty sure she played the nurse in A Very Peculiar Practice as well. She was Irish and rode a motorbike if I remember right. Been a while since I've seen it.
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Post by gustav on Aug 16, 2015 15:52:44 GMT
A very interesting episode with a big cast. Must have been a complicated one to film with the short stake out around Arthur's garage where the camera seems to pan around all the local roads. But its not much of a title is it? There are lots of potential lines used in the episode which would have made a better title. The Fulham Connection to mention one. With regard to Lindy Whiteford here is a recent account: theatrecloud.com/news/an-actors-life-lindy-whiteford
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 16, 2015 20:18:46 GMT
But its not much of a title is it? There are lots of potential lines used in the episode which would ahve made a better title. The Fulham Connection to mention one.
Very good suggestion. Appropriate to the episode and also,obviously, a play on the title of the excellent 'The French Connection' ,inkeeping with the episode title trend.
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 30, 2015 0:47:30 GMT
"Lucozades" Thats a new one on me. This has been mentioned in a few episodes. Used as, not particularly nice, rhyming slang to describe black people.
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Post by Celvin on Dec 30, 2015 8:06:35 GMT
Alternatively 'lemonades'. Often the only thing that dates classic TV from the 70's and 80's is the language. Things have changed and good for that.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 30, 2015 18:00:32 GMT
Alternatively 'lemonades'. Often the only thing that dates classic TV from the 70's and 80's is the language. Things have changed and good for that. In The Sweeney, Regan would use terms like Schwarzers and for Middle Easterners eh-rabs. Reminds of a time when my sister asked me if I know what "Schwarzenegger" meant. She went on to explain in no uncertain terms....
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 30, 2015 18:04:12 GMT
This is a great episode and contender for one of the best, particularly the punch up at the end. Terry very much in detective mode again. I feel like The Old School Tie, this is one of those episodes that could have been a Sweeney story along with You Need Hands and Back In Good Old England. TOST could have been about an old colleague of Carter's who needed his help after being fitted up by the gangsters and in In, Regan could have been the one framed on drugs charges as revenge for putting someone away years previously. Now Brian Cox is one actor who would have fit the show like a glove.
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 30, 2015 22:10:36 GMT
Alternatively 'lemonades'. Often the only thing that dates classic TV from the 70's and 80's is the language. Things have changed and good for that. In The Sweeney, Regan would use terms like Schwarzers and for Middle Easterners eh-rabs. Reminds of a time when my sister asked me if I know what "Schwarzenegger" meant. She went on to explain in no uncertain terms.... At least in programmes such as Minder and Sweeney, when these terms were used, they weren't said in a derogatory way. They appeared to be said as everyday part of everyday language with no malice or nastiness attached.
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Post by dscarter1975 on Dec 31, 2015 14:40:16 GMT
Like Terry's Gunga Din comment for example.
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Post by jno on Dec 31, 2015 19:14:29 GMT
In fairness I don't think anyone really gets a day off in Minder, add Welsh, Scottish, Manchester, North of Watford (bandit country) and 'Sarf of the river' to that list for starters. Clearly if you're not from Arthur and Terry's patch you're condemned to Johnny Foreigner's cheap jibe list.
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Post by daytona355 on Jan 1, 2016 18:42:45 GMT
What's a nice bit of rhyming between friends.... Today we are too far the wrong way, frightened of our own shadows
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Post by barrythebook on Jan 1, 2016 20:53:41 GMT
What's a nice bit of rhyming between friends.... Today we are too far the wrong way, frightened of our own shadows Well said
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Post by daytona355 on Jan 2, 2016 8:49:49 GMT
I have mates and clients of all denominations and cultures, and, strangely for my industry, I have a big Asian client base. Most of them find it quite laughable the level of PC the average Englishman puts up with. They too think it's gone too far when even friends can't really have a little joke without feeling awkward or embarrassed over the meaning of a phrase or term
We spend so much time trying to show the world that we are so perfect, tolerant and righteous that it then backfires on us and gives our enemies fuel for their fires, such as is and the like. We should take out foot off the gas to total wussification before we have an endless list of cultures and countries we have to say sorry too for some 200 year old transgressions
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Post by daytona355 on Jan 2, 2016 8:52:45 GMT
Anyhow, back to the show, it's hilarious how the the German cop is there, pompous and 'germanic' and Arthur is trying to convince him he's an old army hero from the war complete with the medals and the stories, his bunny in this is brilliant
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3.13 In
Apr 25, 2016 1:30:12 GMT
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Post by pr1 on Apr 25, 2016 1:30:12 GMT
It was nice to see that Arthur's troubles stem from his used car lot rather than dodgy goods in his lock up. I've only seen the first three years of Minder so far and Arthur's car lot hasn't gotten a lot of attention in the stories so I liked seeing that corrected.
Terry's fight on the bus is realistic and viscious! Our Tel definetly looks like he was in a brawl when it's over.
It was fun to see Russel Hunter turn up. I know him best as Lonely from the color episodes of Callan. I wouldn't be surprised if Ferret and Lonely were related.
A great end to a great series of Minder.
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Post by barrythebook on Apr 25, 2016 22:50:03 GMT
It was fun to see Russell Hunter turn up. I know him best as Lonely from the color episodes of Callan. I wouldn't be surprised if Ferret and Lonely were related. They were very simillar characters weren't they. RH also appeared as a very 'downtrodden grass' in the Sweeney episode 'I Want The Man' which is well worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet.
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3.13 In
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Post by pr1 on Apr 25, 2016 22:58:29 GMT
It was fun to see Russell Hunter turn up. I know him best as Lonely from the color episodes of Callan. I wouldn't be surprised if Ferret and Lonely were related. They were very simillar characters weren't they. RH also appeared as a very 'downtrodden grass' in the Sweeney episode 'I Want The Man' which is well worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet. I'm currently on Series Two of The Sweeney so the episode with Russell Hunter is coming up!
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Post by michaelj on Jun 7, 2016 10:10:11 GMT
Is the Porsche Targa the same car that Rula Lenska drives in the Birdman from Wormwood Scrubs. There is no registration number on this one. When Terry has the buyer for the car in an arm lock over the front of the car looking down under the bonnet he says to the young lad cleaning it that he'd done a good job cleaning the engine. But of course the 911 engine is in the rear.
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Post by backhander on Jun 28, 2016 11:54:09 GMT
Hi, I only saw part of this episode this morning on ITV4 but missed the end. Can anybody fill me in on what happened? How did Arthur worm his way out of the nick? Did Terry add any notches to his bedpost?
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Post by jno on Jun 28, 2016 12:42:41 GMT
Hi, I only saw part of this episode this morning on ITV4 but missed the end. Can anybody fill me in on what happened? How did Arthur worm his way out of the nick? Did Terry add any notches to his bedpost? That would be a SPOILER. Thus, drag your mouse over or select the text from here... due to lack of evidence, he was released. Terry gets taking in though, for trying to save Arthur and getting himself involved in a scrap. Notch count zero.
...to here.
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Post by backhander on Jun 29, 2016 15:46:09 GMT
That's great, thank you, jno. I thought Tel was odds on to pull Frank's sister. Incidentally I'm with other people on this forum, I hate the name of this episode !
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Post by glazbury on Dec 7, 2016 1:34:24 GMT
I noticed Frank's transporter has a Trade plate on the front during his journey to Arthur's car lot. When Frank is seen pulling up outside the car lot the Trade plate has disappeared!
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Post by gra966 on Dec 7, 2016 6:17:20 GMT
A brilliant episode to end the season with , especially ending up with the scrap on the bus - A big tell tale sign of the date of filming was The Royal Wedding poster on the wall of Arthur s office , so July 1981 -We briefly see the car cleaner fitting the number plates to the Porsche so this confirms it is the same one seen in The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs - As well as numerous cars changing position in the scenes outside the car lot keep a close eye on the red Mercedes W123 as Terry is running to catch the bus - it all of a sudden has moved several parking spaces up the road , closer to the bus ! In those days recovery vehicles could run on trade plates - I think this changed with the introduction of the prefix year letter & age related plates , from August 1983
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