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Post by Zimbo on May 5, 2017 21:59:38 GMT
Another very good episode. Art Malik is a very charismatic actor and puts in a very good turn here as the likeable but dodgy Shamy. The scenes in the barbers with Chisholm, Jones and Robbie Coltrane are superb, especially when Coltrane suggests that Chisholm could do with a hairpiece. The syrup is a great character and the final scene in the episode is brilliant. A great cameo from Chrissie Cotterell as the terrible learner driver, a million miles away from her grieving wife in The Professionals' No Stone. No leaves on the trees suggest this was filmed in early spring 1984.
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Post by chopper on May 9, 2017 8:10:15 GMT
Probably my favourite episode - ever!
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Post by barrythebook on May 9, 2017 21:00:26 GMT
Probably my favourite episode - ever! ...certainly Chisholm at his best
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Post by chopper on May 10, 2017 8:56:04 GMT
Indeed-as you know & I guy I used to work with,re-counted several of the "one - liners" & quotes in that episode a few times over the years!
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Post by onmygrannieseyesight on May 10, 2017 18:19:17 GMT
Wig with real dandruff. I've used that line a few times
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Post by gustav on Aug 13, 2017 22:52:27 GMT
A brilliant episode, there's so much in it. I can watch it again and again.
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Post by pr1 on Feb 26, 2018 0:55:46 GMT
Another great episode I enjoyed even more the second time. I had forgotten about Arthur's brief stint as a driving instructor. More brilliance from Mr. Cole.
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Post by thewoodster on Feb 26, 2018 20:14:32 GMT
This episode is up there with the best,for so many reasons.
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Post by thewoodster on Feb 27, 2018 15:36:06 GMT
Just watching the ITV4 repeat as I type,the driving lesson...classic.
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Post by Agnes Magnus on Mar 6, 2018 13:07:30 GMT
Just watching the ITV4 repeat as I type,the driving lesson...classic. "Nice bit of clutch work. Easy gear change" (Sound of crunched gears) (Arthur pulls agonized face) ITV4 have now restored a line which for years was cut out of their repeats "Sod it then, we'll go left"!
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 6, 2018 23:47:18 GMT
Agnesmagnus this is up there with the best. The woman driver is the girl who used to be in ch4s “prospects”
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Post by barrythebook on Mar 18, 2018 18:56:42 GMT
The woman driver is the girl who used to be in ch4s “prospects” Chrissie Cotterill. As you say woodster, played Mona in Prospects and also did a good turn in 'Nil by Mouth'.
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Post by thewoodster on Mar 18, 2018 20:34:18 GMT
Oh yes barrythebook nil by mouth I remember Christie Cotterill, thanks for that, couldn’t remember her name.
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Post by westldner on Jul 31, 2018 16:06:29 GMT
I thought the show was well written right towards the end when Terry helps Shams get out of the country and the results for it. It was very good. That's interesting, I wonder why they changed it? ... right up to Brick Lane in East London? I thought that would made it more better in Brick Hall. Southall is too bold for the camera, even back then.
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Post by thewoodster on Jul 31, 2018 20:00:23 GMT
I thought the show was well written right towards the end when Terry helps Shams get out of the country and the results for it. It was very good. That's interesting, I wonder why they changed it? ... right up to Brick Lane in East London? I thought that would made it more better in Brick Hall. Southall is too bold for the camera, even back then. Hear hear westidner.
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Post by ralph on Sept 30, 2018 18:00:02 GMT
The Syrup (Fred Evans) appeared in a music promo-video in the mid-80s but I can't recall which one - possibly one of Nik Kershaw's. If anyone else's memory is better than mine, maybe you'll remember.
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Post by ace5150 on Oct 12, 2018 19:48:03 GMT
"We can't have Indians messing up our currency, can we?"
Great from Jones.
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Post by rog73 on Nov 28, 2018 9:51:11 GMT
If I was asked my favourite episodes this is one I always seem to forget about for some reason. But it’s a really good one. Shamny is a great guest character and probably could have made another appearance really, like Maurice did. A has been mentioned a lot, the wig scene with Jones and Chisholm is brilliant, especially Chisholm’s look of disgust! Also like Arthur brushing him down in his lockup after he breaks open the wall panels
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 6, 2018 20:32:20 GMT
Also like Arthur brushing him down in his lockup after he breaks open the wall panels "It's like having Atilla the Hun to tea." Brilliant!
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Post by eightiesclassic on Feb 6, 2019 14:07:12 GMT
Fred Evans, one of a small band of blokes who whenever they cropped up on telly my Dad would go, "oh hold up, look who it is" (the other main culprit being Sam Kydd, amongst others). One of those (hard to forget) faces that always seemed to crop up in the background, wherever. Started out as a dancer, I believe, I'm sure I've seen clips of various TV shows of the 60s where he'd be one of the troupe. Nice to see him in this episode, in what was probably his meatiest role?
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Post by barrythebook on Feb 6, 2019 19:51:26 GMT
Fred Evans, in what was probably his meatiest role? He also played 'Brinkley', a butler appearing in at least two episodes of 'Jeeves and Wooster' iirc.
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Post by dcjones1 on Apr 7, 2019 21:37:09 GMT
Another very good episode. Art Malik is a very charismatic actor and puts in a very good turn here as the likeable but dodgy Shamy. The scenes in the barbers with Chisholm, Jones and Robbie Coltrane are superb, especially when Coltrane suggests that Chisholm could do with a hairpiece. The syrup is a great character and the final scene in the episode is brilliant. A great cameo from Chrissie Cotterell as the terrible learner driver, a million miles away from her grieving wife in The Professionals' No Stone. No leaves on the trees suggest this was filmed in early spring 1984. ‘A Burt Reynolds for sir?’
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Post by dcjones1 on Apr 7, 2019 21:39:51 GMT
Art Malik turns a really great character here. Great episode! Just a couple of years later, Art Malik appeared in the James Bond film ‘The Living Daylights’ as a member of the Mujahadeen.
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Post by tinman on Sept 10, 2019 11:12:05 GMT
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Post by logie on Apr 6, 2020 9:53:09 GMT
Fred Evans, in what was probably his meatiest role? He also played 'Brinkley', a butler appearing in at least two episodes of 'Jeeves and Wooster' iirc. Good spot. Thats jogged my memory a bit. Jeeves had been fired after a disagreement and Brinkley was his replacement. Lazy, incompetent, rude and had a drink problem; it was another brilliant comic turn from the Syrup! Brilliant episode by the way, S5 really returns with a bang and 3 of the best episodes back-to-back...
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Post by steve74 on May 24, 2020 11:57:36 GMT
What better way to spend a Sunday morning than watching one of my favourite episodes of Minder. It's hard to know where to start, this episode is jam packed full of brilliant lines and scenes. The plot revolves around Shamy a ducker and diver who passes on to Arthur 500 quids worth of forged £20 notes. These notes end up in the pocket of the Syrup, one of Minder's most memorable characters, leading to one of the funniest scenes in the whole of Minder with Chisholm and Jones at the barbers shop. "I would recognise his scalp anywhere" - "Unfortunately we don't have a file on cranium prints". "It's got real dandruff". "I think sir's macho image would be greatly enhanced with a Burt Reynolds." Not to mention Jones's face when told to put the wig on. The whole scene is genius. The plot works a treat with Terry trusting Shamy with his yankee winnings and Shamy coming good at the end - I love that final scene with Arthur and Terry counting their money while Chisholm looks on, the Syrup sidling away in the background. The subplot with Arthur setting up his own driving lessons business is perfect. The learner driver is played brilliantly by Chrissie Cotterill. Arthur's face when she first puts her glasses on has me in stitches, as does his "hot, sweet tea" line when getting out of the car (flowers sticking out of the bumper). Oh and a quick mention for when Terry tells Arthur that Shamy's deal sounds good to him - Arthurs reply "Oh sounds like a good deal does it. How are your investments these days? How is the old portfolio, what you into? Bricks and mortar, commodities, unit trusts...." As you can tell I could go on about this episode for a while so I will stop there and just say - 5 out of 5.
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Post by baz171075 on May 24, 2020 17:44:53 GMT
This is one of the things that seperate The Terry years from the Ray years, the top top class support cast in the Terry years, in this episode alone we get Shamy and the Syrup, as well as Robbie Coltrane as the hairdresser, this was constantly happening in The Terry years and I think the Ray years were poorer for not having enough interesting back up........ This is an all time classic of an episode, a week after Goodbye Sailor we got this, 2 of my favorite hours ever of Tv.....
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Post by jno on May 24, 2020 18:49:30 GMT
This is one of the things that seperate The Terry years from the Ray years, the top top class support cast in the Terry years Off topic, but that's a very fair point baz171075, but let's not forget: Kenneth Cope, Ziggy Byfield, Lee Montague, George Sweeney, Linal Haft, Tony Steedman, David Simeon, Sheila Steafel, Mike Savage, Ian McNeice, Barry Jackson, Desmond 'Cousin Tel' McNamara were all names in the Ray Years that were also in the Terry years. Plus other names in the Ray Years that are arguably well known: Michael Gambon, George Costigan, Andrew Sachs, Jim Carter, Stratford Johns, James Warrior and Matthew Scurfield - all of these are 'sort of' known for other productions. I think the issue is in the Ray years is they don't really start showing up till series 10.
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Post by swainy on May 24, 2020 19:47:50 GMT
You also had Pete Postlethwaite, Brian Hibbard, Kenneth Cranham, & Tony Robinson. All fairly well known actors.
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Post by lockup on May 24, 2020 19:57:44 GMT
It is like comparing George Best and Ryan Giggs. Different eras and different characters. Both great in their own way. If they were good enough GC they are good for me. Terry and Ray!
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