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Post by Zimbo on Aug 29, 2016 9:15:50 GMT
I've always wondered if this was meant to be the final episode of series 7. It's a logical way to end the series, even if it wasn't 100% confirmed that Dennis wasn't coming back.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 25, 2016 16:11:24 GMT
Read that Giant Haystacks was a nice guy while Big Daddy was a real nasty piece of work.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 15, 2016 18:05:15 GMT
That was a great Villa side he played in in 1992-93 when they nearly won the league. IIRC
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 8, 2016 9:32:52 GMT
Series Five of Minder seems to find the program during what I call a "tired period". All longing running shows experience periods during their run when it becomes uneven and stumbles. The train keeps moving forward but not as smoothly or as fast. The Colin Baker era of Docfor Who is another example of what I consider a tired period. I've not watched the episodes for some time, so I can't comment much. I recall the one with Beryl Reid and Bill Maynard was a bit weak. You have to remember that series 5 was filmed straight after series 4, which may tell you why it was flagging after 20 episodes or so.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 5, 2016 15:13:30 GMT
The only good things they've done in recent times are period stuff such as Foyle's War, Grantchester, Endeavour and The Durrells. This was a Monday line up in August 1984 7.00 Krypton Factor 7.30 Corrie 8.00 World In Action 8.30 Brass 9.00 The Sweeney: Chalk And Cheese.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 5, 2016 13:34:49 GMT
How did ITV go from what it used to be to today. I hardly see anything on there now.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 4, 2016 18:17:08 GMT
Definitely the lack of indicating when changing lanes. I was taught to do it, so it just seems polite to do so.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 3, 2016 21:26:37 GMT
Sorry, not a fan of either.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 3, 2016 12:04:42 GMT
On Radio 4's Unbelievable Truth one time, David Mitchell said that McDonald's had a slogan "there's nothing quite like a McDonald's, which is wrong because Burger King is quite like a McDonald's"
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 29, 2016 22:13:58 GMT
Very sad news.
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 2, 2016 22:37:54 GMT
Here's another Granada Kick Off Match titles...
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 2, 2016 21:53:44 GMT
Forgot some of those. I've seen You Need Hands much more than the others.
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 1, 2016 15:48:58 GMT
Ann Lynn would be 83 now. Her last appearance was in Only Fools & Horses in 1996.
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 1, 2016 14:01:46 GMT
Is this the only Minder with a pre titles sequence? I can't recall any others. Would anyone have preferred it to have always had one ala Sweeney?
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 1, 2016 13:40:07 GMT
UK Gold started showing Minder in August 1994. They showed Gunfight... and BMHAWG on the same night. I'm not sure if their version was edited. It's a great episode, though we get little of Terry and Arthur together. Trevor Thomas is unrecognisable from his role in The Professionals Klansman.
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 1, 2016 12:36:58 GMT
I was watching it last night. Great comedy timing when Terry says that Albert 1 "is asking me for a bit of How's your father" and Arthur's "Well, prison does that to a bloke" Not very PC but absolutely brilliant.
It's a surprise Tony Selby isn't credited on the opening titles of this one as he was a big TV name at the time.
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 29, 2016 17:24:13 GMT
Harsh on Marti Webb this was. That flying lizards 'song' was excruciatingly awful. I would have given mention to the original Suicide Is Painless. The Manics did an amazing job turning this into the great song they did.
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 29, 2016 17:13:23 GMT
The 1970s Big Match one that goes "bum, titty, bum, titty, bum,bum,bum, ..."
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 26, 2016 15:19:30 GMT
Personal least favourite is 'Goldeneye' - the first time I heard that I couldn't believe how high the Bond theme had jumped the shark. I thought Licence To Kill was the first really weak tune but nowhere near as bad as Goldeneye - Tina Turner struts about singing it like it is some classic which makes it doubly worse. I don't think there is a single Brosnan tune I actually like tbh and his films weren't up to much either. Not a Brosnan fan either. I've seen GoldenEye, which was ok, but Brosnan was totally outshine by Sean Bean. Die Another Day is terrible. Awful Madonna theme and cameo. Cleese also awful and the least said about the invisible car the better. I do like All Time High by Rita Coolidge
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 26, 2016 15:06:50 GMT
They are all great. No mention of the Minder end titles with the b/w photos of Terry and Arthur plus THAT theme.tune.
It was a good try to change the Sweeney titles, even if they aren't as preferable to the original ones. Theme tune highlight is the key change (on Dennis Waterman's credit s1 to 3)
I like both Professionals titles. LWT should never have replaced the first series ones, leaving them as they are. They both work with the opening chime of the theme tune.
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 26, 2016 0:02:39 GMT
Two years after this compilation, they released the superb Keep Moving album and I think this is their peak. It doesn't have a single bad song on it. My favourite song One Better Day.
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 25, 2016 23:59:20 GMT
I've heard a lot of stories about Geldof being unpleasant to fans. Paula Yates, who was very sexy, got a lot of stick when she left him. I bet lots would be more sympathetic now.
I think of him more as Satan (not saint) Bob
Bono would be ok if he stuck to his day job, though I think U2 are past their best now.
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 24, 2016 23:20:13 GMT
It's criminal that 2 entertain (I think) won't release series 2 of Shoestring after releasing the first one.
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Post by Zimbo on Jun 24, 2016 15:30:18 GMT
Mower is great in this episode. One of the best of series 5.
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Post by Zimbo on Jul 26, 2005 16:17:35 GMT
I had noticed that actor Matthew Scurfield ('Crankie Frankie') has the unique honour of appearing as a guest actor in the final episodes of both 'The Sweeney' and 'Minder'.
What's more, both times he plays a mad gunman!
On that subject I was, of course, aware that there were a number of actors who had appeared in both shows. But, being familiar with all the 'Minder's and now watching all the 'Sweeney's, I now realise that the true number is downright terrifying!!!
I'm sure it was an in joke by the producers. Scurfield also appears as one of the blaggers in the Sweeney 2 film.
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Post by Zimbo on Jan 23, 2008 22:30:47 GMT
A post on another topic has reminded me of one of my favourite Minder episodes, Rocky 8½. The dialogue and supporting characters were excellent in this one. For those who haven't see it for a while, the episode starts with Arthur trying to persuade Terry to appear on the bill of a pirate or unlicensed fight. This leads to a discussion about Terry's previous fights, and Terry says he could've been a contender. Arthur's reply to this is that Terry sounds like "him in On the Riverbank". Tel reckons he was hard done-by in his last big fight, but Arthur says he's lucky he wasn't nicked for overacting. Terry agrees to box and Arthur says he needs a trainer, and the latter nominates one Soldier Atkins, although Terry has to force the name out of him. Terry says "Old Soldier?! I can hear it now - 'Tommy Farr, he was a good boy, and Len Harvey, what a gent, what a toff...'". Arthur tells him not to knock the old 'uns, but when they meet up with Soldier, he says almost exactly what Terry said he would. Arthur then challenges Terry to quiz him on his boxing knowledge - "I could go on the telly anytime with Agnus Magnus.....the Icelandic-Scotchman with the electric chair". The episode also features the character Dirty Harry (expertly played by George Innes), who thinks he's called this because he looks like Clint Eastwood, despite looking as much like Clint as Arthur does. Arthur discovers the real reason for the nickname when he visits Harry's house, which is so untidy they can't find the cat (Arthur calls Harry's furniture "middle period Hilda Ogen"). There's also funny exchanges involving Arthur and a girl Terry met at the Job Centre - "Any more like you Miss and there'd be 4 million on the Old King Cole". This is also the episode with the famous "The world is your lobster" line from Arthur. Anyone else on the forum a fan of Rocky 8½? Soldier Atkins was played by the late great David Lodge RIP David died in late 2004, he used to frequent the same restaurant as me for many a lunchtime in Clerkenwell Green. Fine Actor, was also a boxing coach in the sweeney episode Chalk and Cheese. That was great 'In -joke' casting, knowing that he had previously done that role. He was a superb actor. Chalk and Cheese is one of my favourite Sweeney episodes.
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Post by Zimbo on Dec 8, 2005 20:16:25 GMT
Good performance from Don Henderson though. Funny that Trevor Thomas (...OK launderette) and Billy Murray (Second Hand Pose) reappeared in much smaller roles than their earlier Minder appearances.
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Post by Zimbo on Aug 27, 2006 16:08:26 GMT
Agreed. The Minder on the Orient Express ending is the best finale, surely
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