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Post by johnnybear on Aug 21, 2021 15:56:29 GMT
And what a bod Rikki Howard had! Lucky old Jacqout or whatever his name is? JB
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 21, 2021 18:38:31 GMT
And what a bod Rikki Howard had! Lucky old Jacqout or whatever his name is? JB Born 1953 according to imdb which would mean she was in her late 20s in this episode? She's a very fine looking woman in 'Bounty Hunter' but to be honest I would have put her in the early forties bracket.
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Post by johnnybear on Aug 23, 2021 7:11:22 GMT
She was ever more delicious in The Two Ronnie's By The Beach too in 1982! Boy what a bod! JB
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Post by freddiefenton on Aug 23, 2021 19:02:53 GMT
How lucky I was!
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Dec 21, 2021 1:20:27 GMT
Not too much to say that isnt said already... I think Freddie Fenton was just about the most despicable character I’ve seen, it was crying out for Terry to give him or his henchmen a good hiding...the slightly posh tones of Terry and Arthur and Arthur's disgust at conmen and his philanthropic gesture regarding mobeyvat the end..where in essence Terry has righted a wrong gratis...make me wonder what if the series had continued to be written in this vein...we might have ended up with a British Equaliser....I’m glad things settled as they did
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Post by mattpool on Apr 8, 2022 18:37:39 GMT
Hi, I'm new to the forum and am wondering if anyone can identify the song which appears twice during this episode. The first is when Terry turns up at Fenton's and his wife is playing something on the radio and then it appears again 5 minutes later when Fenton's wife comes back into the room after Terry has left. I've been able to pick up the following lyrics, but a Google search is coming up blank: "spending money, eating toast with honey with your fingers.....[something unidentifiable]......cigarettes, half a bottle of wine from the night before on the table. Something tells me there must have been...." then she switches the radio off then when she comes back a few minutes later it starts off with "early Sunday morning, put the kettle on" before the scene ends.
Hopefully someone has some idea what this song might be as it is driving me crazy!
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Post by dabizzo on May 25, 2022 17:30:10 GMT
Hi, I'm new to the forum and am wondering if anyone can identify the song which appears twice during this episode. The first is when Terry turns up at Fenton's and his wife is playing something on the radio and then it appears again 5 minutes later when Fenton's wife comes back into the room after Terry has left. I've been able to pick up the following lyrics, but a Google search is coming up blank: "spending money, eating toast with honey with your fingers.....[something unidentifiable]......cigarettes, half a bottle of wine from the night before on the table. Something tells me there must have been...." then she switches the radio off then when she comes back a few minutes later it starts off with "early Sunday morning, put the kettle on" before the scene ends. Hopefully someone has some idea what this song might be as it is driving me crazy!
I believe this is the ticket! Quite a contrast from the other tracks on this album. This album was heavily used in the first series of Minder. Particularly Dirty Last Night.
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Post by jno on May 26, 2022 3:40:53 GMT
Fair play dabizzo, you've done a real service on here coming up with these finds for us. Superb work.
"It's a real fine state of miiiind", very chilled track this, love it.
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geoffc
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Post by geoffc on Feb 22, 2023 14:18:42 GMT
I do like these early Minder episodes - banter and humour is there in the background as expressions of the characters ( and life in general ) but they are clearly solid dramas - with sufficient plot twists, clever denouements and happy endings thrown it. The humour isn't forced - unlike some of those not-that-funny sit-coms of the period. In this episode you see one of Arthur's signature traits - Oblivious to the fact that what he has just said is ill-placed, hurtful or derogatory. In the car with Jo at the beginning of the episode - talking about her late husband. On his wealth - "Well you can't take it ....... just stopping short of completing that well known phrase - realising the guy is now dead ! Also a comment on her husbands character " Some people say he was too honest for his own good - Not me though" . This struck me as odd - almost as if Arthur was correcting Jo's misconception that her husband was straight up and he was rascal all along. Did I hear this right ? Terry's mimicking the Asian car park attendant did grate a bit - a useful reminder of how we were in the 70's. At least a 4/5.
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Post by barrythebook on Feb 22, 2023 22:53:53 GMT
Also a comment on her husbands character " Some people say he was too honest for his own good - Not me though" . This struck me as odd - almost as if Arthur was correcting Jo's misconception that her husband was straight up and he was rascal all along. Did I hear this right ? Yeah I've never worked this one out either. Going by Arthurs manner and facial expression he's obviously paying a compliment but I can't really figure out how, unless he means Jo's late husband was a well respected member of the 'alternative economy' who made a good living ducking and diving whilst outwardly appearing to be on the straight and narrow.
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Post by ontheslate on Feb 23, 2023 5:23:52 GMT
Also a comment on her husbands character " Some people say he was too honest for his own good - Not me though" . This struck me as odd - almost as if Arthur was correcting Jo's misconception that her husband was straight up and he was rascal all along. Did I hear this right ? Yeah I've never worked this one out either. Going by Arthurs manner and facial expression he's obviously paying a compliment but I can't really figure out how, unless he means Jo's late husband was a well respected member of the 'alternative economy' who made a good living ducking and diving whilst outwardly appearing to be on the straight and narrow. Doesn’t it mean that Arthur was telling the wife that he admired the husband’s honesty? Too honest for his own good is an an old expression I’ve heard a few times, normally meant as a compliment.
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geoffc
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Post by geoffc on Feb 23, 2023 8:17:32 GMT
Yeah I've never worked this one out either. Going by Arthurs manner and facial expression he's obviously paying a compliment but I can't really figure out how, unless he means Jo's late husband was a well respected member of the 'alternative economy' who made a good living ducking and diving whilst outwardly appearing to be on the straight and narrow. Doesn’t it mean that Arthur was telling the wife that he admired the husband’s honesty? Too honest for his own good is an an old expression I’ve heard a few times, normally meant as a compliment. But why would he add - "Not me though" - or words to that effect. - Either Arthur thinks being too honest is a fault - so by saying "Not" is meant as a compliment ! - or he thinks he is doing the grieving widow as favour by spilling the beans on her late husbands true character ( in contrast to most people who generally don't speak ill of the dead - at least not to the relatives ! ) Oblivious & Unintentional offence on Arthurs part - Black Humour either way,
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Post by ontheslate on Feb 23, 2023 8:47:11 GMT
I think Arthur was saying he admired the husband’s honesty obviously saying it to make the wife feel better, as Arthur wasn’t the most honest of people.
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Post by Vic Piner on Sept 14, 2023 15:19:08 GMT
Did anybody else notice that Fenton’s minder (John) was the actor Peter Dean who played Pete Beale in Eastenders? His character in that show was quite handy. There’s a good scene where he beats up Nick Cotton near the market stalls.
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Post by jno on Sept 14, 2023 19:49:14 GMT
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