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Post by McCann on Dec 16, 2019 20:36:28 GMT
She was very much 'admired' in everything she cropped up in. Including The Sweeney film and the Pros episode 'Killer with a long arm'
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Post by steve74 on Jun 7, 2020 10:36:53 GMT
I thought I would re-watch this episode next in memory of Michael Angelis, it's a great scene he has with Terry when he tells him he has had enough of waiting tables and wonders if he could do a job like Terry. "Are you intelligent?, quick thinking? you got initiative?" - "Definitely" - "Then no, your overqualified". Terry has a lot on his plate here (no pun intended) with plenty of scraps, some lovely banter with Arthur and his pickled walnuts. What a great scene when he slams the phone down on Johnny's hand. Always loved Arthur clicking his fingers to Terry "Terrence table for one" and his reaction when he tells Terry he can't sit down with the customers. I really enjoy this episode, it's one that gets better with each viewing. 4 out of 5.
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Post by harryshand on Jun 7, 2020 12:38:04 GMT
This is up next on my afternoon Minderfests instead of the snooker. Looking forward to watching this one.
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Post by barrythebook on Jun 7, 2020 19:01:33 GMT
I thought I would re-watch this episode next in memory of Michael Angelis, it's a great scene he has with Terry when he tells him he has had enough of waiting tables and wonders if he could do a job like Terry. "Are you intelligent?, quick thinking? you got initiative?" - "Definitely" - "Then no, your overqualified". Terry has a lot on his plate here (no pun intended) with plenty of scraps, some lovely banter with Arthur and his pickled walnuts. What a great scene when he slams the phone down on Johnny's hand. Always loved Arthur clicking his fingers to Terry "Terrence table for one" and his reaction when he tells Terry he can't sit down with the customers. I really enjoy this episode, it's one that gets better with each viewing. 4 out of 5. I agree, this is a cracking episode with some great interaction between the characters. As you mention, the scene of Arthur dropping into the restaurant for lunch and treating Terry as nothing more than a waiter is very good. "Your arteries must be needle thin." "Oh leave it out, can't you see I'm eatin'?"
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Post by harryshand on Jun 8, 2020 15:48:29 GMT
Good but not great. Something didn't quite click for me. Some decent lines as pointed out previously but the side stories eclipsed the main storyline I felt.
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Post by pr1 on Jun 8, 2020 18:23:13 GMT
Good but not great. Something didn't quite click for me. Some decent lines as pointed out previously but the side stories eclipsed the main storyline I felt. I enjoy it very much but agree it's not great episode.
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Post by Albert Wendell on Jun 9, 2020 9:36:25 GMT
I really enjoy this episode, it's one that gets better with each viewing. That's exactly what I've found, each time I see it I like it even more. I voted/rated it 'Excellent' where as on a first viewing I probably would have said 'Average'.
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Post by westminster on Nov 6, 2020 17:09:54 GMT
Just watched this one again this afternoon. Very enjoyable episode. Good plot, some nice seedy sets and, again, featuring the increasingly cosmopolitan nature of London at the time, although many of the actors employed to portray 'ethnics' were, of course, Brits. Such as the lovely Diane Keen. Fine looking woman though either way.
The car she drives, that MK1 Scirocco, brings back a few memories for me. I had one an almost identical one, same colour, everything. They were a very stylish car, much more so than the MK2 which replaced it. The MK1 used to rust badly though. Mine basically fell to bits, which was a great pity because I loved it.
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Post by ltd on Nov 7, 2020 16:21:12 GMT
She was very much 'admired' in everything she cropped up in. Including The Sweeney film and the Pros episode 'Killer with a long arm' I sometimes think her good looks tend to obscure the fact she's a very versatile actress - in some ways it's a shame she's better known for her eye candy sit com performances and those coffee ads. I've said this before elsewhere, but there's a certain toughness to her performances in Minder, the Sweeney film,The Sandbaggers and as the magnum toting bleach blonde femme fatale in Taggart that makes me think she'd have been great in a Lynda La Plante style hard nut lady cop series. I remember seeing her in a stage comedy with Karl Howman and Kenneth "Gunner Clarke" MacDonald back in the 80s and thinking it was complete waste of her talents. Still, she's had a long career, and seems to be still working so there's no denying she's done well in what is a rather precarious profession.
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Post by coyote on Nov 11, 2020 20:09:49 GMT
Good but not a classic, let down by Raymond from 'No Place Like Home's dodgy accent and Arthur's pathetic and somewhat sleazy attempts to get it on with Diane Keen (whose accent is better but still not great).
The most surprising thing in this one for me was Arthur's bravery in the face of the shooter being pointed at Tel; in later episodes it would have been "oh my gawd" and trying to do a runner while the van was moving.
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Post by nationalpelmet on Nov 28, 2020 20:32:02 GMT
I’ll have a couple of tins !! A bit more subtle would be womanising from Arthur, as per the original character I understand. Terry up against it. Again !! Good solid episode.
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Post by barrythebook on Nov 29, 2020 20:02:56 GMT
A bit more subtle would be womanising from Arthur, as per the original character I understand. Yeah, in some of the earlier episodes, Arthur certainly saw himself as a ladies man and I quite liked that trait tbh. It fitted in well with the wideboy, wheeler dealer, dodgy character that he was in the earlier days.
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Post by kelotoph on Apr 12, 2021 18:17:58 GMT
Enjoyed this episode today and rated it as 'Good'. It's a plot that gets going quickly and doesn't really have much in the way of sub-plots, apart from the intro/outro scenes in the deli and a bit of Terry doing some minding at the pub. The uneasy relationship between Turks and Greeks is explored without getting political and although it was great to see Diane Keen, these days they would doubtless have had to find a suitable Cypriot actress in order to avoid accusations of 'cultural appropriation' from the woke brigade. The episode is classic Minder in that Terry is minding and Arthur is ripping everybody off, although it is notable as having no involvement of the boys in blue. It is none the worse for that, though. I felt that Charlie's character was a little overplayed. Solid 'Minder' episode.
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Post by bigaitch on Apr 27, 2021 20:54:51 GMT
Decent episode this with some really familiar faces from the acting world of the time. Diane Keen being one and Michael Angelis another. I thought the plot was good as was the punch ups and some of the Arthurisms are classics too. ‘Omar wants to stick a tomato in your mouth and turn you over the charcoal a few times ‘ being a laugh out loud moment for me, just prior to Arthur selling Johnny the van complete with pickled walnuts. I was struggling to place where I had seen the actors who played Omar and Johnny but sussed it out. Godfrey James who played Omar I cannot place for some reason but have seen him somewhere, and Daniel Hill who played Johnny appeared in a couple of episodes of Only Fools (I am a big fan) as Cassandras pretentious boss Stephen, who Rodney mistakenly assumes is having an affair with Cassandra, and promptly hits him.
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Post by McCann on Apr 27, 2021 21:16:21 GMT
I was struggling to place where I had seen the actors who played Omar and Johnny but sussed it out. Godfrey James who played Omar I cannot place for some reason but have seen him somewhere, Godfrey James has just hit 90 this month. He was memorable in the Sweeney Series 1 episode Big Spender as the ruthless Smith brother Was also in Minder series 8 'Too many Crooks' as the landlord in the boozer
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Post by bigaitch on Apr 28, 2021 6:24:16 GMT
I was struggling to place where I had seen the actors who played Omar and Johnny but sussed it out. Godfrey James who played Omar I cannot place for some reason but have seen him somewhere, Godfrey James has just hit 90 this month. He was memorable in the Sweeney Series 1 episode Big Spender as the ruthless Smith brother Was also in Minder series 8 'Too many Crooks' as the landlord in the boozer That is where I recognised him from...I only watched it the other night...Doh! Thanks for that.
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Post by jno on Jan 23, 2022 9:51:50 GMT
An article on Diane Keen from March 1980, two months after this episode went out where she believes, ... well, have a read:
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Post by Barrel on Jan 27, 2022 0:28:24 GMT
First saw this in the early 2000's its a hood first series episode.
I slightly prefer the Minder of s6 & 7 and the Ray years to the first 2 seasons but this is a typically good early years episode. I too am glad " Amourous" Arthur was put away after s1.
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Post by jno on Apr 7, 2023 20:32:14 GMT
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Post by simon316 on Oct 17, 2023 18:30:46 GMT
Arthur's quest in 'Monday Night Fever' is discussed on the commentary on the Australian DVD series 1 set - out of character and something that was simply discontinued. That said, 'Dreamhouse', 'How To Succeed In Business Without Really Retiring' and 'Another Case of Van Blank' do see Arthur doing what might interpreted "as a bit of flirting". I was happy to see this aspect of Arthur's character elminated after the first year and I think it made him more interesting. He had enough going on with his car lot and dodgy deals with out adding womanizing. As noted he isn't above flirting or pouring on the flattery particularly if it is useful for him to do so. It also makes his occasional fear of 'Er Indoors' more humorous by implying that infidelity is a line he dare not get caught crossing as his wife would likely break him into little pieces. Besides, the show already had Terry who had little problem pulling birds. I thoroughly agree and for the reasons given. Monday Night Fever is reasonable but as you say the was not a side of Arthur I liked, either. The fear and fidelity with 'Er Indoors with scripts thereafter were thankfully set in stone. Tje character (as said) had enough on his plate without that. Leave that to Terry, if need be. Then let let Arthur mess it up - that's the way it had to be...
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Post by simon316 on Oct 17, 2023 18:37:12 GMT
When I saw first saw this (probably not when first shown) I wasn't a fan at all because I didn't realise what the storyline meant. Now, in more enlightened times we live in the story is understanable and now I like this one more - not brilliant but not bad. I used to work on Talgarth Road about 25 years ago and I swear, whenever I walked out of Barons Court underground station, I truly believe I am stepping through television history...
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