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Post by jno on Feb 16, 2015 20:00:16 GMT
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Post by Agnes Magnus on Mar 23, 2015 23:43:58 GMT
Can I ask for a reminder as to the piece of music which was used in the section from the body being fished out of the sea to Terry making enquiries at the reception desk? Originated from a horror movie from around 1968. Thanks.
There's a different piece of music which commences from the moment the body is wrapped in plastic and carried away, through the scene where Terry arrives at the hospital and concludes whilst he's waiting on the chair outside the ward.
I'm sure that it was tied into a 1968 horror movie over on the other place.
It's also heard earlier in the episode when Billy talks about his depression and the tablets he takes to counteract his woes.
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Post by jno on Mar 25, 2015 11:48:20 GMT
I have double checked this one and this particular piece of music as the body is wrapped up is called Nocturnal No.3 composed by Paul Ferris. It is very much like his "Action Mood" and similar to the "Witchfinder General" soundtrack on YouTube - sadly no version of this is online to listen but I have it and this is most certainly the track playing at that point, preceded of course by the great "Spinecharge" which is on the dewolfe site: click here for a listen to that one. All other identified music found in Minder is here: www.minder.org/tunes/index.htm#incidental
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Post by Agnes Magnus on Mar 25, 2015 17:50:05 GMT
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Post by jno on Apr 21, 2015 14:51:14 GMT
Article from Titbits February 2nd 1980 - this appeared just after 'You Gotta Have Friends' aired.
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Post by plasticpenguin on Jul 8, 2015 3:53:36 GMT
This is one of my favs. George Baker is convincing as the psycho gangster. (His first appearance was the 1954 classic war film 'The Dam Busters', where he played Ft. Lt. David Maltby).
This has all the perfect Minder ingredients: Arthur inebriated; nutter antagonist; posh bird knocking off a commoner; Terry acting as the peacemaker; awkward coppers; good sub-plot blah blah...
Really good.
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Post by barrythebook on Jul 10, 2015 22:00:06 GMT
This episode contains one of my favourite pieces of dialogue from the whole series.
Lady Ingrave - "Well who would you believe? An hereditary peer of the realm..."
Terry - "Or an 'andsome little gangster from Canning Town?"
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Post by daz on Sept 19, 2015 11:08:19 GMT
Was watched last night, a good few recognisable faces in this one. I love the bit when Arthur is drunk, GC at his finest, apparently a drunk is one of the most difficult parts for an actor to play, especially a non violent one, but GC makes it look easy. A good few faces appear in it also and I am sure one of the heavies appeared as a Doctor in Casualty many years later. The always brilliant Roy Kinnear appears in it also as Terrys cellmate.
A very good episode to round off a superb first series of the programme we all love.
Now on to series 2.
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Post by glazbury on Nov 25, 2015 16:33:55 GMT
One of my favourite George Cole acting drunk scenes at the beginning of this episode - "Billy. What you doing here? Lurking, a spot of lurking"
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Post by barrythebook on Nov 26, 2015 23:58:08 GMT
"OOOpen up Terry! Very important! Ssssh! Bill, shush!" Very good scene
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Post by wayne2467 on Dec 1, 2015 21:02:17 GMT
Who is the guy in the street looking suspicious when Terry and Arthur go into Gilpins girlfriends house?
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 1, 2015 21:08:54 GMT
Who is the guy in the street looking suspicious when Terry and Arthur go into Gilpins girlfriends house? ...can't say I've ever noticed, would you say he's part of the production or a passer-by?
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Post by wayne2467 on Dec 1, 2015 21:48:05 GMT
I watched this episode tonight and it was so obvious I thought it was part of prcduction but after I couldn't work it out
Whilst they are stood at the door there are two separate shots of a guy who suddenly stops and stares at The house. On the next shot he acts nervous, gives a little nod of the head and jogs on.
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 1, 2015 22:58:53 GMT
I watched this episode tonight and it was so obvious I thought it was part of prcduction but after I couldn't work it out Whilst they are stood at the door there are two separate shots of a guy who suddenly stops and stares at The house. On the next shot he acts nervous and jogs on by. Just watched the scene and it is a bit weird. The shot where you say he acts nervously, I think he's looking at someone (a member of the crew) on the pavement to the right of the house and they tell him to move on which gets him walking again Whether he's a member of the public merely walking by or an extra who fluffed is a mystery. In either case he was obviously noticed so why wasn't the scene filmed again? Was it some kind of in joke or bet to get a crewmember into a shot?
I also noticed - a guy leaning out of his window a few doors up from Lady Ingraves, watching the filming taking place. the orange VW bus in the adjacent street as Arthur and Terry get out of their car, further up the road are two Bentley/Rolls Royce limos double parked?
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Post by jno on Dec 2, 2015 11:05:01 GMT
This is mentioned on the episode guide on the main site (see link above). It is hard to say whether it is a passer-by or an extra who fluffed his role.
Here's the whole thing - just edited out some of the Lady Ingrave frames:
My feeling is ... either:
(a) He's a innocent passerby: he stopped because the dog barked, thought "oh, there's filming going on up there", has a look, realises he is in it then moves off as fast as he can.
(b) He's an extra with a job to: he was probably supposed to stop when the dog barked. In order for continuation he was told "start walking now" as it looks very 'uneasy' the way he just 'continues' to me.
The feeling about (a) is that he stops as dog barks, but that is a cut away from Arthur & Terry which was probably filmed later. Therefore I am leaning more towards (b) in that "he was supposed to stop when the dog barked then was told to continue when camera cuts back to them". Whichever it is ... his first step in the second 'walk away' as the camera comes back to Arthur & Terry just seems too unnatural to me, like someone told him "right, go NOW!" or he realises "oh my good gawd, I'm on camera" - it has to be one of these but I am leaning more towards (b).
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 2, 2015 13:50:32 GMT
Either option still leaves me asking "why wasn't the scene taken again?" As you say it looks very unnatural so I'm surprised it was left in the final episode.
If it was an extra, at first glance, I thought it looked like one of the gunmen that crashed into Sayeens house in 'Tethered Goat'.
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Post by pr1 on Feb 18, 2016 9:53:18 GMT
Lots of familiar faces in this episode. Arthur's near death by exercise is played wonderfully by George Cole.
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Post by Zimbo on Oct 28, 2016 11:17:43 GMT
Perfect episode to conclude series 1. A darker episode and an unusual use of incidental music. Terry coming across very heroic here. The 'extra' is obviously spooked by the dog barking. Very surprising to see the people looking on when Terry and Arthur leave the police station. That's the type of thing Crossroads would get crucified for. As the ratings weren't great, it's scary to think that this could have been the last we saw of Minder. Thank goodness for Brian Cowgill (I think)
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Post by gra966 on Nov 12, 2016 7:04:36 GMT
A great episode this one - although Terry finding Arthur s Jag still abandoned at the roadside with the keys in the ignition the morning after he was kidnapped by Altman s goons is highly unlikely - it would have been nicked straight away or aroused suspicion of local plod Talking of which - one comedy moment is when Gilpin s body is found - the local Police turn up in a Morris Marina Estate - no high speed pursuits for them ! The white MK1 Granada used by the goons has an S registration plate making it a very late example and only 2 years old at the time of filming - so it looks like an older example was used for the crash scene Terry s Capri does have the plate SLE71R at the end but is a different car to the one in the opening titles - it is a much lower spec possibly even a GL model as oppose to an S We also see the blue MK3 Cortina MLD803P put in yet another appearance - this time as the minicab that drops Arthur off at the beginning
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Post by chopper on May 4, 2017 10:49:19 GMT
Yes,well spotted - as you say,the Capri looks like a "L or at best GL" model. That Granada also looks like an earlier example of a Mk 1 than one of the very last ones. I gave it a 4/5 - not quite the perfect 5. Great episode though. It was showing the signs that it was as much to revolve around Arthur than Terry. They did rely heavily on attractive women on a lot of episodes! The ending scene is great - showing Terry at his very & ruthless best!
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Post by barrythebook on May 30, 2017 17:10:34 GMT
When Terry is in the Winchester with Lady Ingrave, he's on the phone, obviously talking about Arthur, and says, "...and he didnt leave a message for me? I'll hang around here, he'll probably show up."
Who would Terry have been talking to?
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Post by pr1 on Jul 9, 2017 21:31:52 GMT
A good episode to end the first series on. The unusual music score is very effective.
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Post by barrythebook on Jul 10, 2017 20:43:38 GMT
The unusual music score is very effective. Don't know the title but one of the tracks was also used in the opening scene of Sweeney episode 'Supersnout' whilst Jack is entertaining his lady friend.
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Post by westldner on Oct 7, 2017 18:15:37 GMT
I liked this episode because there were alot of class roles but I suppose it was fitting considering it was the last episode of the season. It did make the episode feel like the pair was taking on a group of upper class gangsters in London. It was a good episode. Lots of familiar faces in this episode. Arthur's near death by exercise is played wonderfully by George Cole. I kind of felt bad for him there towards the end but I suppose that was meant to be as a way for Terry to enter the scene. Yeah, it was interesting to watch how that panned out towards the end also.
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Post by barrythebook on Oct 8, 2017 19:42:14 GMT
It did make the episode feel like the pair was taking on a group of upper class gangsters in London. Yes, I get the feeling that Arthur's out of his depth here. Altman is into far bigger things, a different type of villainy all together. Terry also would have been in trouble purely because he was outnumbered.
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Post by mario65 on Jan 21, 2018 23:52:19 GMT
Perfect episode to conclude series 1. A darker episode and an unusual use of incidental music. Terry coming across very heroic here. The 'extra' is obviously spooked by the dog barking. Very surprising to see the people looking on when Terry and Arthur leave the police station. That's the type of thing Crossroads would get crucified for. As the ratings weren't great, it's scary to think that this could have been the last we saw of Minder. Thank goodness for Brian Cowgill (I think)I wa It did seem to be a stylistic departure from the previous episodes. Much more library music and a more 'serious' feel. Watched it this evening for the first time in years and bloody loved every minute of it (and so did my 10 year old daughter who insists we watch an episode every evening. Something of which I am more than happy to go along with)
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Post by pr1 on Jan 22, 2018 0:26:30 GMT
Perfect episode to conclude series 1. A darker episode and an unusual use of incidental music. Terry coming across very heroic here. The 'extra' is obviously spooked by the dog barking. Very surprising to see the people looking on when Terry and Arthur leave the police station. That's the type of thing Crossroads would get crucified for. As the ratings weren't great, it's scary to think that this could have been the last we saw of Minder. Thank goodness for Brian Cowgill (I think)I wa It did seem to be a stylistic departure from the previous episodes. Much more library music and a more 'serious' feel. Watched it this evening for the first time in years and bl*ody loved every minute of it (and so did my 10 year old daughter who insists we watch an episode every evening. Something of which I am more than happy to go along with) Your daughter is very wise!
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Post by mario65 on Jan 22, 2018 23:22:51 GMT
It did seem to be a stylistic departure from the previous episodes. Much more library music and a more 'serious' feel. Watched it this evening for the first time in years and bl*ody loved every minute of it (and so did my 10 year old daughter who insists we watch an episode every evening. Something of which I am more than happy to go along with) Your daughter is very wise! She sure is!! We had a right old laugh this evening watching 'The Tethered Goat'. Kenneth Griffith as the impromptu butler Dai Llewellyn absolutely stole the show. Brilliant! His hand gestures while addressing Mr Sayin were inspired. Classic!!!
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Post by jno on Jan 23, 2018 4:31:37 GMT
This episode is probably Minder's first departure/excursion ever as they venture orf to Hayling Island down on the south coast at the start.
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Post by thewoodster on Feb 15, 2018 19:28:09 GMT
Thanks for that jno, wasn’t sure where location was.
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