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Post by mybodyguard on May 26, 2019 21:43:36 GMT
I like how reluctant Terry is to be Clive's best man. He goes along with it just like he goes along with some of Arthur's dodgy doings.
It seems I've seen the actress that plays Clive's wife Laura somewhere before, but I can't remember where.
Also, isn't this the one where Arnie gets knocked out cold and Terry just stands there letting it happen. Shows you Terry's not about to be a minder for Arnie.
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Post by jno on Jul 21, 2019 7:02:33 GMT
Press photo:
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Post by jno on Jul 22, 2019 7:09:05 GMT
Another press photo:
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Post by denzel on Jul 26, 2019 14:07:56 GMT
Saw this today..want to say excellent, though for me personally, there are even better in this series and the next. Won't argue that Mower was likely born for this role, though. When Terry mentions having been out with a singer once, one can't help but assume he meant Nancy, the Suzy Quatro character..both episodes being written by Tony Hoare. Indeed this may be Arnie's finest episode. Though he had more to do in Goodbye Sailor, his being punched in the face here was pretty good. What I have wondered about is what he did between 1984 and 1997 - he seems to have been in the theatre a bit during this period. Patrick Mower was the subject of jokes in a few episodes of Fantasy Football League in that period of time, where I believe he also appeared himself...though he didn't say or do much from what I remember.
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Post by steve74 on May 13, 2020 18:26:19 GMT
Like others have said already, Patrick Mower was great casting for Confident Clive and he helps to make this a really enjoyable episode. Nice to see Arnie getting more screen time as well. Had to laugh when Arthur jumped on the recovery truck when it kicked off at Confident's wedding. Loved the ending as well with Confident being chased down the road by his wives and Arnie getting Arthur's motor trashed at the scrapyard "Terry...Hit him". 4.5 out of 5.
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Post by pr1 on Jul 26, 2020 13:56:01 GMT
Is there some special reason why this episode originally aired only five days after the previous one?
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Post by west12lad on Aug 6, 2020 15:26:57 GMT
Ray Winstone was great in this one- though I would've preferred Arnie to get a bloody nose rather than the comedy KO. Also Terry could've pacified things a bit more in that scene. Again would've like to see Terry handle the drunk ex outside the registry office a bit more ruggedly.
Confidence is an ace character- the old excuses he keeps coming out with to the ladies and to those he owes money too (Arthur). A taboo subject handled really well, it has all the characters asking- Why?
Laura (Sue Holderness) is the wife of choice for me- but she is way too posh to be flogging clothes in a market (reminds me of Roman road market, but please correct me)- maybe would see her selling antiques or similar down Portobello market?
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Post by coyote on Aug 10, 2020 10:40:54 GMT
The flat where the drunken ex-husband goes to look for Angie looks very similar to the flat (even the same numbers - 51 and 52, but the other way round) where Roddy goes looking for Laura in 'Windows'. I don't think it is on close inspection as the door knobs are on different sides and the balustrades look slightly different from what little you can see.
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Post by harryshand on Aug 19, 2020 12:31:53 GMT
Solid 4/5 episode. I agree with west12lad about Terry in this one, vert reluctant to get involved in the fistycuffs. Arthur throws more punches, if you can call his assault on Arnie punching, than Tel. Very strange.
PM is Confident in most of his roles so hardly a stretch for him, but an enjoyable rogue nonetheless.
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Post by spacecadet on Aug 19, 2020 15:13:13 GMT
TV Times interview with guest star Patrick Mower.
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Post by spacecadet on Aug 19, 2020 15:13:47 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2021 19:40:52 GMT
Gave this episode an outing last night. It's a farce even Shakespeare couldn't have concocted! I first saw Kate Williams in the 60s & 70s sitcom 'On The Buses'. Hard to believe that some of those episodes are over 50 years old now! Kate just appeared in the latest season of 'Unforgotten' alongside Nicola Walker et al. I've just finished watching season 4 of 'Luther' (2015) guest starring Patrick Malahide as an east end gangster. The episodes must have been filmed a few months before George Cole passed away.
None of the above has anything to do with 'A Number of Old Wive's Tales'! But it's interesting what some of the actors were doing before and after Minder.
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Post by kettle on Apr 12, 2021 11:52:11 GMT
Liked this sequence at the beginning:
Arthur: "What's so special about this one?" Selling agent: "Lots of mileage." Arthur: "That can be cured".
Then seeing the same motor fall victim to Arnie's car-crushing scam at the end was a nice touch.
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Post by efc1985 on May 8, 2021 20:50:54 GMT
This is just a brilliant episode, one of the finest. Mower is superbly cast and is made for the role. So many great lines - 'We're always on the look out for new members' - and the put-upon Chisholm is as world weary as ever. Disappointed that on my Virgin box his comment to Jones of being a 'Welsh cretin' has been pathetically removed, for fear of upsetting viewers.
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Post by bigaitch on May 21, 2021 19:49:27 GMT
I thought this was a good episode with a decent cast and a good if somewhat farcical plot. I found ‘Confident Clive’ to be a very unpleasant and arrogant individual who I would love to have seen lumped . I am not a fan of Ray Winstone and always found him a fairly one dimensional ‘actor’ and nothing in this or any other episode of Minder makes me feel different. I agree about Sue Holderness character being a little too posh to be flogging clothes on a market stall but her appearance is great anyway. One of the other wives, the one from the cafe I recognise as being a fairly prominent part in Brush Strokes. I loved the scene where Jones asks ‘Is he in the habit of getting women up the duff’ ? to one of the wives only to be told ‘Very tactful you welsh cretin’ by Chisholm. Enjoyable episode.
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Post by coco on Jun 6, 2021 18:10:17 GMT
I think Patrick Mower is just a very good actor, I`ve seen him in many things over the years and he`s always been convincing.
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Post by azza200 on Jun 6, 2021 21:21:58 GMT
Apart from his fake Aussie accent in those Sweeney Episodes
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Post by 615 on Nov 4, 2021 17:36:27 GMT
Another link to Auf Wiedersehen Pet in this one. The householder who is only too pleased to see Arnie take the car is Oz's wife Marjorie (Su Elliot) in the first series.
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Post by Barrel on Apr 12, 2022 21:15:21 GMT
The final unseen Minder episode for me which i saw in the first week of March and an excellent one to go out on. Im finally a Minder completist!
Confident Clive was a controversial character...on the one hand a horrible liar and cheating bigamist....on the other well he seemed to love all his wives and kids and seemed to be paying his way by setting them up with businesses.
But there was something deeply unsettling about all his wives cheated like that plus the fact he'd apparently taken one off an abusive husband. Call me old fashioned but i didnt find him at all a sympathetic character.
But a cracking episode with a great cast.
Im a fan of the later series's.
Having now watched every episode id say series 7 was my favourite...but i really really enjoyed the Ray years found them excellent especially the overseas trips
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Post by 615 on Apr 13, 2022 6:52:48 GMT
I take your point about the wives being cheated on. I would say though that the sheer number of them is what saves it; it becomes farce. If he'd only been cheating on one or two, it wouldn't have been amusing. The late Kenny Everett used to say 'a trickle of blood is worrying, a gush is funny'.
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