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Post by jno on Feb 17, 2015 17:57:33 GMT
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Post by daytona355 on Nov 12, 2015 23:53:08 GMT
Watching this right now...... Funny as you know what!
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Post by jno on Nov 13, 2015 4:11:54 GMT
I like this one. I think Stratford Johns is superb in it, Kenneth Cope's character is a real slimeball and Arthur is as always a joy to watch. This one really does show Ray has come of age and the 'jam tart' reference at the end always makes me giggle.
James Warrior as D.S. Rogerson is back in this one and he's about the only old bill (since Taff perhaps) that really understands what sort of person Arthur is.
I always think Minder has come full circle when I watch this one. Kenneth Cope appeared as Albert Stubbs in #1.2 'Bury My Half At Waltham Green' and they were outside Wormwood Scrubs. Here we are 15 years later, Kenneth Cope is back and they're outside Wormwood Scrubs. Purely coincidence? Probably, but we'll never really know. The next (final) episode follows this with Arthur being a hostage.
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Post by Toecutter on May 5, 2016 12:00:39 GMT
Just watching this now.Echo the comments above,also,the magistrate deserves a mention.Some great Arthur material---with Dave talking about ringing a bell and running away is a prank and faint heart never won fair earner.
Not sure the no plate would have been readable on that camera and one thing really bugs me is the way Kenneth Cope jots down the no plate after the 'Taxi' bumps him.Surely he already knew the number so said taxi driver knew who to pull out on.I would think Arthur would have smelt a rat when the taxi driver puts his hand up to it.Not in this world..
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Post by daz on May 26, 2016 10:03:12 GMT
Another superb episode from series 10, it has been a top series and most episode are as good as anything from the Terry years.
The Stratford Johns Character,Knowles came across as a right nasty piece of work and the superb Kenneth Cope has another appearance in Minder playing the slippery Phelan. A good storyline, helped along by the inclusion of the youths when Arthur was doing his community sentence, just helped lighten the mood of the episode, with Arthur wheeling and dealing as only he can in any circumstances, just brilliant.
I wonder who Vera was though?
Superb stuff and Gary Webster was really making his mark in the series by this point.
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Post by pr1 on Jan 16, 2017 2:12:46 GMT
A top episode. Stratford Johns is truly menacing despite being locked up. It's good to see Kenneth Cope again in Minder, this time as a total slime ball. By this point in the show Ray has a firm grasp of how things work in the world of Arthur Daley and it's nice that he's the one to set things in motion to save Arthur's hide.
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Post by billyfarmer on Jan 20, 2017 12:51:26 GMT
Below is a Press Photograph (which I obtained on eBay).  Written below, the words which can be found on the back of the above Press Photograph. Minder Transmission Date: Thursday 3 March 1994 at 8.30pm In this weeks Minder, someone is staging crimes and planting the evidence on Arthur. To solve the mystery Arthur and Ray pursue the trail back to the Great Willesden sorting office raid of 1970. The series is a Euston Films production for Central. Picture: Ray (Gary Webster) and Arthur (George Cole). |
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Post by rog73 on Jul 5, 2018 9:27:30 GMT
Like this. One of the better stories in the Ray era in my opinion.
Charlie is a good menacing character, and even the copper does a good job of getting to the bottom of it, rather than just nailing Arthur.
One odd bit of continuity that surprised me was when they were in the top of the lockup looking for the receipt of purchase.
How come all that wasn’t destroyed in the fire in ‘A fridge too far’...?
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Post by swainy on Jul 5, 2018 16:05:00 GMT
At a guess, only the fridges were damaged?
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Post by rog73 on Jul 5, 2018 21:06:36 GMT
At a guess, only the fridges were damaged? It was a raging inferno. The lockup was destroyed I thought? |
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Post by swainy on Jul 6, 2018 19:16:44 GMT
Nah, the fridges blew a window out but even Arthur’s office was back to normal a week later  |
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Post by thewoodster on Jul 9, 2018 8:23:14 GMT
Nah, the fridges blew a window out but even Arthur’s office was back to normal a week later Spot on swainy,as if nothing had caught fire...lol |
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Post by ltd on Jul 15, 2018 21:24:23 GMT
Another superb episode from series 10, it has been a top series and most episode are as good as anything from the Terry years. The Stratford Johns Character,Knowles came across as a right nasty piece of work and the superb Kenneth Cope has another appearance in Minder playing the slippery Phelan. A good storyline, helped along by the inclusion of the youths when Arthur was doing his community sentence, just helped lighten the mood of the episode, with Arthur wheeling and dealing as only he can in any circumstances, just brilliant. Stratford Johns is really menacing in this but he doesn't look well at all. Very overweight. I might have mentioned before that the girl briefly seen in Kenneth Cope's pool room lair is a dead ringer for music journo/crime novelist Cathi Unsworth. Love to know whether it was her.
Sean Harris is one of the community service kids and is on typically aggressive form - not such a big jump from here to Harry Brown and Red Riding?
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Post by jno on Jul 17, 2018 9:09:14 GMT
Another superb episode from series 10, it has been a top series and most episode are as good as anything from the Terry years. The Stratford Johns Character,Knowles came across as a right nasty piece of work and the superb Kenneth Cope has another appearance in Minder playing the slippery Phelan. A good storyline, helped along by the inclusion of the youths when Arthur was doing his community sentence, just helped lighten the mood of the episode, with Arthur wheeling and dealing as only he can in any circumstances, just brilliant. Stratford Johns is really menacing in this but he doesn't look well at all. Very overweight. I might have mentioned before that the girl briefly seen in Kenneth Cope's pool room lair is a dead ringer for music journo/crime novelist Cathi Unsworth. Love to know whether it was her. It's not - 100% confirmation from her.  |
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Post by ltd on Jul 17, 2018 15:30:16 GMT
Stratford Johns is really menacing in this but he doesn't look well at all. Very overweight. I might have mentioned before that the girl briefly seen in Kenneth Cope's pool room lair is a dead ringer for music journo/crime novelist Cathi Unsworth. Love to know whether it was her. It's not - 100% confirmation from her. Thanks jno - good to have a man on the inside who can verify these things. |
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Post by jno on Jul 17, 2018 15:36:24 GMT
It would be nice to know who she is though ...  |
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Post by Toecutter on Jan 7, 2019 23:15:40 GMT
Watching this again, would Phelan have given his real details on a cash purchase for a getaway car ?...lol
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Post by thewoodster on Jan 10, 2019 23:28:23 GMT
Watching this again, would Phelan have given his real details on a cash purchase for a getaway car ?...lol LOL. ..probably not toecutter.good observation. |
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Post by rog73 on May 8, 2019 6:52:04 GMT
Ray: “We need to make a list of all the people Arthur has wronged”
Dave: “We haven’t got that sort of time Ray”
Haha!
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Post by daz on Mar 20, 2020 14:12:18 GMT
Just watched this to see Cousin Tel off Hazell in it.
A very enjoyable episode which holds up well against any of them and was great to see Dave's concern towards Arthur being fitted up.
I think this would have been a better ending for the series to end on.
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Post by ned on Mar 20, 2020 18:00:11 GMT
Just watched this to see Cousin Tel off Hazell in it. A very enjoyable episode which holds up well against any of them and was great to see Dave's concern towards Arthur being fitted up. I think this would have been a better ending for the series to end on. This has made me realise that Cousin Tel is in my favourite Gary Webster episode and my joint favourite Dennis Waterman one (Another Bride Another Groom). I really like this one and agree it would have been a better episode to end on. |
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Post by daz on Mar 20, 2020 18:54:58 GMT
Just watched this to see Cousin Tel off Hazell in it. A very enjoyable episode which holds up well against any of them and was great to see Dave's concern towards Arthur being fitted up. I think this would have been a better ending for the series to end on. This has made me realise that Cousin Tel is in my favourite Gary Webster episode and my joint favourite Dennis Waterman one (Another Bride Another Groom). I really like this one and agree it would have been a better episode to end on. Yes, Arthur saying ,'that's my boy' near the end would have been a fitting end to the series. Does anyone think Ray could have have had a series on his own with Dave as a regular and guest appearences from GC? |
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Post by jno on Mar 21, 2020 4:58:10 GMT
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Post by roytro on Jul 2, 2020 20:18:12 GMT
Very good story, nicely written. Great acting too - apart from Kenneth Cope, who I've thought was hopeless in everything I've seen him in!
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Post by McCann on Jul 24, 2020 11:12:32 GMT
Great episode and good cast. Pity Alan Ford is only in one scene, he could have been great as a recurring character bantering back and forth with Arthur.
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Post by c79 on Oct 21, 2020 15:33:37 GMT
Great episode and good cast. Pity Alan Ford is only in one scene, he could have been great as a recurring character bantering back and forth with Arthur. Yes, I agree with all the above. Great acting and the tension builds superbly. One of the best. |
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Post by joshmel on Oct 21, 2020 15:45:25 GMT
Nutcase knowles is brilliant in this. Great scene where he flings the prison doctor about after he makes reference to his weight. His bulging demoned like eyes make him a frightening villain!
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Post by jno on Oct 22, 2020 3:51:49 GMT
Nutcase knowles is brilliant in this. Great scene where he flings the prison doctor about after he makes reference to his weight. His bulging demoned like eyes make him a frightening villain! Agreed, a top character late on the series. |
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Post by Toecutter on Mar 26, 2021 20:52:34 GMT
Watching this now,surely when Arthur gets his first tug and he gives the taxi drivers details,all he has to say is that Ray was driving or at least a passenger...Job done.Bit slow on the uptake was our Arthur.
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Post by bigaitch on Apr 3, 2021 22:18:29 GMT
Really good episode and as has been said Stratford Johns was excellent...
Some other good supporting characters too and really enjoyable.
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