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Post by jason on Jun 20, 2017 11:15:44 GMT
Easily my favourite ever episode, and my favourite line of the whole series.... It's simple, if it's one of your own kind it's a not guilty innit? If, on the other hand, it's a nonce case in the dock, who's been getting at kids, it's into the shovel and plenty of porridge.
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Post by pr1 on Sept 24, 2017 23:20:51 GMT
I am happy to see no one has voted less than Good for this brilliant episode. I am about to watch it for the second time.
Just as brilliant the second time. One of the best episodes of Minder. I double all the comments I made last year when I watched this for the first time. I had forgotten about Terry settiling things with the two scumbags. It is a well staged sequence and Terry actually seems like he was in a viscious fight.
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Post by barrythebook on Sept 25, 2017 19:23:11 GMT
I had forgotten about Terry settiling things with the two scumbags. It is a well staged sequence and Terry actually seems like he was in a viscious fight. It was vicious. I think that if they'd got the better of Terry, they wouldn't have stopped once he was down, they would have given him a right going over. Terry saw the weak link I reckon and disposed of him quickly so that he could concentrate on what could have been a very nasty adversary.
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Post by rjc77 on Sept 30, 2017 17:05:49 GMT
I had forgotten about Terry settiling things with the two scumbags. It is a well staged sequence and Terry actually seems like he was in a viscious fight. It was vicious. I think that if they'd got the better of Terry, they wouldn't have stopped once he was down, they would have given him a right going over. Terry saw the weak link I reckon and disposed of him quickly so that he could concentrate on what could have been a very nasty adversary. Most definitely the highlight of this episode where Terry gives these two evil neanderthals their well-deserved comeuppance in the tyre yard, in the form of a vicious good hiding!! Classic, RJC
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Dec 16, 2017 23:10:22 GMT
A classic episode.
I've just finished jury duty. We had one case where 11 of us were certain the defendant was not guilty, but one person insisted that he was guilty. So the old joke in television where one person on the jury holds out is true!
I like the bit where Arthur says to Dave and Terry "you should have seen [Chisholm's] face, sick as a parrot.....".
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Post by thewoodster on Feb 7, 2018 9:45:24 GMT
Just watching this episode on ITV4, GC at his best..!
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Post by westldner on Apr 21, 2018 15:24:39 GMT
The jury service scene towards the end was really funny. A well suited contrast to what Terry had to endure.
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Post by thewoodster on Jul 18, 2018 8:58:41 GMT
The jury service scene towards the end was really funny. A well suited contrast to what Terry had to endure. Totally with you on that one westidner.
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Post by gustav on Aug 13, 2018 19:34:22 GMT
A totally brilliant episode. Very funny and well written with some excellent lines but so much is in the delivery. At one point when Terry is trying to get some cash off Arthur to take Debbie out Arthur is not keen on this and explains that Debbie does not deserve or need this expenditure. Arthur then says "Dave knows what I mean don't you Dave?" and Dave says "No." George Cole and Glynn Edwards deliver even simple lines like these so brilliantly. An excellent episode.
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Post by ace5150 on Sept 20, 2018 19:28:08 GMT
Watched tonight, didn't realise it, but probably the first time "nonce" was mentioned on TV when Arthur describes to Terry if someone is guilty, "if he's one of your own, not guilty, but if it's a nonce in the dock, having it with kids, it's up the shovel and porridge" (or something like that) Dave's line of asking his brother in law for a favour is cut, "the aggravation I get asking that ponce a favour" is omitted altogether on this broadcast, as was John Bardons classic line, "you've got to play the white man". And is it accidental that Dave refers to his wife as Joyce considering he was married to Yootha Joyce?
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Post by johnnybear on Sept 26, 2018 19:44:30 GMT
Anorak point- Graham Cole also played a Cyberman in Doctor Who and was an extra in The Bill before getting the part of Tony Stamp in The Bill. I last saw him in WHITE Christmas on stage up the west end in 2014. He also suffered greatly as the Melkur in Tom Baker's penultimate Doctor Who story in 1981! I think he was also in Kinda, the Doctor Who story that had both Jeff Stewart and Simon rouse from The Bill! I've been watching some old DVDs of The Bill, the ones that Drama decided to ignore in favour of the safer hour ones that everyone and his Mother has seen five times over from when they were on UKGold back in 2005! JB
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Post by ace5150 on Sept 27, 2018 17:00:40 GMT
The judge was annoying me as I've seen him in another role. Had to cross reference on imdb to find out he was in Fawlty Towers in The Hotel Inspectors episode.
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Post by tinman on Jul 25, 2019 11:09:36 GMT
Chisholm's face when he says, "Jury service? You?" is just brilliant. A great moment in a great episode. Also when he asks about "fit up"
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Post by pr1 on Jul 26, 2019 15:18:22 GMT
I love the part when Arthur says he is doing his duty for Queen and Country and Chisholm just replies 'B******t!' It's funny and the perfect way for the character to reply. given his opinion of Arthur. The word couldn't have been used on a broadcast American TV show of that era.
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Post by jno on Jul 29, 2019 4:55:24 GMT
I agree pr1, perfect timing and Patrick Malahide is superb (as always).
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Post by Shot By Both Sides on Oct 22, 2019 15:40:44 GMT
On at the minute. Seen this ine a fair few times. The judge is the geezer in the Fawlty Towers (Hotel Inspectors) episode and I reckon Carol on the jury is Cassandra off Only Fools And Horses.
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Post by coyote on Mar 27, 2020 2:00:32 GMT
This morning's ITV4 offering. I'd never paid that much attention to how much screen time Debbie gets in this one - far more than in her other episodes. And it's a really welcome addition, I always thought of Debbie as just another of Terry's 'bits of stuff' (albeit a regular one) but her character gets some depth here with moving on from stripping and Diana Malin and Dennis have a real rapport in the many scenes they have together. I'd have loved to have seen her stay as Terry's long-term gf and help him stand up to Arthur a bit, especially given his attitude to her (but ofc he hated anyone who had influence over Tel other than him), but I guess the producers wanted the show to go a different way. Strange that after this Deb-centric episode we never saw her again though.
The new plod Soames is Chisholm without the jokes and the way Charlie reacts to what is an obvious threat to his career path is hilarious. And I love that you can see how Jones realises his lot is better with Chisholm in spite of their differences.
Top-quality episode from the prime period IMO
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Post by hippo on Mar 29, 2020 16:31:09 GMT
It’s nice to see how much Dave cares for Arthur and in this case Terry. He knew Terry could have been heading for real a hiding when he left Debbie at the Winchester went after the 2 guys at the tyre yard. He insisted that Debbie call the law when they made out the address and get them round there before it was too late. That’s the act of a true friend.
Also love the expression of Arthur when he opens the door of the lock up and it’s completely empty. Wonder if he every got any of the stuff back.
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Post by barrythebook on Mar 30, 2020 18:58:13 GMT
Yes, Dave's certainly the level headed, father figure in this one. He looks out for Terry and gives Arthur a dressing down when he appears to put the stock in his warehouse before Terrys welfare.
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Post by pr1 on May 4, 2020 0:34:29 GMT
I love the part when Arthur says he is doing his duty for Queen and Country and Chisholm just replies 'B******t!' It's funny and the perfect way for the character to reply. given his opinion of Arthur. The word couldn't have been used on a broadcast American TV show of that era. Watched this excellent episode for the third time tonight. Cheerful Charlie Chisholm responding to Arthur still makes me laugh out loud. One on my favorite moments in the series.
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Post by ontheslate on May 4, 2020 8:37:08 GMT
Great episode when I done jury service for the first time thought it would be like this,it wasn’t when I suggested the pub at lunch other jurors looked appalled
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Post by logie on May 4, 2020 9:54:50 GMT
Great episode when I done jury service for the first time thought it would be like this,it wasn’t when I suggested the pub at lunch other jurors looked appalled I no longer wish to be called for jury service, then; I had previously been hoping for the call for years based on this episode
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Post by nationalpelmet on May 6, 2020 16:54:37 GMT
What about when Arthur is sat in the jury and asks the Judge for a point of clarification on what a "fit up" is. And then Mr Chisholm's seething face !! Priceless.
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Post by barrythebook on May 7, 2020 20:26:16 GMT
What about when Arthur is sat in the jury and asks the Judge for a point of clarification on what a "fit up" is. And then Mr Chisholm's seething face !! Priceless. ....Arthur winding Chisholm right up - brilliant!
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Post by BMW on Jul 1, 2020 20:05:39 GMT
Love this one too, it has the lot. Superb humour, GC’s brilliant physical comedy, plenty of violence, swearing, racism, sexism and homophobia. A classic. Won’t repeat what’s already been said - although the see through yashmaks is one of the best lines of any episode - but some other lovely moments are:
Arthur inviting Mr Ling for a lunchtime drink, then adding ‘you probably prefer tea. Or a takeaway’
And then having made it to the pub with Mr Ling and Joe he then sees Chisholm at the other end of the bar, and does the classic shifty exit with hat pulled down over his face and scarpers. Text book GC, saw him do the same in St Trinians as Flash Harry. Nobody else can do it like that. A joy to watch.
Chisholm’s wonderful line ‘Paranoid? Who’s been saying I’m paranoid? Come on who?’
And Soames’ glasses are horrific. Should have gone to specsavers!
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Post by barrythebook on Jul 2, 2020 11:43:28 GMT
Superb humour, GC’s brilliant physical comedy, plenty of violence, swearing, racism, sexism and homophobia. A classic. the see through yashmaks is one of the best lines of any episode - Arthur inviting Mr Ling for a lunchtime drink, then adding ‘you probably prefer tea. Or a takeaway’ Very of it's time this one , as you say, a classic. If the 'pc' brigade got the editing knife out on this it'd end up being around 20 minutes long .
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Post by jjmolloy on Jul 2, 2020 13:44:58 GMT
Superb humour, GC’s brilliant physical comedy, plenty of violence, swearing, racism, sexism and homophobia. A classic. the see through yashmaks is one of the best lines of any episode - Arthur inviting Mr Ling for a lunchtime drink, then adding ‘you probably prefer tea. Or a takeaway’ Very of it's time this one , as you say, a classic. If the 'pc' brigade got the editing knife out on this it'd end up being around 20 minutes long . Another classic moment is when Arthur meets Chisholm outside the courthouse and tells him he's on jury duty!
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Post by kelotoph on Aug 17, 2020 13:06:40 GMT
Top notch episode, this one, with a great cast and some great dialogue, some of which made me laugh out loud, notably the yashmaks line, and Dave's resigned attitude to having to invite his sister and brother in law to lunch. A classic Arthur malapropism occurs during his speech to the jury, referring to "this septic isle".
My only hint of a blooper is that Debbie and Dave called the police and gave them the address that had shown through on the notepad, but of course that was not the address of the tyre yard where they arrived. I suppose they could have called at the address like Terry did and been redirected.
Has to be up there with the best episode.
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Post by ned on Dec 10, 2020 16:52:31 GMT
This is a great episode, possibly the pinnacle. One of the very few I taped at the time so I've watched it so often I could probably recite it. One line I was never quite sure of is right at the end. Arthur refers to a 'cochel of Italian custom made shoes' and he says to Terry 'Do you know what they stood me in?' Terry replies 'boots'. Obviously the footwear link, but is that a reference to a particular sum of money?
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Post by barrythebook on Dec 10, 2020 21:51:01 GMT
Arthur refers to a 'cochel of Italian custom made shoes' and he says to Terry 'Do you know what they stood me in?' Terry replies 'boots'. Obviously the footwear link, but is that a reference to a particular sum of money? Not a reference to a particular sum of money but you would say, "They stood me in a Monkey." "They stood me in a Pony." "They stood me in £250." etc. The item in question has 'Stood you in', whatever you had spent on it.
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