Minder (1979)
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Roy Ward Baker — Director
Episodes 12
The Smaller They Are...
Scotch Harry arrives from the airport where he has been looking for easy pickings. He has struck lucky by stealing a suitcase full of banknotes, but unknown to him they are forged. Arthur hides him, until he can come to some agreement with the rightful owner.
Read MoreAces High and Sometimes Very Low
Maurice, a professional gambler, is barred from a casino after a large win. Later, he is beaten up and the winnings are stolen. When he hears of a big poker game, he has to sell his car to Arthur to raise the stake money, and gets Terry to guard him.
Read MoreThe Dessert Song
Terry gets a job minding a Greek restaurant after saving a relation of the owner from being beaten up.
Read MoreWhose Wife is it Anyway?
When an old friend of Arthur's gets injured in a so-called "hit and run accident" Terry gets involved in minding the villain's antique shop.
Read MoreWhy Pay Tax ?
Terry helps out Barry, an independent bookmaker, when he has to pay out a large amount of cash to one of his clients, in a deserted car park, but it turns out that he only wants Terry as a witness to a fake robbery, to cover up the fact that the bookie is broke.
Read MoreBroken Arrow
Arthur finds a potential darts champion playing for peanuts in a pub, and enters him in a local competition, but his man is nobbled. Seeing enough to organize his own tournament, Arthur has a novel way to ensure he makes money, no matter who wins the match.
Read MoreSecond Hand Pose
Due to mix up, Terry is left in a large industrial meat freezer and decides to leave Arthur's employ, obtaining work helping out an old friend who is in the second hand furniture business.
Read MoreAround the Corner
To cover a debt, Arthur is given a greyhound, but while Terry is trying to train him, Arthur gets conned over videos that don't exist.
Read MoreThe Return of the Invincible Man
When the local gents tailor is going out of business, he asks Arthur to get a gang together and rob his safe so he can claim on the insurance. Things start to go wrong when the leader of the gang, Scotch Harry, suffers an accident...
Read MoreWaiting for Goddard
A lawyer comes to see Arthur for some help in tracing an old man who has come into a considerable amount of money.
Read MoreIt's a Sorry Lorry, Morrie
Arthur buys a lorry load of electrical goods, but when he finds out that they are stolen, and the police are watching the lorry, the only way out of the problem is to set fire to it...
Read MoreThe Last Video Show
A video implicating two senior police officers is mistakenly returned to Daley videos.
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