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Minder

Season 1 1979 - 1980

  • 1979-10-29T00:00:00Z on ITV
  • 1h
  • 11h (11 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard.

11 episodes

Series Premiere

1979-10-29T00:00:00Z

1x01 Gunfight at the OK Launderette

Series Premiere

1x01 Gunfight at the OK Launderette

  • 1979-10-29T00:00:00Z1h

Terry is caught inside a launderette while it is being robbed. As the police gather outside, Arthur tries to make some money by selling Terry's life story to the press.

After George an ex bank robber is released from prison, Arthur gets Terry to mind him, until the whereabouts of a large amount of hidden cash is found. The only problem that Arthur forgot to tell Terry is that George is a decoy laying a false trail, while the real bank robber is released, and then he and Arthur will be free to find the money. but they all have a surprise in store

1979-11-12T00:00:00Z

1x03 The Smaller They Are...

1x03 The Smaller They Are...

  • 1979-11-12T00:00:00Z1h

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

1979-11-19T00:00:00Z

1x04 A Tethered Goat

1x04 A Tethered Goat

  • 1979-11-19T00:00:00Z1h

Terry agrees to guard a middle eastern commodity broker, but he and Arthur get more than they bargained for.

1979-11-26T00:00:00Z

1x05 The Bounty Hunter

1x05 The Bounty Hunter

  • 1979-11-26T00:00:00Z1h

Terry and Arthur help out a young widow forced to drive mini cabs to make ends meet after being swindled out of her savings in a Spanish villa scam by swindler Freddie Fenton.

Professional gambler Maurice 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 mind him.

1979-12-10T00:00:00Z

1x07 The Bengal Tiger

1x07 The Bengal Tiger

  • 1979-12-10T00:00:00Z1h

Terry minds a newspaper shop, from a group of Indians bent on revenge, over the shop owner's daughter and an arranged marriage.

When the mini cab company he has a share in, starts getting trouble from a couple of local louts, Arthur sends in Terry undercover as a driver. But the trouble is coming from an unexpected source.

1980-01-07T00:00:00Z

1x09 Monday Night Fever

1x09 Monday Night Fever

  • 1980-01-07T00:00:00Z1h

Arthur falls for a club singer, and promises to put her in the big time, but falls foul of an unscrupulous club owner. When Terry refuses to help, Arthur turns to a couple of vicious crooks. but Terry relents and tries to help.

1980-01-14T00:00:00Z

1x10 The Dessert Song

1x10 The Dessert Song

  • 1980-01-14T00:00:00Z1h

Terry gets a job minding a Greek restaurant after saving a relation of the owner from being beaten up.

Season Finale

1980-01-21T00:00:00Z

1x11 You Gotta Have Friends

Season Finale

1x11 You Gotta Have Friends

  • 1980-01-21T00:00:00Z1h

When some barer bonds go missing from big time gangster Bobby Altman, the courier Billy Gilpin is suspect. He later turns up at Arthur's house wanting to get out of town. So Terry drives him to a hotel in Brighton.When Altman finds out , he suspects Arthur of being involved and takes him for a run to get at the truth.

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