The BEST episodes of Minder season 1
Every episode of Minder season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Minder season 1!
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.
#1 - Monday Night Fever
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1980
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.
#2 - The Dessert Song
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/1980
Terry gets a job minding a Greek restaurant after saving a relation of the owner from being beaten up.
#3 - The Bounty Hunter
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1979
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.
#4 - Aces High and Sometimes Very Low
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1979
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.
#5 - Come in T-64, Your Time Is Ticking Away
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/17/1979
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.
#6 - You Gotta Have Friends
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/1980
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.
#7 - Bury My Half at Waltham Green
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1979
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
#8 - The Smaller They Are...
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1979
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
#9 - Gunfight at the OK Launderette
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1979
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.
#10 - The Bengal Tiger
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1979
Terry minds a newspaper shop, from a group of Indians bent on revenge, over the shop owner's daughter and an arranged marriage.
#11 - A Tethered Goat
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1979
Terry agrees to guard a middle eastern commodity broker, but he and Arthur get more than they bargained for.