The BEST episodes written by Tony Hoare
#1 - A Lot of Bull and a Pat on the Back
Minder - Season 2 - Episode 13
Terry and Arthur are hired to move a bull from it's field to the owners new farm. Later they discover that they have stolen the bull, so they decide to find the men who hired them and get the bull returned to the rightful owner. Terry is also hired by his stripper girl friend to discourage a stalker.
#2 - One Of Your Own
The Sweeney - Season 4 - Episode 10
Jimmy Fleet and a friend con two businessmen into handing over some valuable diamonds. They are caught, but only after Jimmy managed to hide the diamonds. Patsy Kearney, a criminal who specialises in thieving off thieves, becomes interested, as do the Sweeney. Sergeant Carter gets to do some time in prison in an attempt to gain Jimmy's confidence. There is an interesting addition of extra humour in this episode provided by Jenny, a barmaid who is especially attracted to policemen, particularly when they are in uniform!
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#3 - Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Minder - Season 3 - Episode 1
A crooked travel agent , Monte Wiseman gets Arthur and Terry to pick up a coffin at the airport and store it at the lock up. But when the coroner needs to perform an autopsy, Monte moves it from the lock up and despite Arthur's objections stores it at Terry's flat.
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#4 - The Bigger They Are
The Sweeney - Season 4 - Episode 8
A wealthy entrepreneur is being blackmailed over activities he performed whilst stationed as a soldier in Malaya. He seeks assistance from two other former soldiers who had been involved, one of whom is now a senior police officer, the other now a security company owner/manager. The policeman attempts to stop Inspector Regan from investigating. The security company man hires mercenaries to persuade the blackmailers to desist.
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#5 - Whose Wife Is It Anyway?
Minder - Season 2 - Episode 2
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.
#6 - Caught in the Act, Fact
Minder - Season 2 - Episode 12
Terry help's out Des into delivering a car that that has been used in a robbery. The police pick up Terry when they find his fingerprints on the car but Arthur provides an alibi and he is released. Terry also minds a magistrate who is a shoplifter.
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#7 - Second Hand Pose
Minder - Season 5 - Episode 5
When due to mix up ,Terry is left in a large industrial meat freezer, he decides to go his own way, and gets work helping out an old friend who is in the second hand furniture business.
#8 - In From The Cold
The Sweeney - Season 3 - Episode 2
Regan whilst on a routine operation spots Billy Medhurst, who had been part of a gang that carried out a robbery in which a former Sweeney officer, Eddie Jackson was shot and left permantly disabled. Regan blames himself for the accident and decided to get Medhurst put away, but is the past clouding his judgement and destroying the case?
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#10 - Come in T-64, Your Time Is Ticking Away
Minder - Season 1 - Episode 8
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.
#12 - Poetic Justice, Innit?
Minder - Season 3 - Episode 11
While Arthur gets to serve on a jury, he leaves Terry in charge at the lock up. Debbie (Terry's friend) goes into the business of home hair cutting and on her first job, the clients house is robbed and as she is a witness, she tells Terry and they both go to the police, only to fall under suspicion.
#14 - A Star Is Gorn
Minder - Season 4 - Episode 7
When a rock star fakes his death, Terry tries to protect him from his unscrupulous manager, and a record producer who both want a share of his last recording which due to a mix up has ended up in Arthur's lock up.Arthur tries to sell the tape when it becomes clear that due to his so-called "death" the record has every chance of being a hit.
#15 - From Fulham with Love
Minder - Season 6 - Episode 5
Arthur sells tracksuits and watches to some Russian Seaman, but one of them goes missing and tries to defect. When Arthur tries to bank the Russian money they will not except it. Arthur's nephew Nigel comes to work at the car lot.
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#18 - If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On
Minder - Season 4 - Episode 6
An Australian girl turns up at the Winchester and asks Arthur for help in finding an old boyfriend. But unknown to Arthur she and the long lost boyfriend are confidence tricksters and after pulling a big con in Australia, he has fled with her share of the money.
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