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Minder Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1991 - 1991
Series 8 of the British sitcom about a freelance bodyguard\ who's often at odds with his exacting boss.
Episode 1
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur
Thu, Sep 5, 1991 60 mins
After Terry marries and leaves for Australia without telling anyone, Arthur appoints his nephew Ray as his new minder and assistant, on similar vague and ungenerous terms. Ray proves himself as physically capable as Terry was, and also finds his French language skills of use when he is sent to Brussels to pick up a car.
Episode 2
A Bouquet of Barbed Wire
Thu, Sep 12, 1991 60 mins
Arthur ventures into the wine trade, but when the supplier is taken in for questioning, his wine is locked up by the police and somehow they've got to get it out.
Episode 3
Whatever Happened To Her Indoors?
Thu, Sep 19, 1991 60 mins
Her indoors has gone missing and Arthur is the police's prime suspect. More importantly, he's got a cash flow problem and his British car sales are being hampered by the Council.
Episode 4
Three Cons Make a Mountain
Thu, Sep 26, 1991 60 mins
Arthur keeps acquiring items that won't do his reputation any good. How is he going to off-load them without the rest of the manor finding out he's been conned ?
Episode 5
Guess Who's Coming to Pinner?
Thu, Oct 3, 1991 60 mins
At Charlie Johnson's funeral, a friend of Arthur's persuades him to help with the next 'big one'.
Episode 6
The Last Temptation of Daley
Thu, Oct 10, 1991 60 mins
Arthur's doctor wants him to give up alcohol and tobacco if he wants to avoid a stomach ulcer, but this causes him even more stress and he begins to believe that everyone's after him. The feeling is reinforced when building contractor Benny McLeish threatens him over a paint deal that goes sour.
Episode 7
A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush
Thu, Oct 17, 1991 60 mins
Ray is given the task of minding a racing pigeon due to race from London to Bradford with a prize of 10,000 pounds at stake.
Episode 8
Him Indoors
Thu, Oct 24, 1991 60 mins
When Ron the Burglar, now reformed, opens Arthur Daley's lock-up with a metal comb, it's clear to that Daley Enterprises has to strengthen its warehouse security.
Episode 9
The Greatest Show in Willesden
Thu, Oct 31, 1991 60 mins
Arthur has a plan to boost the membership of the Winchester Club with a series of variety nights, but ends up in a spot of bother over a stolen karaoke machine.
Episode 10
Too Many Crooks
Thu, Nov 7, 1991 60 mins
Arthur gets into food when he launches Daley Catering International Cuisine, but the chef he employs goes on the run from a group of gangsters, leaving Arthur to cater for a policeman's retirement party.
Episode 11
The Odds Couple
Thu, Nov 14, 1991 60 mins
Ray is assigned to look after the wife of a casino owner who has developed into a compulsive gambler. But when she explains her latest foolproof system to Arthur, he finds himself strangely drawn to her husband's casino.
Episode 12
The Coach that Came in from the Cold
Thu, Nov 21, 1991 60 mins
Arthur's attempts to ingratiate himself at the local golf club are interrupted when DS Morley offers to sell him a police transport coach for a knock-down price.
Episode 13
The Cruel Canal
Wed, Dec 25, 1991 60 mins
In the Season 8 finale, when the van breaks down, Arthur and Ray take their cargo of dodgy videos onto the glorious waterways of England - otherwise known as the canal between Willesden and Limehouse. Luckily, the barge also turns out to be a convenient hideout from Big Dai, the fearsome Bible-quoting Welshman.