Minder - Season 1

First aired: 10/29/1979 11 episodes

Episodes

1. Gunfight at the OK Launderette

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.

2. Bury My Half at Waltham Green

Aired: 11/5/1979

After ex bank robber George 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 is that Arthur forgot to tell Terry 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...

3. The Smaller They Are...

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.

4. A Tethered Goat

Aired: 11/19/1979

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

5. The Bounty Hunter

Aired: 11/26/1979

Terry and Arthur help out a young widow who has been swindled out of her savings.

6. Aces High and Sometimes Very Low

Aired: 12/3/1979

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.

7. The Bengal Tiger

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.

8. Come in T-64, Your Time is Ticking Away

Aired: 12/17/1979

When the minicab 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...

9. Monday Night Fever

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 him, he turns to a couple of vicious crooks...

10. The Dessert Song

Aired: 1/14/1980

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

11. You Gotta Have Friends

Aired: 1/21/1980

When some bearer bonds go missing from big time gangster Bobby Altman, the courier Billy Gilpin is a suspect, and he seeks Arthur's help...