Minder: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Minder
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1979-10-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-03-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 6085
• IMDb ID: tt0078657
• TVDB ID: 72993

Cast and credited roles

• George Cole — Arthur Daley
• Glynn Edwards — Dave Harris
• Dennis Waterman — Terry McCann
• Gary Webster — Ray Daley
• Patrick Malahide — Detective Sergeant Albert 'Charlie' Chisholm
• Michael Povey — DS 'Taff' Jones
• Peter Childs — Detective Ronnie Rycott
• George Layton — Des

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-10-29; final listed air date 1980-01-21; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 1980-09-11; final listed air date 1980-12-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1982-01-13; final listed air date 1982-04-07; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 1984-01-11; final listed air date 1984-03-21; episode order: 11.
• Season 5: premiered 1984-09-05; final listed air date 1984-12-26; episode order: 10.
• Season 6: premiered 1985-09-04; final listed air date 1986-01-02; episode order: 8.
• Season 7: premiered 1989-01-02; final listed air date 1989-02-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 8: premiered 1991-09-05; final listed air date 1991-12-25; episode order: 13.
• Season 9: premiered 1993-01-07; final listed air date 1993-04-01; episode order: 13.
• Season 10: premiered 1994-01-06; final listed air date 1994-03-10; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Minder on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.