Minder - Arthur Daley

[Protein Junkie]

Ithink if you watch 'Only fools and horses' and 'The Simpsons', you see the same thing going on with Delboy and Homar, both characters very different as they developed form the first episodes or so.

I think OFAH was BBC’s answer to Minder iirc

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I think OFAH was BBC’s answer to Minder iirc

It is amazing how catchphrases from both Minder and Fools n Horses became every day phrases still used to this day - especially Cockney slang being used throughout the country

 

[paulchapo]

Minder was brilliant and I always watch it of I'm channel hopping and it comes on. I think it was written with Dennis Waterman as the star role but George Cole stole the show as Arthur. As others have said it wasn't quite as good once Waterman left but Cole was brilliant in the Arthur role.

 

[paulchapo]

Did you know Dave the barman was in Zulu ??
Bloody great film.

One of my all time favourite films. Classic line when the young lad says to the Colour Sergeant as the Zulu's line up to attack, "Why us, why???" The Sergeant replied, "Because we're here lad, because we're here!"