Minder

Yeah.

It, it's very, it very much plays out like the British comedy drama Minder w- with, with him as a, as a young Arthur Daley.

You know, the, the dodgy secondhand car dealer type thing

thingSure.

Minder, everybody

Yes, very well known

Um-

[laughs]

So September 3rd, the sitcom 2.4 Children first debuted on BBC One starring Belinda Lang and Gary Olsen.

Following a two year break, Minder returned with a new theme tune and new opening titles with Gary Webster joining the cast as Ray Daly, taking over from Dennis Waterman.

Minder being pretty significant in the history of Only Fools and Horses as well.

And on September 17th, the sitcom Bottom first made its debut on BBC Two starring Rick Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.

November brought us the debut of the dark comedy series Murder Most Horrid on BBC Two starring Dawn French.

And I'm Mark.

And you are listening to Minder on the Slate.

Hello and welcome back to Minder on the Slate, our podcast celebrating all things Minder.

Each week we're re-watching, reviewing and rating an episode of this classic show.

What are we doing

It was originally broadcast on the 18th of September,

1980.

So Whose Wife Is It Anywhere is one of the more controversial episodes of Minder.

And what

was the song he sang in Minder? What was that song? Well, he sang the theme, I Could Be So Good For You.

Good singer.

Good singer.

I'll go next because it does relate to something, uh, Mike discussed in the, in the intro.

Whacking off watching Minder.

[laughs]

[laughs]

And I'm Mark.

Hello and welcome back to series two of Minder on the Slate.

We hope you had a good break and didn't miss us too much.

I hope you spent your time off wisely, i.e. watching Minder and re-listening to season one of On the Slate, hopefully.

So what are we talking about today, Pete?

Well, today, Andy, we are discussing Series 2, Episode 1, entitled National Pelmet.

Gone to jog his memory.

But he was, he was insane.

And theme tune five, I know I've used it several times when I've had 1979, but I can't resist it.

That's the theme tune to Minder.

All right, on to our final TV Times round.

What was the name of the long-running variety show featuring musical acts on stage at the City Varieties Theatre in Leeds? That was The Good Old Days.