Minder (1979)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 10 seasons indexed

Cast

7.55 avg 11 episodes 7.1 → 7.8 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Gunfight at the O.K. Laundrette	7.1	157
2	Bury My Half at Waltham Green	7.5	130
3	The Smaller They Are...	7.6	128
4	A Tethered Goat	7.5	118
5	The Bounty Hunter	7.7	120
6	Aces High: and Sometimes Very Low	7.8	121
7	The Bengal Tiger	7.5	122
8	Come in T-64, Your Time Is Ticking Away	7.8	116
9	Monday Night Fever	7.5	98
10	The Dessert Song	7.3	95
11	You Gotta Have Friends...	7.8	106

7.82 avg 13 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 50 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	National Pelmet	7.6	98
2	Whose wife is it anyway	8.1	105
3	You Lose Some, You Win Some	7.8	99
4	A lot of bull and a pat on the back	8.0	103
5	Don't tell them Willie Boy was here	7.7	96
6	Not A Bad Lad, Dad	7.4	106
7	The Beer Hunter	7.8	124
8	A Nice Little Wine	8.0	105
9	All Mod Cons	7.8	99
10	Diamonds Are A Girl's Worst Enemy	7.7	98
11	The Old School Tie	8.0	104
12	All About Scoring, Innit	7.7	90
13	Caught In The Act, Fact	8.0	100

7.89 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 51 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dead Men Do Tell Tales	8.1	102
2	You Need Hands	8.4	104
3	Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Anymore	7.7	95
4	Looking for Micky	7.5	105
5	Dreamhouse	7.3	113
6	Another Bride, Another Groom	8.2	98
7	The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs	7.7	92
8	The Son Also Rises	7.8	99
9	Why Pay Tax	7.6	94
10	Broken Arrow	7.7	88
11	Poetic Justice, Innit?	8.3	109
12	Back in Good Old England	8.1	99
13	In	8.2	103

7.72 avg 12 episodes 6.5 → 7.6 50 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	Christmas Bonus	6.5	42
1	Rocky Eight and a Half	8.0	92
2	Senior Citizen Caine	8.2	104
3	High Drains Pilferer	7.7	92
4	Sorry Pal, Wrong Number	8.4	99
5	The Car Lot Baggers	8.4	107
6	If Money Be the Food of Love, Play On.	7.2	94
7	A Star Is Gorn	7.6	91
8	Willesden Suite	7.8	94
9	Windows	6.8	84
10	Get Daley	8.4	89
11	A Well Fashioned Fit-Up	7.6	78

8.06 avg 9 episodes 8.3 → 8.4 50 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Goodbye Sailor	8.3	104
2	What Makes Shamy Run?	8.1	85
3	A Number of Old Wives Tales	8.3	91
4	The Second Time Around	7.1	78
5	Second Hand Pose	8.3	88
6	The Long Ride Back to Scratchwood	7.8	90
7	Hypnotising Rita	7.9	91
8	The Balance of Power	8.3	104
9	Around the Corner	8.4	90

7.66 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 6.3 55 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread	7.8	90
2	Life in the Fast Food Lane	8.2	79
3	The Return of the Invincible Man	8.3	96
4	Arthur Is Dead, Long Live Arthur	8.3	86
5	From Fulham with Love	7.7	86
6	Waiting for Goddard	7.4	82
7	Minder on the Orient-Express	7.3	358
8	A Little Bit of Give and Take	6.3	26

7.79 avg 7 episodes 6.9 → 8.3 55 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	An Officer and a Car Salesman	6.9	81
1	It's a Sorry Lorry Morrie	7.7	113
2	Days of Fines and Closures	8.1	91
3	Fatal Impression	7.2	85
4	The Last Video Show	8.7	108
5	Fiddler on the Hoof	7.6	87
6	The Wrong Goodbye	8.3	96

7.12 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 7.4 49 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur	7.5	65
2	A Bouquet of Barbed Wine	6.0	53
3	Whatever Happened to Her Indoors	7.3	59
4	Three Cons Make a Mountain	7.6	52
5	Guess Who's Coming to Pinner	7.2	63
6	The Last Temptation of Daley	6.9	46
7	A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherds Bush	7.1	54
8	Him Indoors	6.5	48
9	The Greatest Show in Willesden	7.0	53
10	Too Many Crooks	7.5	56
11	The Odds Couple	7.1	55
12	The Coach That Came in from the Cold	7.5	49
13	The Cruel Canal	7.4	54

7.03 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 7.5 50 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	I'll Never Forget Whats'ername	7.3	52
2	No Way to Treat a Daley	6.8	48
3	Uneasy Rider	7.1	48
4	Looking for Mr. Goodtime	6.6	48
5	Opportunity Knocks and Bruises	7.0	45
6	Gone with the Winchester	6.4	43
7	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Retiring	6.8	47
8	The Roof of All Evil	7.1	46
9	Last Orders at the Winchester	7.5	48
10	Cars and Pints and Pains	6.8	44
11	The Great Trilby	7.2	42
12	A Taste of Money	7.3	45
13	For a Few Dollars More	7.5	46

6.67 avg 10 episodes 7.4 → 6.2 50 min avg

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Fridge Too Far	7.4	50
2	Another Case of Van Blank	7.1	48
3	All Things Brighton Beautiful	7.2	55
4	One Flew Over the Parents' Nest	7.1	52
5	The Immaculate Contraption	6.7	41
6	All Quiet on the West End Front	6.7	48
7	The Great Depression of 1994	5.3	52
8	On the Autofront	6.1	55
9	Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley	6.9	54
10	The Long Good Thursday	6.2	62