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The Best Episodes of Minder Season 8

Every episode of Minder Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Minder Season 8!

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Minder Season 8 Episode 4 - Three Cons Make a Mountain
    7.7/10(53 votes)

    S8:E4

    Arthur keeps acquiring items that won't do his reputation any good. How is he going to off-load them without the rest of the manor finding out he's been conned ?

    Director:Mike Vardy
    Writer:David Yallop

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  2. Minder Season 8 Episode 1 - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur
    7.5/10(68 votes)

    S8:E1

    After Terry marries and leaves for Australia without telling anyone, Arthur appoints his nephew Ray as his new minder and assistant, on similar vague and ungenerous terms. Ray proves himself as physically capable as Terry was, and also finds his French language skills of use when he is sent to Brussels to pick up a car.

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:David Yallop

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  3. Minder Season 8 Episode 10 - Too Many Crooks
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    S8:E10

    Arthur gets into the food business, but the chef he employs goes on the run from a group of gangsters, leaving him to cater for a policeman's retirement party.

    Director:Alister Hallum
    Writer:Tony Jordan

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  4. Minder Season 8 Episode 12 - The Coach That Came in From the Cold
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    S8:E12

    As Arthur attempts to ingratiate himself at the local golf club, DS Morley offers to sell him a police transport coach for a knock-down price.

    Director:Richard Standeven
    Writer:Kevin Clarke

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  5. Minder Season 8 Episode 3 - Whatever Happened to Her Indoors
    7.3/10(60 votes)

    S8:E3

    Her indoors has gone missing and Arthur is the police's prime suspect. More importantly, he's got a cash flow problem and his British car sales are being hampered by the Council.

    Director:Roger Bamford
    Writer:David Yallop

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  6. Minder Season 8 Episode 5 - Guess Who's Coming to Pinner
    7.3/10(66 votes)

    S8:E5

    At Charlie Johnson's funeral, a friend of Arthur's persuades him to help with the next 'big one'.

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:David Yallop

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  7. Minder Season 8 Episode 13 - The Cruel Canal
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    S8:E13

    When Ray's van breaks down whilst delivering two hundred video recorders to a client in Limehouse, Arthur needs alternative transport - and fast. He learns they were stolen property, and psychotic Big Dai wants them back...

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writers:Bernard Dempsey, Kevin McNally

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  8. Minder Season 8 Episode 7 - A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush
    7.0/10(55 votes)

    S8:E7

    Ray is given the task of minding a racing pigeon due to race from London to Bradford with a prize of 10,000 pounds at stake.

    Director:Roger Bamford
    Writer:David Yallop

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  9. Minder Season 8 Episode 9 - The Greatest Show in Willesden
    7.0/10(55 votes)

    S8:E9

    Arthur plans to boost the membership of the Winchester Club with some variety nights, but ends up in a spot of bother over a stolen karaoke machine.

    Director:Derek Banham
    Writers:Bernard Dempsey, Kevin McNally

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  10. Minder Season 8 Episode 11 - The Odds Couple
    7.0/10(59 votes)

    S8:E11

    Ray is assigned to look after the wife of a casino owner who has become a compulsive gambler. But Arthur finds himself strangely drawn to her husband's casino.

    Director:Keith Washington
    Writers:Tony Jordan, Liane Aukin

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  11. Minder Season 8 Episode 6 - The Last Temptation of Daley
    6.9/10(48 votes)

    S8:E6

    Arthur’s doctor wants him to give up alcohol and tobacco if he wants to avoid a stomach ulcer, but this causes him even more stress and he begins to believe that everyone's after him. The feeling is reinforced when building contractor Benny McLeish threatens him over a paint deal that goes sour.

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:William Ivory

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  12. Minder Season 8 Episode 8 - Him Indoors
    6.4/10(50 votes)

    S8:E8

    When Ron the Burglar, now reformed, opens Arthur Daley's lock-up with a metal comb, it's clear to that Daley Enterprises has to strengthen its warehouse security.

    Director:Roger Bamford
    Writer:Iain Roy

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  13. Minder Season 8 Episode 2 - A Bouquet of Barbed Wine
    6.1/10(54 votes)

    S8:E2

    Arthur ventures into the wine trade, but when the supplier is taken in for questioning, his wine is locked up by the police and somehow they've got to get it out.

    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writers:Bernard Dempsey, Kevin McNally

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Three Cons Make a Mountain" is the best rated episode of "Minder" season 8. It scored 7.7/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Mike Vardy and written by David Yallop, it aired on 9/26/1991. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Entrepreneur".