MINDER Then and Now 

Me too..isn't it annoying when Wednesday's episode was the same one as Tuesday's though..lol

_TOTALLY AGREE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT AGAIN, WILL THINK OF YOU WHEN IT'S ON NEXT. (TUESDAY 19TH MAY)_ 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@@switchbladeromance1466 _YERR, THEY PUT THE PREVIOUS DAYS EDITION ON IN THE MORNING, AND A NEW ONE IN THE AFTERNOON_ 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@@whi5tler_1337 that's Arthur for you 🤣👍

@@whi5tler_1337 I will watch it tomorrow morning..👍👍

Yes agree it was a good time.

Me too

I completely agree life was so much better then. 😌

@@johnrider5701 Agree, John, happy days.

Quite a sad comment in a way, but I know what you mean, there is something about those years.

Arthur daley in the leeds liquid gold aderts were brill too

Tv nowadays is complete rubbish, full of pointless contests and overpaid celebs. London also used to be great.

@Red Pilled Fox Nothing would surprise me anymore. I no longer love this country but dont know where to escape to, lol.

@Fred Smith many parts of the UK now resemble down town Baghdad. They escape one shit hole only to want to change their new home into the shit hole they escaped from🙄

Brilliant video. There must be so much footage that also didn't make the airwaves. They use to film Minder and the Bill around our area quite a bit (W10/W11) they filmed in St Helens gardens laundrett for a whole day once but I never saw the episode on telly.

Thanks for the video Lee!. I loved Minder, one of my favourite TV shows. Interesting to see how the filming locations change over time!

Lee, thanks for these videos. I used to live in Acton and would often see them filming the show.

It is ITV4 that shows these and has been showing them repeatedly over the last decade- usually in the afternoon. I watch them for the nostalgia of old London and last week I came across this website with all the locations used in Minder (then and now) after wondering if the location for Goddard's [Ronald Fraser] house in 'Waiting for Goddard' was in Kings Cross: www.minder.org/locations/index2.htm

Im 23 and just started getting into The Sweeney and Minder

I never took to The Professionals - compared to Minder and The Sweeney it seemed very po-faced and grim, like they took themselves far too seriously.

@@Deano14397 ...and the torch is passed on!

@Mick Burns Minder & The Sweeney imo. I never took to the Professionals.

"Terry Mccann hard as nails" To begin with, certainly. But the last couple of series he was in, I couldn't help noticing he was never shown getting into punch-ups the way he'd done before. Was that "them upstairs" telling the producers to tone down the violence?

@@Krzyszczynski very true mate! . I bought the dvd box set and as i watched each episode i noticed too that there was less punch-ups with Terry in the later episodes. Still a great tv series though and better than the p.c. crap on telly these days!

I believe it is still there.

All sorted out after a few sherberts in the winchester.....on the slate dave.....

Thats fascinating actually. You wrote an episode ? How did that come about ?

@@dickweeeeeeeeeed Busy lad was our Dave. In between Doling out ammo at Rorke`s drift, he managed to run the Winchester!!😂

Thank you for your kind words.

@@leebottomley3007 Yes thanks for doing this. I used to live in Acton, West London in that period and would often see them in the area filming. I also worked at Fullers Brewery in Chiswick and we would often get Euston Films coming into loan beer cases and kegs for use in the Winchester Club.

It wasn't on the BBC.

An extra on the show. . . Drinking in the Winchester club. How lucky is that.

@@leebottomley3007 The Equity rate at the time for a non speaking extra was £100 per day. The beer you see the actors drinking was real! He got into the business by working as a film unit driver & eventually drove for Roger Moore during the making of The Saint & Persuaders.

Hi, thanks for your kind words. Have a great day

See also www.minder.org/locations/index2.htm

Thank you for your kind words.

Do what? Hit 'im Terry

The days before cameras on mobile phones. That’s an amazing memory to keep, the fact you saw them. Thanks for watching my video.

@@leebottomley3007 Your welcome Lee.

My late father Rex Hobbs was the property master on this great programme and he told me it was a pleasure to go to work with George Cole and Dennis Waterman.

@John Saunders George Cole played the spiv part very well but he was not like that at all - in fact he was quite a toff.

Hi John, thank you for your comments. Have a great day 👍

i grew up Hammersmith saw filming of minder . sweeney and proffesionals..im 56 now..

thats my mannor and Hammersmith😉

Wow!! Great detail thanks!!!!! N

@@michael5089 It was one of just a few productions I found out about from the *Bradford - City of Film* team on their *Bradford Film Heritage* website. I seem to know more about my city's films, TV shows and film locations than they do, as there's loads of stuff missing from their website which I will be revealing to them eventually when I get a job and start my own blogs about *Bradford's* famous people, places and things, and a second blog dedicated to *Bradford's* films, TV shows and film locations. They only mentioned one of the locations in *Minder* on their website which was *Bradford Forster Square* railway station, which used to be bigger than it is now, but as usual there was more. Not much more however as the others were only short shots, but the point still stands. For example I've just started watching *The Last Tango in Halifax* recently, and I noticed the *Cow and Calf Rocks* on *Ilkley Moor, Ilkley, Bradford* appeared in a scene in series 1, yet *Bradford Film Heritage* only noticed it appear in series 5. I also noticed a pub I had been in as a kid or a teenager in series 4, which I also noticed appeared in one or two episodes of *The Royal,* but I didn't know what it was called until now. I thought it was somewhere near *Bingley, Bradford* next to the *Leeds and Liverpool canal* but it's actually in *Shibden, Halifax* next to the *Shibden Brook canal,* and has been voted the *Best Pub in Yorkshire* before. I can now add it to *IMDB* now I know what it's called and where it is. Talking of *The Royal,* it used at least 5 *Bradford* locations including the interiors for the hospital which were in every single one of the 87 episodes, yet *Bradford Film Heritage* only mention 2 of those 5 *Bradford* locations. I've just finished series 4 of *The Last Tango in Halifax* which consists of just a couple of Christmas episodes. However I expect as the headteacher Caroline moved to *Huddersfield* in series 4, it'll be more likely that there will be more *Bradford* locations in series 5, than just *Ilkley Moor,* so I'll be keeping my eye out when I watch the rest tonight.

Great upload Lee.. how's your minder trivia knowledge? Two actresses who played Terry's long term girlfriend's, penny the air hostess (gennie nevinson) and debbie the stripper (diana malin) appeared in 4 and 5 episodes..but only 1 episode together..can you name the episode..I give you a clue..the story revolved around an animal?

Hi Matthew, Is it the episode when they had to get the bull from the field ? I remember the time when Penny and Debbie met in Terry’s flat. Very awkward. Penny was always the upper class one, but I really liked Debbie. Would have been interesting if Terry had to choose one or the other.

@@leebottomley3007 spot on mate!!!. A lot of bull and a pat on the back..1980..yeah penny was lovely but prim and proper..debbie was just..well..sex!!!..gorgeous both of em!!!.cheers mate.

Cheers Matthew. Have a great day. 👍

@@leebottomley3007 just been on minder.org..Brill cheers mate have nice night.

no you didnt.

@@bobwallacejnr6852 how the fuck would you know

Dennis is still alive he's 72