Minder SE5 - EP1 Goodbye Sailor

1984 · Stepping Razor Sound Plate System

Minder (1984) SE5 - EP1 Goodbye Sailor [5 th Sep 1984] Arthur does a deal with Commander Hawksly to buy some cheap tobacco, sending Terry and Arnie down to Bucklers Hard to collect the stock. The following morning, when Arthur joins them, they find that Hawksly and Winstanley, the commodore of the sailing club, are running a profitable racket, smuggling the tobacco from France. They have to go out on Hawksly’s boat for the handover. They make the collection, but are detected and chased by a Customs launch, giving them the slip, although Winstanley is caught. Some of the tobacco, which was jettisoned overboard, is washed up on mudflats and the inttrepid trio retrieve it. (The episode title spoofs the popular phrase ‘Hello Sailor’.) George Cole as Arthur Daley, Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, Glynn Edwards as Dave Harris. Guest stars: Moray Watson as Commander Hawksly, Reginald Marsh as Johnny Winstanley, Ray Winstone as Arnie, Sarah Berger as Penny, Peter Rutherford as Large Man, Bill Treacher as Punter.