Minder SE6 - EP4 Arthur Is Dead, Long Live Arthur

1985 · Stepping Razor Sound Plate System

Minder (1985) SE6 - EP4 Arthur is Dead, Long Live Arthur [25 th Sep 1985] Under siege by tax collectors and other creditors, Arthur decides there’s only one way out. He disappears, leaving a suicide note, which berates the Inland Revenue for hounding him. The note is found by a newspaper reporter and Arthur becomes a minor celebrity. But unknown to anyone, even Terry, arthur has gone to ground in a small hotel, disguised as a novelist seeking solitude. Terry is furious with Arthur for not confiding in him. The hotel owner has realised who her mysterious guest is. She is highly insulted, but agrees to play along with the story that Arthur stumbled in one night with amnesia. In return, Arthur gives her the Ford Granada car he’d been driving. Chisholm and Jones don’t believe his story, but can’t prove otherwise. Most of Arthur’s cronies at the Winchester, who had contributed to have a papier-mache bust of him made, are (fairly) pleased to see him restored to life. (The episode title spoofs the proverb, ‘the King is dead, long live the King’.) George Cole as Arthur Daley, Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, Glynn Edwards as Dave Harris. Guest stars: Penny Morrell as Daphne Mount, Marl Farmer as Justin, Jonathan Elsom as Mr. Muir, Ben Howard as Second-hand Sid, Robert Austin as Freddy the Fly, Royce Mills as Andrew, Johnnie Wade as Albert, Paul Cooper as Ron, John Alkin as John Beadle, Barry Ewart as 1 st Reporter, John Livesey as 2 nd Reporter.