George cole who plays the part of Arthur Daly is astoundingly brilliant and acts his part as if it came naturally to him. Also, in 2004, Kenny released yet another album Coming Home which featured a "chilled" (and slower) recording of the song as its opening track.

Spanning 15 years with a staggering 108 episodes, Minder became one of Thames Television’s most successful series of the 1980s, screening in over 70 countries. A Tethered Goat', 'The Bounty Hunter', 'Aces High - and Sometimes Very Low', 'The Bengal Tiger', 'Come in T-64, Your Time Is Ticking Away', 'Monday Night Fever', 'The Dessert Song' and 'You Gotta Have Friends'. Box set containing all 107 episodes of the BAFTA award-winning Thames TV comedy drama series starring Dennis Waterman and George Cole. Arthur Edward Daley is a mid-level professional criminal of mature years, a minor con man eternally involved in dodgy dealings and usually seen puffing Castella Panatella cigars.McCann, an ex-boxer, has decided to go straight, but with "Arfur's" shady deals, Terry has his work cut out for him. During the Dennis Waterman era, the closing credits consisted of a number of black and white (with blue tint) still photographs of Arthur and Terry together outside famous London landmarks, and a few hinting of (unseen) previous escapades typical of a standard episode plot.

However, after a two-and-a-half-year break, the show was back again for a further two-and-a-half-years, which ended with the 10th series in 1994.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Other promotions included advertisements on taxi receipts, a social networking campaign and branded beer mats, all designed to attract the young male audience Channel 5 was targeting.

Unlike Terry before him, Ray has no police record but that does not stop him being apprehended by police, and Arthur has to talk them into letting him go ('Cars and Pints and Pains'). Rycott previously had a "spot of bother", which prevented him from rising through the ranks, although he later became a detective sergeant. There would have been more chance of hell freezing over than anyone other than Dennis Waterman doing the theme tune.Although not seeming particularly bright on first sight, Jones often proved mildly sharper than his superior, and was quietly amused by Arthur's frequent humiliation of Chisholm, even occasionally going into the Winchester for a social drink, away from Chisholm's domination.