Minder Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 6: Till Debt Do Us Part

  Archie organises a boxing match, intending to bet on the outcome and use his winnings to fund costly divorce proceedings, but his devious wife Delilah (guest star Josie Lawrence) second-guesses him and nobbles his contender. Unwilling to leave a friend in the lurch, Jamie volunteers to step into the ring instead - but the bout ends unexpectedly. Last in the series

• Season 1 Episode 5: Thank Your Lucky Stars

  Archie loses a former business associate's Porsche in a card game against a wealthy businessman, and enlists the help of poker expert Jamie to win it back. The venue for the replay is a country house owned by their opponent, whose wife proves an unlikely ally - but even with her assistance, the pair find the stakes uncomfortably high. Starring Shane Richie

• Season 1 Episode 4: Matter of Life and Debt

  Jamie is given the task of protecting grieving widow Maria Grant from a thug intent on mayhem, while Archie hires a medium (guest star Steve Pemberton) to help him find a hoard of stolen diamonds stashed away by his client's recently deceased husband Harry - and gradually begins to suspect she may have had a hand in his death

• Season 1 Episode 3: The Art of the Matter

  Archie visits the home of an elderly couple to buy several items of furniture, but discovers a painting he believes to be the work of elusive graffiti artist Banksy, and decides to purchase the item cheaply, intending to sell it for a big profit at auction. However, his plans to make a fortune are thwarted when it becomes apparent the mural is a fake - and he is prime suspect for the forgery. Maureen Lipman guest stars

• Season 1 Episode 2: In Vino Veritas

  Archie supplies some dodgy wine to old friend Maurice Robinson, before stepping in to help organise his daughter's wedding when he hears preparations are not going well. However, the wheeler dealer soon begins to wonder whether he has bitten off more than he can chew when the groom goes missing and a loan shark threatens to ruin the day. Rik Mayall and Meera Syal guest star

• Season 1 Episode 1: Better the Devil You Know

  Modern version of the classic comedy drama, which originally ran for 15 years from 1979-1994. Shane Richie stars as wheeler dealer Archie Daley, nephew of the legendary Arthur, alongside Lex Shrapnel as his bodyguard Jamie Cartwright. In the first episode, Archie enlists the help of taxi driver Jamie to settle his debt to a pair of menacing property developers