His 1969-77 reworkings of old material had all the panache of someone showing off their material for the first time, and this joy rubbed off on audiences who tuned in to his show in droves. comedian Jackie Gleason (though not point-by-point or in specifics). I agree though, this is better than an average vote.Click to expand.In many ways, Hill mirrored U.S. What is does lack is a decent punch-up and the 80s style meant dodgy boozers and strip clubs weren't going to feature the same way as before. This one also has my favourite Frank McDonald and Chris Rae track 'Slave Driver' playing at the record conpany when Arthur goes to visit. This does have a lot going for it though - Rycott is very good, Mel Smith is good as Cyril Ash, Michael Deeks is great, Tim Healy is in it, the dodgy record execs show a shady side to to the music industry and as always Arthur is superb.
I think this could have perhaps been done by newspaper headlines or one of the main characters watching a shortened TV report somehow.
My biggest criticism of this one is the overly extended scenes of Holloway dancing around at the start. This one does stretch the plausible perhaps with its story of a disappearing pop star but nevertheless is still a pretty good one I think. That said, Minder did evolve throughout the 80s and again into the 90s and the fact it stayed popular is perhaps due to it not sticking to its trusted first three series formula. This is one such episode that has a real 80s feel to it for me. As I have mentioned before Zimbo, I think series 4 starts to show the signs of the 1980s more so than the first three, with the first three offering a grittier 1970s feel them.
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