Tag Archives: George Cole

Analysis of a Scene XXXIX: Cool Confident Chisholm

Posted on May 22, 2018 by admin

Time for a look at another one of our favorite scenes. This time we’ll be analyzing a brilliant DS Chisholm moment from Minder S02E12 “Caught in the Act, Fact.” (Recap here.) We particularly love this episode because Chisholm is very … Continue reading →

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Patrick Malahide in An Officer and a Car Salesman

Posted on March 14, 2017 by admin

December 26, 1988, Patrick Malahide appeared as Chisholm for the last time in Minder S07E01 “An Officer and a Car Salesman”.   It is a peculiar episode because some time has passed and the main characters have all moved on with … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Sailor and Chisholm’s Moments of Win

Posted on February 7, 2017 by admin

Goodbye Sailor Minder S05E01 “Goodbye Sailor” aired 5 Sept. 1984. It is infamous for the raft gag which actually could have injured Patrick Malahide. The stunt is discussed in some detail in the Minder episode of “Drama Connections” recapped here. … Continue reading →

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Patrick Malahide as DS Chisholm in Sorry Pal, Wrong Number

Posted on November 12, 2016 by admin

In Minder S04E04, “Sorry Pal, Wrong Number”, Arthur Daley  gets involved with charming con artist J. J. Mooney (T. P. McKenna). Mooney puts up the cash to set up a horse racing consultancy business, “Mayfair Course Consultants”. It is quite … Continue reading →

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Patrick Malahide as DS Chisholm in A Nice Little Wine

Posted on September 10, 2016 by admin

A Nice Little Wine In Minder S02E07, A Nice Little Wine, Arthur Daley tries to get into the wine business by buying a large £900 lot from dodgy wine merchant Clive Stannard (Peter Jeffrey) .  Later Clive is drugged and … Continue reading →

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Analysis of a Scene XXVI: Chisholm and British Telecom

Posted on June 26, 2016 by admin

RFodchuk and I have been going through a bit of Chisholm withdrawal, so we decided to revisit one of our favorite Chisholm moments.  This is from “Life in the Fast Food Lane” (recapped here).  Chisholm *knows* that Arthur Daley has … Continue reading →

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Patrick Malahide as DS Chisholm: Get Daley

Posted on November 15, 2015 by admin

Chisholm is typically a put-upon copper for whom nothing goes right. But, not always; sometimes he’s different.  Get Daley (S04E10) shows a more confident, dare I say menacing, Chisholm. He almost, but not quite, acts a bit of a bully. … Continue reading →

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Patrick Malahide in Drama Connections: Minder

Posted on September 20, 2015 by admin

In 2005, Patrick Malahide appeared in the documentary Drama Connections S01E04: Minder. Drama Connections would look at well-loved groundbreaking television shows. Actually, Mr. Malahide appeared in two episodes of this series, as they also took a look at The Singing … Continue reading →

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Something Neat XXIX: “Minder” Production Still

Posted on September 19, 2015 by RFodchuk

Stumbled across this online, quite by accident:  it’s an amazingly clear production still from the “Minder” episode, “Life in the Fast Food Lane” (reviewed by Admin).  I’m guessing it’s from the scene where Chisholm and Jones show up at Arthur’s … Continue reading →

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Patrick Malahide and Dennis Waterman

Posted on August 15, 2015 by admin

The beautiful photo of Dennis Waterman and Patrick Malahide is from The Daily Mail ‘s coverage of George Cole’s funeral.   Dennis Waterman delivered a loving eulogy which can be listened to on The Press Association’s YouTube.    It is very … Continue reading →

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