Minder (TV series)

• Dennis Waterman: Terry McCann
• George Cole: Arthur Daley
• Glynn Edwards: Dave Harris
• Patrick Malahide: Detective Sergeant Chisholm
• Anthony Valentine: Maurice Michaelson
• Diana Malin: Debbie Mitchell

The watchdog ( Minder) is the title of a British television series that was broadcast on the UK broadcaster ITV 1979-1994.

The original main character, Terry McCann ( Dennis Waterman ) is a former professional boxer who works after settling a lengthy prison term absence of other employment opportunities as a bodyguard for working under the name Import-/Exportkaufmann rogue Arthur Daley ( George Cole ).

The series ran for a total of ten seasons, with Dennis Waterman, for which the series was originally tailored stopped after the seventh season. His role has been replaced by Arthurs nephew Ray Daley (Gary Webster ).

The series was conceived as a crime comedy, the comic element was emphasized more and more over time. Ultimately, it was mostly a matter that the unscrupulous crooks Arthur shuts off his bodyguard to some trickery, which then went wrong in the course of history.

The real charm of the series was mainly in local color, which of course was lost in the German dubbing. As was the usual - - ​​In addition, the consequences have been cut for the German version, on the one hand in time to fit into the time slot, on the other hand to be eve fit by removing violence or nudity.

The original theme song is sung by Dennis Waterman.