Minder: You Lose Some, You Win Some
10:10 pm - 11:20 pm, Tuesday, January 13 on That's TV 3 (71)
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You Lose Some, You Win Some
Season 2, Episode 3
A professional gambler needs to hide a group of people who might be able to help him win at roulette, so Arthur hits on the idea of using Terry's flat. Comedy drama, guest starring Anthony Valentine and featuring a pre-Birds of a Feather Lesley Joseph
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
George Cole
(Actor)
.. Arthur Daley
Dennis Waterman
(Actor)
.. Terry McCann
Anthony Valentine
(Actor)
.. Maurice Michaelson
Gennie Nevinson
(Actor)
.. Penny
Beth Morris
(Actor)
.. Jackie
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
(Actor)
.. Mrs Beecham
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
(Actor)
.. Maj Lampson
Clifford Parrish
(Actor)
.. Alnutt
Angela Easterling
(Actor)
.. Miss Carr
Kenneth Midwood
(Actor)
.. Jackson
Lesley Joseph
(Actor)
.. Maureen
James Gatward
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
George Cole
(Actor)
.. Arthur Daley
Born:
April 22, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Arthur Daley in Minder.
Early-life:
George Edward Cole was born in London on April 22, 1925. His mother, whom he never met, abandoned him at 10 days old, and he was adopted by the Cole family. George left school to be a butcher's boy, but won a part in a touring musical and opted for acting instead. At 15 he and his adoptive mother moved in with Alastair Sim's family after he appeared in a film with the thespian. They helped him lose his cockney accent, and he stayed with them until his first marriage at 27.
Career:
Cole made his big-screen debut in 1941's Cottage to Let, but didn't achieve fame until he landed the part of Flash Harry in the classic St Trinian's films. He went on to have a successful career on stage, TV and in movies, often appearing opposite mentor Sim in such productions as Scrooge and The Green Man. TV credits include My Good Friend, Dad, An Independent Man, Blott on the Landscape and Minder, which ran for 15 years. In his later years, he appeared in Station Jim, Bodily Harm, Mary Reilly, A Class Apart, and Diamond Geezer. He died on August 6, 2015, after a long illness. He was 90.
Quote:
"I made my first film in 1940. I can't think much has changed apart from the equipment and cost."
Trivia:
In 2013, Cole published his autobiography, The World Was My Lobster.
Dennis Waterman
(Actor)
.. Terry McCann
Born:
February 24, 1948
in
Clapham
Best Known For:
The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
Early-life:
Born February 24, 1948, in Clapham, south London, the youngest of nine children, the son of a British Rail ticket collector. As a child he attended the Corona Theatre School and began his professional career with a role in Snowball, a 1960 Children's Film Foundation production. The same year he made Night Train to Inverness, and was asked to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. Playing William in a TV series based on the Just William books made him a star. He then tried to break into Hollywood.
Career:
At 16, Waterman returned to Britain and concentrated on stage work until an acclaimed performance in 1968's Up the Junction led to more film roles. Low-budget movies (such as Scars of Dracula) and TV shows (including Colditz) followed until, in 1974, he co-starred with John Thaw in Regan, the pilot episode of iconic series The Sweeney, which became a major TV hit. A 10-year stint in comedy drama Minder followed. Other projects include TV shows On the Up, Stay Lucky, and Circles of Deceit. He's also worked on the stage, most notably in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, and My Fair Lady. As Gerry Standing, in BBC drama New Tricks, he has introduced himself to a new generation of fans.
Quote:
"If I am not such a hell-raiser any more, it isn't because I've given up. It's just that my energy levels have fallen. I haven't stopped looking at women. I'm not blind."
Trivia:
He has made several records, including, famously, the theme tunes of several of his TV shows.
Anthony Valentine
(Actor)
.. Maurice Michaelson
Gennie Nevinson
(Actor)
.. Penny
Beth Morris
(Actor)
.. Jackie
Peggy Thorpe-Bates
(Actor)
.. Mrs Beecham
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
(Actor)
.. Maj Lampson
Clifford Parrish
(Actor)
.. Alnutt
Angela Easterling
(Actor)
.. Miss Carr
Kenneth Midwood
(Actor)
.. Jackson
Lesley Joseph
(Actor)
.. Maureen
Born:
October 14, 1945
in
London
Best Known For:
Birds of a Feather.
Early-life:
Lesley Diana Joseph was born in London on October 14, 1945 and grew up in Northampton. At the age of seven, she made her stage debut in Hansel and Gretel at the New Theatre in Northampton. After training to be an actor at Lamda, she spent several years playing an assortment of roles at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter.
Career:
Joseph made her TV debut in a 1974 episode of Wendy Craig-fronted sitcom And Mother Makes Five. She went on to make appearances in Sadie, It's Cold Outside, The Knowledge and Minder. Her big break came in 1989 when she was cast as man-eater Dorien Green in popular sitcom Birds of a Feather. It ran on the BBC until 1998 but it returned in 2012 as a stage version. The interest generated by the stage version led to ITV commissioning a new series which began airing in January 2014. Away from Birds of a Feather, Joseph has also starred in ITV soap Night and Day, appeared in a number of pantomimes, been a regular guest on Loose Women and co-hosted a radio show on BBC London 94.9 with Christopher Biggins. In 2015, she was a contestant on ITV's celebrity sheepdog trials programme Flockstars.
Quote:
"Some people say there are fewer parts for older actresses, but it doesn't seem that way at the moment. I think there has been a renaissance for older women."
Trivia:
Joseph supports Tottenham Hotspur.
James Gatward
(Director)
