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Only. fools v minder clash Xmas 86 ?
Robbedin73
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Reading David. Jason's (brilliant) autobiography and among many other things he talks about the clash between the then top 2 showe on tv
The clash was only fools " to hull and back v minder " on the orient express
Fools won by getting 17 million (minders figures aren't mentioned
Tho as this was a time of just 4 choices I guess there wasn't much option
Elsewhere
I actually remember watching Minder and recording fools
At this time minder was my must watch. As much as I loved ofah
So for those that remember who did you chose out of these two heavyweights
Also fools hadn't hit the heights then whilst minder had been running 6 years
Edited to say the year May be wrong but think it was 86 ?
The clash was only fools " to hull and back v minder " on the orient express
Fools won by getting 17 million (minders figures aren't mentioned
Tho as this was a time of just 4 choices I guess there wasn't much option
Elsewhere
I actually remember watching Minder and recording fools
At this time minder was my must watch. As much as I loved ofah
So for those that remember who did you chose out of these two heavyweights
Also fools hadn't hit the heights then whilst minder had been running 6 years
Edited to say the year May be wrong but think it was 86 ?
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No, To Hull and Back was the Xmas 1985 special, the 86 special was A Royal Flush. I've only seen the odd episode of Minder so I'd have watched OFAH that night!
So he's not a totally universal national treasure then?
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IIRC my family went with OFAH. We might have recorded MOTOE. I can't remember.
Might be basied having just read his autobiography and having g grown up watching him but I can't believe anybody not liking him in fact I have never known anybody not liking him still now
agree about the last few only fools episodes. the last one was important for the story too
Edited
Was gonna be another one in 2011 according to Jason but passing of John Sullivan put paid to that
My favourite Xmas special was the opera one in which Rodney falls in love
With a high class girl but understand it wasn't one of Jason's favourites
Due to lots of technical hitches plus contractual. Rows over music
Good co stars in Diane Langton and Jack headley
Strange how there hasn't been that many comedy dramas that have come very close to either series in the years since. Del Boy and Arthur Daley were such brilliant characters.
Maybe it's because there was only so much choice, and TV makers could put more eggs into one basket?
Still watch the old Minders on ITV4 - they recently showed the episode of the pop star who'd faked his death, with Mel Smith as his manager. Shame they didn't get him to do more, as he was as good an actor as comedian.
A one-off crossover episode would have been very interesting indeed!
Not that it would have ever happened as they were on rival channels though.
To think there was such a choice back in 1985, compared with the rubbish we are subjected to at Christmas these days!
Minder was certainly at its peak by the mid-1980s. Only Fools' Christmas specials were just starting to establish as a regular fixture, but it was already winning the ratings battle.
No I hate that one, David went OTT at the dinner scene in that ep. We lost sympathy for Del he was being downright nasty to Rodders.
To Hull and Back is a much better episode what with Roy Bullshit of the Yard Slater in it for the 2nd time.
Ooh, there are plenty who don't like him.
I like him, but he has shown some very poor judgement at times such as doing that terrible royal bodyguard thing. I thought he was excellent in OFAH and the early Frost episodes though.