Minder: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Minder Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Jan 13, 1982
A crooked travel agent, Monty Wiseman gets Arthur and Terry to pick up a coffin at the airport and store it at the lock up. But when the coroner needs to perform an autopsy, despit
You Need Hands
Jan 20, 1982
Terry aids Des with a debt collection, but suffers a broken hand in a fight. Arthur has a special job lined up, and with his man out of action, has to hire another minder...
Rembrandt Doesn't Live Here Any More
Jan 27, 1982
When Arthur finds an artist who can turn out work as good as the originals, he thinks that he can make money, until a crooked art dealer tries to cut in on him.
Looking for Micky
Feb 3, 1982
Micky Dixon breaks out of jail in order to publicise his innocence, and Terry looks after him while the press try and hunt him down.
Dreamhouse
Feb 10, 1982
Terry house sits for a rock star who has gone on tour, but it turns out that the star is broke and the bailiffs arrive to take the furniture away.
Another Bride, Another Groom
Feb 17, 1982
Arthur's niece is getting married, but Terry, who should be driving the bride to the church, is using the limousine to pick up a load of porn books.
The Birdman of Wormwood Scrubs
Feb 24, 1982
An old friend of Arthur's, released from prison, hopes to pick up a large amount of money left over from a bank robbery. Things start to go wrong when the retired policeman who was
The Son Also Rises
Mar 3, 1982
When a school boy is terrorised by local thugs, his mother hires Terry to protect him. It turns out that the thugs have been hired by his father's ex partner, who is just out of ja
Why Pay Tax ?
Mar 10, 1982
Terry helps out Barry, an independent bookmaker, when he has to pay out a large amount of cash to one of his clients, in a deserted car park, but it turns out that he only wants Te
Broken Arrow
Mar 17, 1982
Arthur finds a potential darts champion playing for peanuts in a pub, and enters him in a local competition, but his man is nobbled. Seeing enough to organize his own tournament,
Poetic Justice, Innit ?
Mar 24, 1982
While Arthur does jury service, he leaves Terry in charge at the lock up. Debbie goes into the business of home hairdressing and on her first job, the client's house is robbed, and
Back in Good Old England
Mar 31, 1982
Jack Wragg, a villain who fled the country after a bank robbery, is back to see old friends and his former gang members. Will they be willing to come on in on another heist that he
In
Apr 7, 1982
Arthur gets arrested in a drugs raid after taking possession of a car bought in from Europe. Terry tries to hunt down the seller, and after a long chase he gets the driver, but bac
Christmas Bonus
Dec 26, 1983
This special Christmas episode presents highlights from earlier episodes, linked by some new material set in the Winchester Club.