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Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
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Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Cast, crew and production details
George ColeArthur Daley
Dennis WatermanTerry McCann
Gary WebsterRay
Glynn EdwardsDave Harris
Patrick Malahide
Gennie NevinsonPenny
George LaytonDes
David JacksonMr Fletcher
ITV1United Kingdom
Euston FilmsUnited KingdomWatch options above are for the show and may vary by season or episode.
Episode 1
Arthur persuades Terry into donning his boxing gloves once more. Meanwhile, 'Dirty Harry' lives up to his name when he sells Arthur's council flat.
Directed by Ian ToyntonWritten by Leon GriffithsGuest stars Christine Kavanagh, Bruce Wells, George Innes, David Lodge, Ian McNeice, Anna Nygh, Peter Cheevers, Frank Gatliff
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Episode 2
When a wealthy garage owner's wife dies he retires and leaves the business to his children, while he hires Terry as a bodyguard to move money out of the business before the VAT man moves in.
Directed by Robert YoungWritten by Andrew PayneGuest stars Gillian Taylforth, Lionel Jeffries, Keith Barron, Angela Richards, Susan Fleetwood, Fiona Curzon, John Carlin, James Cosmo
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Episode 3
Terry is helping out a local gangster as a driver when they come back to the flat of his mistress and find that she has been robbed of her jewels. The thief is known to him, and he tries to get them back.
Directed by Robert YoungWritten by Dave HumphriesGuest stars David Calder, Sheila Ruskin, Chris Matthews, Paul Brooke, Jeremy Child, Hugh Sullivan, Richard Caldicot, Keith Smith
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Episode 4
Arthur joins up with legendary con artist J.J. Mooney, in a racing scam. They hire a postal address and Terry gets to mind three public phone boxes, and then they sit back and wait for the money to roll in. But it all starts to go wrong when J.J. has a heart attack...
Directed by Terry GreenWritten by Leon GriffithsGuest stars T. P. McKenna, Timothy Bateson, Shaun Curry, Jumoke Debayo, Rosalind Lloyd, Vinny Mann, Russell Wootton, Hugh Futcher
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Episode 5
When an unscrupulous builder wants a piece of land that is occupied by a local car dealer he hires a gang of thugs to move him out, and tries to lay the blame at the door of the local gypsies.
Directed by Francis MegahyWritten by Trevor PrestonGuest stars John Altman, Colin Jeavons, Jimmy Nail, Christopher Benjamin, June Whitfield, Jeff Stewart, Antony Scott, James Faulkner
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Episode 6
Arthur is tricked by a young Australian girl into helping find her boyfriend who has gone missing, with her share of some fraudulent loot.
Directed by Terry GreenWritten by Tony HoareGuest stars Larry Lamb, Penny Downie, Patrick Monckton, Barry Jackson, Keith Bell, Julianne White, Sally Tayler, Howard Lew Lewis
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Episode 7
Terry protects a rock star who has faked his death. His manager and producer want a share of the profits from his last record. Fortuitously, the tape has landed in Arthur's safe hands.
Directed by Ian ToyntonWritten by Tony HoareGuest stars Mel Smith, Primi Townsend, Charles Kay, Mike Holoway, Jackie Smith-Wood, Billy Hamon, Michael Deeks, Pearl Hackney
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Episode 8
Arthur gets in on a deal to provide a hotel with provisions. Terry helps out a young girl from Liverpool who wants to be a model but is ripped off by the photographer.
Directed by Francis MegahyWritten by Andrew PayneGuest stars Reece Dinsdale, Toby Robins, Bernard Kay, Sally Jane Jackson, William Simons, Susan Kyd, Michael Maloney, John Malcolm
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Episode 9
Arthur tries a new scheme in keep fit fashion, opening an aerobics studio. Terry disrupts his plans when he intercedes in a lovers' quarrel.
Directed by Robert YoungWritten by Geoffrey CaseGuest stars Tony Anholt, Stephen Rea, Janet Fielding, Patrick Troughton, Billy Hartman, Jenifer Landor, Ruth Goring, Valerie Buchanan
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Episode 10
When an illegal bookie threatens a customer who owes him money, the customer collapses and dies of a heart attack. Arthur, who is about to go into hospital for an operation, is an eye witness to the event and in no time he is being chased by the police, the bookie and the customer's family.
Directed by Ian ToyntonWritten by Andrew PayneGuest stars Kevin Lloyd, Roger Hammond, Maureen O'Farrell, Ian Bartholomew, Brian Peck, Brian Osborne, Harold Goodwin, Gorden Kaye
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Episode 11
When Arthur tries to sell some fake dresses to a fashion agent, he refuses, but offers Terry a job guarding his warehouse. Having already promised a pub owner that he will work for him, Arthur stands in...
Directed by Jim HillWritten by Barry PurcheseGuest stars Gerard Murphy, Sara Sugarman, Stanley Meadows, Christopher Fulford, Sean Lawlor, Oengus MacNamara, Bunny Reed, Jack Chissick
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