Amazon.co.uk Review
The one thing everyone wanted to watch on Christmas Day 1985 was this special film-length
Minder On the Orient Express. It was the end of Season 6 (of 10), and the show had never been more popular. It drew a star-studded cast that in turn drew audiences: Honor Blackman, Adam Faith, Ralph Bates and Amanda Pays feature prominently in a surprisingly complex story concerning millions in lost gangland money. Terry is given a pair of tickets for the Orient Express ("no, it's not a Chinese takeaway, Arthur") when he rescues Nikki South (Pays) from a mugging. So it is that the train sets off with Arthur having lied his way aboard, poor beleaguered DS Chisholm working with an Interpol Detective (Bates), several gang thugs led by Jimmy Crane (Faith, who doesn't sing!) and several gold diggers such as the flirtatious Helen (Blackman). An all-important paper envelope passes hands endlessly, while the action progresses into the realms of French farce as cabin doors rapidly open and close. A couple of explosions of fisticuffs seem to threaten the end of Croydon's finest second-hand car dealership, but all it'll take is a couple of "large VATs" to restore the Daley entrepreneurial spirit.--
Paul Tonks
Synopsis
Terry has been given tickets for the Orient Express by a mysterious young woman, but Arthur needs Terry for protection, and Terry needs Arthur like a hole in the head. By devious means Arthur boards the train only to find Chisholm is aboard working with Interpol.
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