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Welcome to the Ford Capri of Podcasts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minder Podcast is a show launched July 2021 in honour of the greatest television show of all time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am your host Paul Stenning. More about me can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My enjoyable obsession is Minder and my initial wish back in the early 2000s was to write a book on the show, featuring interviews with as many of the original actors, actresses, writers and other staff or people involved as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the wonderful Minder.org<\/a> there were some great possibilities for interviewees, from Meic Povey to Nicholas Day. My own work behind the scenes brought me to the equally wonderful Gennie Nevinson and several other greats from the programme. It became a labour of love and unfortunately paid work had to take precedence. I simply did not have the time to do it justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward a few years and it became clear to me that if I could not do the book I was going to miss the opportunity to interview some of the people who were in the early episodes. The sober realisation is that none of them will live forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great news is that many of the cast members and writers are still going strong. Our very first guest, George Layton, is looking stylish and trim at 84! As he says, he thinks he looks \u201cbloody marvellous\u201d. Quite right too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the podcast gained momentum there were tribute shows added to the catalogue, which honoured Leon Griffiths, George Cole and Glynn Edwards as well as Andrew Payne and Mark Farmer to name just a few. They were all a tremendous part of what made Minder special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a fan I have attempted to find out as much as possible about episodes of the show as well as life behind the scenes to bring Minder to life in a new way. It\u2019s also important to me to recognise the amazing work of these television greats and to maintain the awareness of Minder for fans who never stopped watching as well as those new viewers who are just discovering the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In time there might also be exclusive content for members of the (virtual) Winchester Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for reading and listening and don\u2019t forget:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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