Bury My Half at Waltham Green

Episode Overview

Terry is hired to mind a recently released convict Albert Stubbs who doesn’t intend sharing his buried treasure with his old partners. It doesn’t take long before Rose Mellors, the wife of one of these partners, tracks Stubbs down. But who is the real Albert Stubbs? As Terry soon discovers, even being hired as Stubbs’s minder doesn’t mean he is told everything.

Cast

Nicky Henson as George Wilson, Kenneth Cope as Albert Stubbs, Ann Lynn as Rose Mellors, Tony Selby as Jack

Uncredited: Tony Allen as Removal Man (hiding Arthur’s mini in his van), Hal Galili as Terry’s sauna client, James Greene as Barman

Facts

Former Randall & Hopkirk star Kenneth Cope plays the part of Albert Stubbs in this episode which marks the first of three appearances for him in Minder over a 15 year period. This is the first time we see Terry driving around in a white Ford Capri, registration JRX 782P, seen as Terry collects (who he believes to be) Stubbs from Wormwood Scrubs. This particular car is never seen again. Glynn Edwards does not appear in this episode.

Filming Dates

June/early July or August 1979 (likely).

Double Take

Ann Lynn (Rose) and Tony Selby (Jack) would both later reprise their characters in episode #2.10 Diamonds Are A Girl’s Worst Enemy. Tony Selby would return again as a different character Muldoon in #7.2 Days Of Fines & Closures. Kenneth Cope would later appear as Scooter in #6.6 Waiting For Goddard and as Phelan in #10.9 Bring Me The Head Of Arthur Daley, the penultimate episode of the entire series.

 ‘Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee’, a 1970 book written by American Dee Brown that documents the history of native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century.

German Title: Am Golde hängt doch alles. Episode 9 of 16 shown in Germany on ARD.