[1983] Heggerty Haggerty - Yorkshire Television series for pre-school children presented and narrated by George Cole who appeared in front of illustrations of Heggerty Haggerty’s cottage alongside a few props (such as a rustic country wall or a washing line full of pyjamas).
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[1983] Dennis Waterman & George Cole - Top of the Pops performance of “What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors”, a novelty record based on the characters they played in Minder, which peaked at number 23 in the UK singles chart in 1983.
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[1977] Don’t Forget to Write! - The misadventures of an unsuccessful playwright, who is forced to make ends meet by writing screenplays which no-one ever seems to want to make into films (unless they’re very bad). Starring George Cole. First episode.
[1979] Minder - Comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld starring starred Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, an honest and likeable bodyguard and George Cole as Arthur Daley, a socially ambitious, but highly unscrupulous import-export wholesaler and used-car salesman. First episode.
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[1992] Root Into Europe - Henry Root, a fish dealer who disapproves of the impending European Union, declares himself England’s ‘European regulator’. He takes his wife Muriel on a tour of Europe to represent English values to mainland Europe. Starring George Cole and Pat Heywood. First episode.
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