"Look at those cliffs, Dave. To think we've had it all to ourselves since 1066."
"Pity we didn't keep it that way."
Amen to that, Dave.
Arthur, Ray and Dave take a ferry trip to Calais for some dirt-cheap wholesale booze. Arthur's contact Henry picks them up at a local cafe but takes them back to a warehouse full of excuses but no booze. Dave and Ray head off to the supermarket (or maybe it's the duty free shop at the ferry, I can't tell) to load up on EU-priced booze (still inexpensive relative to England). Arthur goes back to the cafe to dine with a beautiful middle-aged blonde (cinema beauty Mylene Demongeot, who lived to 87 and died in 2022, RIP) who originally mistook him for an old friend from the war years. Naturally, that causes them to miss the ferry.
Hijinks ensue.
Arthur teeing off on the chief inspector with a monologue full of historical British gripes about France is an all-time classic.
That's the comic high point. It gets quite a bit more dramatic from there. And Mme Demongeot gets more screen time. Which is a treat because even at 57 she might be the best-lookig dame to ever appear on Minder. And that French accent. C'est magnifique!
"Pity we didn't keep it that way."
Amen to that, Dave.
Arthur, Ray and Dave take a ferry trip to Calais for some dirt-cheap wholesale booze. Arthur's contact Henry picks them up at a local cafe but takes them back to a warehouse full of excuses but no booze. Dave and Ray head off to the supermarket (or maybe it's the duty free shop at the ferry, I can't tell) to load up on EU-priced booze (still inexpensive relative to England). Arthur goes back to the cafe to dine with a beautiful middle-aged blonde (cinema beauty Mylene Demongeot, who lived to 87 and died in 2022, RIP) who originally mistook him for an old friend from the war years. Naturally, that causes them to miss the ferry.
Hijinks ensue.
Arthur teeing off on the chief inspector with a monologue full of historical British gripes about France is an all-time classic.
That's the comic high point. It gets quite a bit more dramatic from there. And Mme Demongeot gets more screen time. Which is a treat because even at 57 she might be the best-lookig dame to ever appear on Minder. And that French accent. C'est magnifique!