Minder (TV series) 2008, it was announced that "Minder" would go into production for broadcast in 2009 (on Channel 5) for a new version, though none of the original cast would appear in the new episodes. The new show focused on Arthur's nephew Archie (created solely for this new version), played by Shane Richie. The series began broadcast on 4 February 2009. In 2010, it was announced that no further episodes would be made following lukewarm reception to the first series. The show starred Dennis Waterman as Terry McCann, an honest and likeable bodyguard ("minder" in London slang) and George Cole as Arthur
Graham McCann was the television critic for the "Financial Times". In May 2015 he was awarded the "Best Correspondents prize" at the Leicester Comedy Festival on a writing piece which documented his discovery that Roy Clarke had been commissioned to write a sitcom for Morecambe and Wise, a project which was never finalised. Controversy ensued when McCann viewed his own Wikipedia page and discovered a series of inaccuracies on the page. He was however unable to correct these since he could provide no proof, and was accordingly suspected of vandalising his own page. A website dispute between McCann and several Wikipedia editors