Television sales soared when Arlon took over the management of actor Dennis Waterman broadening the scope of his career with the production of several albums. Following on the success of "The Sweeney", he starred in the highly rated "Minder" series which was based on an idea conceived especially for Dennis by Jill Arlon - Minder was created by Leon Griffiths. Both Arlon and Waterman won Ivor Novello Awards for the title song to this series. It was with Waterman that Deke and Jill Arlon entered the film world with their first production, "A Captain's Tale – The First World Cup", followed by three two-hour television films, "Circles of Deceit" written for him by Jill Arlon.