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This series is a rare opportunity for an insight into Norwegian television and culture. It was made available in Britain through Channel 4 and its "Walter Presents" feature of foreign - language series. The presentation may be strangely low-key but there is much to be fascinated by:-

The multilingualism of daily life in Norway.

Unlike us Britons they don't always need subtitles. There is a lot of dialogue in English , especially in last two episodes (and German, for that matter). There are English - language pop tunes, including the series signature tune.

The famed Nordic scenery and healthy lifestyle, including an uncomplicated attitude to sexual relationships.

The Scandinavians' ambivalent relationship with their Viking heritage.

The plot may be didactic but that's justifiable in view of the 2011 terrorist attack by Anders Brevik.

In short, this series is undoubtedly worthy and worth watching.

There is a lot of enjoyable detail in this episode. It's a cameo of a time and place: London in the 1980's. The society and economy of Britain under the government of Prime Minister Thatcher. When prosperity was no longer to be gained through honest toil in traditional industries but rather in the media, celebrity culture and being an entrepreneur.

It's in this context that our lovable rogue Arthur Daley operates. Here he interacts with the British press, when it was still based in Fleet Street. In particular, he tries to take advantage of a new, brash, popular, national newspaper, the Daily Star. It did, and does still, exist. The front page story about an escaped prisoner was just the sort of thing that the paper favoured.

There is also gentle mockery of Britain's serious, high-minded, liberal newspaper, The Guardian. A rare sighting of another famous London newspaper, the Evening Standard, during that brief period when it was titled the New Standard. And finally, one fictional paper called the "Echo".

Reference is made to Ronald Biggs, a notorious, British train robber from the 1960's who became a criminal celebrity, being fêted by, among others, the Sex Pistols.

Dabbling in this dubious but popular world, Arthur comes into contact with some seriously nasty criminals. He's way out his depth and at first doesn't realise the danger he's in.

One of the other dubious characters is a rather sleazy newspaper man named Oates. He is played by Bill Nighy, here in his thirties, but who later went onto be one of Britain's best-loved actors, famed for his portrayal of characters on the big and small screens and indeed on the radio as well. Most of them, in fact, seemed like a development of the character he played here. He really just went from being a young roué to an old roué. He's only just retired, after his most acclaimed final major rôle (contrasting with his usual ones), in "Living" (2022).

There's a sweet cameo by Vanda Godsell, playing gangster's mum, Queenie, looking no older than when she played the saucy, middle-aged barmaid with a heart of gold in the much overlooked 1960 film "Hell Is A City" which showed the dangerous criminal underworld of Manchester.

Dennis Waterman's character, Terry, has never been more sympathetic than in this episode, when he squares up recklessly to the ruthless villains.

There's still plenty of humour, even if it's rather dark, and a running gag about some jackets that Arthur is trying to flog. I don't think I've ever found an episode of Minder more satisfying.

Series about hauntings tend to copy each other, not least by visiting the same places. Maybe it's laziness. Perhaps the owners of the properties in question find the publicity and income useful and are good at marketing themselves.

Westerfeld House had previously been visited by Zak Bagan's crew in Ghost Adventures, season 17, episode 7. It's an interesting place and it was worth a second visit but I'm not sure if this was the right team to do it.

"Team" is an exaggeration as it really is just Kesha and a sidekick, whose purpose, apart from overreacting, isn't really clear. She's a commanding presence all right, like Zak ( but different!) and the camera likes to linger on her, when it isn't chasing around.

Overall, there is too much of the latter and not enough time to absorb the building and its atmosphere. Also missing is any sense of expertise in what they are doing. Admittedly she did well to get the current owner of the property to contribute. What could have been interesting, however, wasn't explored in enough detail, such as the links to Houdini and the Satanists among the associates of Anton Szandor LaVey. Furthermore, the supposed link to Marconi was completely unsubstantiated and I defy anyone to find corroboration anywhere.

On the evidence of this, I will not bother watching any other episodes. Disappointing.