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Boon

TV·1986–1992·7 seasons, 93 episodes·ITV1·Comedy, Drama, Crime·1h

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Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV. It revolved around the life of a modern-day Lone Ranger and ex-firefighter, Ken Boon.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1986AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Box 13January 14, 1986Harry retires from the fire brigade and Ken is invalided out after his lungs are damaged while rescuing a boy from a fire. Harry buys a seed
  2. S01E02Fools Rush InJanuary 21, 1986
  3. S01E03Answers to the Name of WestonJanuary 28, 1986Elena and Arturo Sandini (aka Helen and Arthur Sanders) run a circus lion-taming show. They ask Ken to recover their lion, Watson, which has
  4. S01E04Grass WidowsFebruary 4, 1986While sorting out unpaid bills at The Grand, Doreen find s one relating to a man who has since died. Ken, Harry and Doreen visit his widow,
  5. S01E05Unto Us Four a SonFebruary 11, 1986Laurie Langley, a has-been pop singer, employs Ken to look after her son after she suspects that her ex-husband, Geoff Greenaway, is trying
  6. S01E06Boon S01E06Glasshouse PeopleFebruary 18, 1986Patsy, a young woman who is staying at The Grand, befriends Sidney Garbutt, another guest who has lost his memory. But what has caused Sidne
  7. S01E07Northwest Passage to Acock's GreenFebruary 25, 1986Ken is employed by a genial Irishman, Erroll McLaverty, to bring a canal boat back to Birmingham from near London. He takes Doreen and plans
  8. S01E08Something Old, Something NewMarch 4, 1986Ken recovers the antiques that Philip Banks and Georgina Pemberton, a couple of corrupt antique dealers, have defrauded from an old man, Mur
  9. S01E09For Whom the Chimes TollMarch 11, 1986Major Hopkinson, an old man who collects chiming clocks asks Ken for help after he is terrorised by some thugs to whom he owes money. But ha
  10. S01E10Jack of All TradesmenMarch 18, 1986
  11. S01E11Billy the KidMarch 25, 1986Harry is organising a charity football match between the firemen and the All Stars. Billy ""The Kid"" Buchan, an out-of-work Scottish footba
  12. S01E12Grand ExpectationsApril 1, 1986Ken falls off his bike while he is riding along a snowy country lane. The bike is damaged and needs a new rear suspension. Neighbour Ben Gib
  13. S01E13Full CircleApril 8, 1986The Karadia brothers run a carpet factory which has suffered more than its fair share of fires. The police, fire brigade and insurance compa

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes1987AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Texas RangersFebruary 17, 1987Harry has sold the Grand Hotel and bought a much more prestigious hotel, The Coaching Inn in Edgbaston. Doreen has moved to Spain and out of
  2. S02E02Special DeliveryFebruary 24, 1987Harry is thinking of extending the Coaching Inn and entertains a local councillor, James Petherbridge, to lunch in the hope that he will put
  3. S02E03Day of the YokelMarch 3, 1987Debbie thinks that Ken is getting very unfit so she takes him out jogging. A spirited elderly woman, Irene Maplethorpe, is being victimised
  4. S02E04Boon S02E04Smokey and the BandMarch 10, 1987Harry is searching for a group to provide entertainment at the Coaching Inn. He approaches Frankie Bass, a theatrical agent, who recommends
  5. S02E05Taken for a RideMarch 17, 1987Albion Firetrucks, a local company which makes fire engines, has the computer plans for its new high-tech prototype stolen, when Ken is knoc
  6. S02E06Wheels of FortuneMarch 24, 1987Rocky has his bike stolen by an opportunist thief, Nick, while he is collecting a package from an office in the city centre... and being cha
  7. S02E07A Ride on the Wild SideMarch 31, 1987Ken makes a delivery to a house which is being used as a studio for the making of pornographic films. When Barry Drinkwater, the film dire
  8. S02E08Credit Where It's DueOctober 27, 1987The episode starts with a bang as Rocky suspects that Texas Rangers is delivering IRA bombs. Explosions aren't the only thing in the air as
  9. S02E09Trudy's GritNovember 3, 1987A new recruit is oblivious of the jealousy around her as she concentrates on the man who intends to repossess her father's stately home - a
  10. S02E10A Fistful Of PesetasNovember 10, 1987An unwelcome guest checks in at the Inn - Harry's Ex-wife, who is then kidnapped ! Meanwhile, Ken, Rocky and their new van attempt to deliv
  11. S02E11Paper MafiaNovember 17, 1987Rocky's in love again. This time it's with the delectable Guiseppina, daughter of the owner of 'The Pizza Palace', an establishement so fort
  12. S02E12Fiddler Under The RoofNovember 24, 1987A huge wedding reception at 'The Coaching Inn' gets out of hand when the bride's family discovers the groom's identity.
  13. S02E13A Once Fluid ManDecember 1, 1987Ken encounters an old friend and meets up with a former love, Detective Constable Margaret Daly, at an aerobics class.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0313Episodes1988–89AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Charity Begins At Home (Part One)November 1, 1988Harry organises a charity ball with a dodgy character who runs off with all the money, leaving Harry to face an investigative journalist's c
  2. S03E02Boon S03E02Charity Begins At Home (Part Two)November 8, 1988Ken and Margaret finally track down the runaway Jay, but not before he's spent all the money. During the course of an unusual blackmail case
  3. S03E03Boon S03E03A Fistful of PesetasNovember 10, 1987Ken becomes a minder for a spy who has just been released from prison - a newspaper has an exclusive story contract and wants to protect its
  4. S03E04Paper MafiaNovember 17, 1987Ken and Margaret try to trace a missing husband who has absconded with his firm's money. Meanwhile, Harry holds an Australian Evening at 'Th
  5. S03E05Fiddler Under the RoofNovember 24, 1987An unscrupulous fast-food king get his comeuppance for exploiting his young employees in spite of Ken Boon's attempts to keep the peace. Ha
  6. S03E06A Once Fluid ManDecember 1, 1987Margaret and Ken try to nail a gangster with little success, but they do manage to deliver a writ and help a boy when his mother decides to
  7. S03E07Honourable ServiceDecember 13, 1988Ken is involved with the fire service again - this time in the pursuit of a bent fireman turned arsonist. Harry, meanwhile, embarks on a se
  8. S03E08PeacemakerDecember 20, 1988Margaret is hired to find a runaway rock star, and finally gets him back with Rocky's help. Ken, meanwhile, is following a man who is suppos
  9. S03E09The Devil You KnowDecember 27, 1988When Ken and Margaret are used to provide a false alibi for a robber, they find themselves under suspicion from the police. Harry helps a
  10. S03E10Banbury BlueJanuary 3, 1989Sheep rustlers and rare-egg smugglers are tracked down, while Harry has to deal with unwanted attentions from a besotted admirer.
  11. S03E11One Reborn Every MinuteJanuary 10, 1989Ken is hired by an American evangelical preacher to find out who is sabotaging his show in Birmingham and ruining his chances of winning a c
  12. S03E12The Fall & Rise Of The Bowman EmpireJanuary 17, 1989While Harry has to contend with mice, Ken is hired to keep an ex-con out of trouble; the ex-con turns out to be more than capable of looking
  13. S03E13The Not-So-Lone RangerJanuary 24, 1989Ken and Margaret help a jockey whose wife has been kidnapped to force him to lose a race. Rocky tracks down a beautiful graffiti artist, a

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season0413Episodes1989AiredSeason avg
  1. S04E01Walking off AirOctober 2, 1989Ken has moved to Nottingham and has set up Boon Investigations, operating out of a small office near the Castle. His first case involves him
  2. S04E02Of Meissen MenOctober 9, 1989Ken is approached by Marion Kershaw who is looking for her missing husband, Geoff, who is in ""the import/export business"". Ken soon discov
  3. S04E03The Relief of Matty KingOctober 16, 1989At the Magistrates Court, the renewal of a gaming licence for the Carrington Club run by Dick Vaughan, is postponed pending further enquirie
  4. S04E04Vallance's LibertyOctober 23, 1989A middle-aged couple, Terry and Gill Conroy, driving an expensive Jaguar, break down in a residential street, outside the house owned by Geo
  5. S04E05Do Not Forsake MeOctober 30, 1989Robert Messener employs Ken to act as his bodyguard and chauffeur, and to run various errands associated with the sale of his house and his
  6. S04E06Arms and the DogNovember 6, 1989Ken and Harry are guarding Tinkerbell, a greyhound, at Woodcote Park, before her big race. The owner, Mr Hancock, insists that Tinkerbell mu
  7. S04E07Sickness and HealthNovember 13, 1989Ken is employed by the owners of a nursing home to investigate a series of petty thefts of patients' money. Because of pressure of work, he
  8. S04E08In It for the MonetNovember 20, 1989Mr and Mrs Sheridan, parents of Isobel, a university student studying Art History, ask Ken to investigate why their daughter has changed and
  9. S04E09Love Letters From A Dead ManNovember 27, 1989As he is driving along a country lane towards Woodcote Park, Harry sees a racing cyclist being harassed by a souped-up car. The cyclist, Ian
  10. S04E10Big Game HuntDecember 4, 1989The Bisons, a secret society similar to the Freemasons, is holding its meeting at Woodcote Park. Large amounts of alcohol are consumed. On t
  11. S04E11Don't Buy from Me, ArgentinaDecember 11, 1989Helen is hosting a party for Argentinian polo players at Woodcote Park. She falls for Raoul Gomez, a suave Argentinian. Aiden Curtis, the hu
  12. S04E12Boon S04E12All in a Day's PorkDecember 18, 1989Ken is employed by Amelia Woods, a secretary at a local meat-processing factory, to investigate why various dictation tapes and letters go m
  13. S04E13The Eyes of TexasDecember 20, 1989Harry is making plans to sell his stake in Woodcote Park because it is losing money. He is thinking of buying ""Hugo's"", a nightclub and di

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season0513Episodes1990AiredSeason avg
  1. S05E01Trouble in the FieldsSeptember 25, 1990Harry has evidently gone up in the world since he sold Woodcote Park because he now drives a Jaguar XJ6. He is planning to start a security
  2. S05E02Tales from the River BankOctober 2, 1990Ken is asked to investigate the fiancée of Lawrence Varlish. He suspects that she might be having an affair with her hypnotherapist, Geoffr
  3. S05E03Boon S05E03Work, Rest & PlayOctober 9, 1990Harry has a contract to guard the puppies that a pedigree Afghan hound is expecting. When the puppies are born, it turns out that the father
  4. S05E04The Belles of St. GodwaldsOctober 16, 1990Justina Bradleigh is a beautiful but spoilt 18-year-old pupil at St Godwald's, a girls' public school. She is secretly going out with Perry,
  5. S05E05Rival EyesOctober 23, 1990Harry has just moved to the peaceful village of Upper Ridley and Rocky is lodging with him. They help Sylvia Clayborough, a young widow, who
  6. S05E06Burning AmbitionOctober 30, 1990Lorraine Simpson is a red-headed young teenager who has just been released from borstal after serving a sentence for arson. Why has she kept
  7. S05E07Boon S05E07Bully BoysNovember 6, 1990Laura is looking after Greg Willis, the ten-year-old son of Harry's friends who are away on holiday. Greg is very withdrawn and doesn't want
  8. S05E08A Night at the BalletNovember 13, 1990CBS are looking after security at the Theatre Royal for a charity gala. One of the ballet dancers, Jan Melzer, is quite obviously scared sti
  9. S05E09UndercoverNovember 20, 1990Laura and Rocky have been given the task of tailing Victor Howells, a young man who has just been released from prison. He is described by K
  10. S05E10Daddy's GirlNovember 27, 1990Ken and Harry are guarding Upper Ridley Hall, near where Harry lives, and where a big Society wedding will be taking place between Sir Alan
  11. S05E11Boon S05E11Best Left BuriedDecember 4, 1990CBS has been given the contract to guard a building site - a derelict church which is due to be demolished and replaced with luxury flats by
  12. S05E12Boon S05E12Thicker Than WaterDecember 11, 1990Margery Keeverton is looking after the estate of her uncle, Geoffrey Keeverton, who has just died. He had made a considerable amount of mone
  13. S05E13The Tender TrapDecember 18, 1990In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Lawrence Drake, a rich ex-racing driver, asks Ken to watch his wife, Pamela, whom he suspects is havin

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season0614Episodes1991AiredSeason avg
  1. S06E01Help Me Make It Through The NightSeptember 24, 1991Ken is in the process of moving into a derelict house in the village of Upper Ridley. He has arranged with the owner that he will live there
  2. S06E02Two Men in a VaultOctober 1, 1991Ken and Harry call in on the spur of the moment to check Don Jakes, the security guard that they have employed at a safety deposit company,
  3. S06E03Trial and ErrorOctober 8, 1991Ken and Harry are involved in a court case, giving evidence against a landlord, Michael Roach who is accused of terrorising his tenants into
  4. S06E04CoverupOctober 15, 1991Ken makes a start on renovating Orchard Cottage. Pam Strong, one of his neighbours and the widow of a fireman, tentatively asks him for help
  5. S06E05The Barefaced ContessaOctober 22, 1991A mother and daughter, Jean and Isabella di Cesare, are staging a fashion show on board a boat and taking money for the dresses that they ar
  6. S06E06Boon S06E06Lie of the LandOctober 29, 1991CBS have been employed to guard the pheasants in a wood owned by Lord Melverley of Whitley Hall, in preparation for the annual Shoot on the
  7. S06E07Lost On The RangeNovember 5, 1991A riding stables owned by Helen Davison is vandalised. Vincent Batten, who owns most of the horses in the stables, wants CBS to provide secu
  8. S06E08Pillow TalkNovember 12, 1991Harry is employed by a lawyer, Caroline Mortlake, to protect her and her 16-year-old daughter Emma. Caroline and Emma are being pestered by
  9. S06E09Cab Rank CowboysNovember 19, 1991Ken discovers that it is hard to find a cab when you need one, particularly when a thief has the same idea.
  10. S06E10HouseguestsNovember 26, 1991Harry is taken for a ride when he accepts a job minding a country mansion and discovers uninvited guests in his flat.
  11. S06E11Bad PenniesDecember 3, 1991
  12. S06E12When Harry Met JaniceDecember 10, 1991
  13. S06E13Stamp DutyDecember 17, 1991
  14. S06E14The Night Before ChristmasDecember 24, 1991Harry falls for Jo Beckett (Jill Gascoine), ""The Woman Of My Life"", who owns a jazz club, ""Smoky Jo's"". He plans to marry Jo (he buys he

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season0714Episodes1992AiredSeason avg
  1. S07E01MacGuffin's TransputerSeptember 8, 1992Laura has left CBS: according to Rocky this is because she felt that Harry was taking her for granted. Charlie Hardiman is having to answer
  2. S07E02Boon S07E02Queen's GambitSeptember 15, 1992At a Rotary Club dinner, Harry meets Joe Green, a local businessman. Joe is at the centre of a hate campaign: his car has been repeatedly sa
  3. S07E03WalkoutSeptember 22, 1992Mrs Van Bueren, a middle-aged widow, arrives home to find that she has been burgled. Fortunately the thieves have not taken her jewels. She
  4. S07E04DeadlineSeptember 29, 1992Protecting a woman from her nuisance husband appears to be a straightforward assignment until strange things begin to happen.
  5. S07E05Away from It AllOctober 6, 1992Ken is on the brink of quitting the security business after dealing with a messy adultery case, so Harry sends him to a rural retreat run by
  6. S07E06Message in a BottleOctober 13, 1992Ken investigates the case of a larger-than-life businessman who is accused of kidnapping a young child.
  7. S07E07The Sharp EndOctober 20, 1992While Ken helps the traders, Harry and Alex try to win a big security contract and find themselves at odds with their partner.
  8. S07E08Is There Anybody There?October 27, 1992Ken has a spine-chilling confrontation with the supernatural when he is called in to guard expensive antique fittings in an eerie manor.
  9. S07E09MinderNovember 3, 1992Rocky and Alex are planning a surprise birthday party for Ken. To get him out of the way, Harry pretends that he is being harassed and needs
  10. S07E10Boon S07E10Love or MoneyNovember 10, 1992Ken gets emotionally involved with a wealthy woman - a 65-year-old pools winner.
  11. S07E11BlackballedNovember 17, 1992Ken and Harry's close and loyal relationship comes under severe strain when Harry is arrested on suspicion of fraud.
  12. S07E12Whispering GrassNovember 24, 1992Boon's ""Girl Friday"" Alex is in love with a man who has just been released from prison. Will he slip back into crime?
  13. S07E13Shot in the DarkDecember 1, 1992Harry falls hopelessly in love with a woman he meets at a fair, but his boasting lands him in hot water.
  14. S07E14Thieves Like UsCBS are employed to go undercover in order to solve a jewellery theft from a hotel strongroom. Max Cone, the fiancé of the owner's daughter

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