Boon
Boon

Boon

1986 7 Seasons 93 Episodes ⭐ 5.8 Comedy Drama Crime

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.

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Box 13

Harry retires from the fire brigade and Ken is invalided out after his lungs are damaged while rescuing a boy from a fir

EP 2

Fools Rush In

EP 3

Answers to the Name of Weston

Elena and Arturo Sandini (aka Helen and Arthur Sanders) run a circus lion-taming show. They ask Ken to recover their lio

EP 4

Grass Widows

While sorting out unpaid bills at The Grand, Doreen find s one relating to a man who has since died. Ken, Harry and Dore

EP 5

Unto Us Four a Son

Laurie Langley, a has-been pop singer, employs Ken to look after her son after she suspects that her ex-husband, Geoff G

EP 6

Glasshouse People

Patsy, a young woman who is staying at The Grand, befriends Sidney Garbutt, another guest who has lost his memory. But w

EP 7

Northwest Passage to Acock's Green

Ken is employed by a genial Irishman, Erroll McLaverty, to bring a canal boat back to Birmingham from near London. He ta

EP 8

Something Old, Something New

Ken recovers the antiques that Philip Banks and Georgina Pemberton, a couple of corrupt antique dealers, have defrauded

EP 9

For Whom the Chimes Toll

Major Hopkinson, an old man who collects chiming clocks asks Ken for help after he is terrorised by some thugs to whom h

EP 10

Jack of All Tradesmen

EP 11

Billy the Kid

Harry is organising a charity football match between the firemen and the All Stars. Billy ""The Kid"" Buchan, an out-of-

EP 12

Grand Expectations

Ken falls off his bike while he is riding along a snowy country lane. The bike is damaged and needs a new rear suspensio

EP 13

Full Circle

The Karadia brothers run a carpet factory which has suffered more than its fair share of fires. The police, fire brigade

EP 1

Texas Rangers

Harry has sold the Grand Hotel and bought a much more prestigious hotel, The Coaching Inn in Edgbaston. Doreen has moved

EP 2

Special Delivery

Harry is thinking of extending the Coaching Inn and entertains a local councillor, James Petherbridge, to lunch in the h

EP 3

Day of the Yokel

Debbie thinks that Ken is getting very unfit so she takes him out jogging. A spirited elderly woman, Irene Maplethorpe,

EP 4

Smokey and the Band

Harry is searching for a group to provide entertainment at the Coaching Inn. He approaches Frankie Bass, a theatrical ag

EP 5

Taken for a Ride

Albion Firetrucks, a local company which makes fire engines, has the computer plans for its new high-tech prototype stol

EP 6

Wheels of Fortune

Rocky has his bike stolen by an opportunist thief, Nick, while he is collecting a package from an office in the city cen

EP 7

A Ride on the Wild Side

Ken makes a delivery to a house which is being used as a studio for the making of pornographic films. When Barry Drink

EP 8

Credit Where It's Due

The episode starts with a bang as Rocky suspects that Texas Rangers is delivering IRA bombs. Explosions aren't the only

EP 9

Trudy's Grit

A new recruit is oblivious of the jealousy around her as she concentrates on the man who intends to repossess her father

EP 10

A Fistful Of Pesetas

An unwelcome guest checks in at the Inn - Harry's Ex-wife, who is then kidnapped ! Meanwhile, Ken, Rocky and their new

EP 11

Paper Mafia

Rocky's in love again. This time it's with the delectable Guiseppina, daughter of the owner of 'The Pizza Palace', an es

EP 12

Fiddler Under The Roof

A huge wedding reception at 'The Coaching Inn' gets out of hand when the bride's family discovers the groom's identity.

EP 13

A Once Fluid Man

Ken encounters an old friend and meets up with a former love, Detective Constable Margaret Daly, at an aerobics class.

EP 1

Charity Begins At Home (Part One)

Harry organises a charity ball with a dodgy character who runs off with all the money, leaving Harry to face an investig

EP 2

Charity Begins At Home (Part Two)

Ken and Margaret finally track down the runaway Jay, but not before he's spent all the money. During the course of an un

EP 3

A Fistful of Pesetas

Ken becomes a minder for a spy who has just been released from prison - a newspaper has an exclusive story contract and

EP 4

Paper Mafia

Ken and Margaret try to trace a missing husband who has absconded with his firm's money. Meanwhile, Harry holds an Austr

EP 5

Fiddler Under the Roof

An unscrupulous fast-food king get his comeuppance for exploiting his young employees in spite of Ken Boon's attempts to

EP 6

A Once Fluid Man

Margaret and Ken try to nail a gangster with little success, but they do manage to deliver a writ and help a boy when hi

EP 7

Honourable Service

Ken is involved with the fire service again - this time in the pursuit of a bent fireman turned arsonist. Harry, meanwh

EP 8

Peacemaker

Margaret is hired to find a runaway rock star, and finally gets him back with Rocky's help. Ken, meanwhile, is following

EP 9

The Devil You Know

When Ken and Margaret are used to provide a false alibi for a robber, they find themselves under suspicion from the poli

EP 10

Banbury Blue

Sheep rustlers and rare-egg smugglers are tracked down, while Harry has to deal with unwanted attentions from a besotted

EP 11

One Reborn Every Minute

Ken is hired by an American evangelical preacher to find out who is sabotaging his show in Birmingham and ruining his ch

EP 12

The Fall & Rise Of The Bowman Empire

While 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 tha

EP 13

The Not-So-Lone Ranger

Ken and Margaret help a jockey whose wife has been kidnapped to force him to lose a race. Rocky tracks down a beautifu

EP 1

Walking off Air

Ken has moved to Nottingham and has set up Boon Investigations, operating out of a small office near the Castle. His fir

EP 2

Of Meissen Men

Ken is approached by Marion Kershaw who is looking for her missing husband, Geoff, who is in ""the import/export busines

EP 3

The Relief of Matty King

At the Magistrates Court, the renewal of a gaming licence for the Carrington Club run by Dick Vaughan, is postponed pend

EP 4

Vallance's Liberty

A middle-aged couple, Terry and Gill Conroy, driving an expensive Jaguar, break down in a residential street, outside th

EP 5

Do Not Forsake Me

Robert Messener employs Ken to act as his bodyguard and chauffeur, and to run various errands associated with the sale o

EP 6

Arms and the Dog

Ken and Harry are guarding Tinkerbell, a greyhound, at Woodcote Park, before her big race. The owner, Mr Hancock, insist

EP 7

Sickness and Health

Ken is employed by the owners of a nursing home to investigate a series of petty thefts of patients' money. Because of p

EP 8

In It for the Monet

Mr and Mrs Sheridan, parents of Isobel, a university student studying Art History, ask Ken to investigate why their daug

EP 9

Love Letters From A Dead Man

As he is driving along a country lane towards Woodcote Park, Harry sees a racing cyclist being harassed by a souped-up c

EP 10

Big Game Hunt

The Bisons, a secret society similar to the Freemasons, is holding its meeting at Woodcote Park. Large amounts of alcoho

EP 11

Don't Buy from Me, Argentina

Helen is hosting a party for Argentinian polo players at Woodcote Park. She falls for Raoul Gomez, a suave Argentinian.

EP 12

All in a Day's Pork

Ken is employed by Amelia Woods, a secretary at a local meat-processing factory, to investigate why various dictation ta

EP 13

The Eyes of Texas

Harry is making plans to sell his stake in Woodcote Park because it is losing money. He is thinking of buying ""Hugo's""

EP 1

Trouble in the Fields

Harry has evidently gone up in the world since he sold Woodcote Park because he now drives a Jaguar XJ6. He is planning

EP 2

Tales from the River Bank

Ken is asked to investigate the fiancée of Lawrence Varlish. He suspects that she might be having an affair with her

EP 3

Work, Rest & Play

Harry has a contract to guard the puppies that a pedigree Afghan hound is expecting. When the puppies are born, it turns

EP 4

The Belles of St. Godwalds

Justina Bradleigh is a beautiful but spoilt 18-year-old pupil at St Godwald's, a girls' public school. She is secretly g

EP 5

Rival Eyes

Harry has just moved to the peaceful village of Upper Ridley and Rocky is lodging with him. They help Sylvia Clayborough

EP 6

Burning Ambition

Lorraine Simpson is a red-headed young teenager who has just been released from borstal after serving a sentence for ars

EP 7

Bully Boys

Laura is looking after Greg Willis, the ten-year-old son of Harry's friends who are away on holiday. Greg is very withdr

EP 8

A Night at the Ballet

CBS are looking after security at the Theatre Royal for a charity gala. One of the ballet dancers, Jan Melzer, is quite

EP 9

Undercover

Laura and Rocky have been given the task of tailing Victor Howells, a young man who has just been released from prison.

EP 10

Daddy's Girl

Ken and Harry are guarding Upper Ridley Hall, near where Harry lives, and where a big Society wedding will be taking pla

EP 11

Best Left Buried

CBS has been given the contract to guard a building site - a derelict church which is due to be demolished and replaced

EP 12

Thicker Than Water

Margery Keeverton is looking after the estate of her uncle, Geoffrey Keeverton, who has just died. He had made a conside

EP 13

The Tender Trap

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Lawrence Drake, a rich ex-racing driver, asks Ken to watch his wife, Pamela, whom

EP 1

Help Me Make It Through The Night

Ken is in the process of moving into a derelict house in the village of Upper Ridley. He has arranged with the owner tha

EP 2

Two Men in a Vault

Ken and Harry call in on the spur of the moment to check Don Jakes, the security guard that they have employed at a safe

EP 3

Trial and Error

Ken and Harry are involved in a court case, giving evidence against a landlord, Michael Roach who is accused of terroris

EP 4

Coverup

Ken makes a start on renovating Orchard Cottage. Pam Strong, one of his neighbours and the widow of a fireman, tentative

EP 5

The Barefaced Contessa

A mother and daughter, Jean and Isabella di Cesare, are staging a fashion show on board a boat and taking money for the

EP 6

Lie of the Land

CBS have been employed to guard the pheasants in a wood owned by Lord Melverley of Whitley Hall, in preparation for the

EP 7

Lost On The Range

A riding stables owned by Helen Davison is vandalised. Vincent Batten, who owns most of the horses in the stables, wants

EP 8

Pillow Talk

Harry is employed by a lawyer, Caroline Mortlake, to protect her and her 16-year-old daughter Emma. Caroline and Emma ar

EP 9

Cab Rank Cowboys

Ken discovers that it is hard to find a cab when you need one, particularly when a thief has the same idea.

EP 10

Houseguests

Harry is taken for a ride when he accepts a job minding a country mansion and discovers uninvited guests in his flat.

EP 11

Bad Pennies

EP 12

When Harry Met Janice

EP 13

Stamp Duty

EP 14

The Night Before Christmas

Harry falls for Jo Beckett (Jill Gascoine), ""The Woman Of My Life"", who owns a jazz club, ""Smoky Jo's"". He plans to

EP 1

MacGuffin's Transputer

Laura has left CBS: according to Rocky this is because she felt that Harry was taking her for granted. Charlie Hardiman

EP 2

Queen's Gambit

At a Rotary Club dinner, Harry meets Joe Green, a local businessman. Joe is at the centre of a hate campaign: his car ha

EP 3

Walkout

Mrs Van Bueren, a middle-aged widow, arrives home to find that she has been burgled. Fortunately the thieves have not ta

EP 4

Deadline

Protecting a woman from her nuisance husband appears to be a straightforward assignment until strange things begin to ha

EP 5

Away from It All

Ken is on the brink of quitting the security business after dealing with a messy adultery case, so Harry sends him to a

EP 6

Message in a Bottle

Ken investigates the case of a larger-than-life businessman who is accused of kidnapping a young child.

EP 7

The Sharp End

While Ken helps the traders, Harry and Alex try to win a big security contract and find themselves at odds with their pa

EP 8

Is There Anybody There?

Ken has a spine-chilling confrontation with the supernatural when he is called in to guard expensive antique fittings in

EP 9

Minder

Rocky and Alex are planning a surprise birthday party for Ken. To get him out of the way, Harry pretends that he is bein

EP 10

Love or Money

Ken gets emotionally involved with a wealthy woman - a 65-year-old pools winner.

EP 11

Blackballed

Ken and Harry's close and loyal relationship comes under severe strain when Harry is arrested on suspicion of fraud.

EP 12

Whispering Grass

Boon's ""Girl Friday"" Alex is in love with a man who has just been released from prison. Will he slip back into crime?

EP 13

Shot in the Dark

Harry falls hopelessly in love with a woman he meets at a fair, but his boasting lands him in hot water.

EP 14

Thieves Like Us

CBS are employed to go undercover in order to solve a jewellery theft from a hotel strongroom. Max Cone, the fiancé o

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