Boon (1986) is a comedy, drama, crime web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Boon online in HD.
Boon — Storyline
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 & Crew
- Created by: Jim Hill, Bill Stair
- Starring: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey, Saskia Wickham, Mark Benton
Boon — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1986-01-14 |
| Seasons | 7 |
| Episodes | 93 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Crime |
| Language | English |
| Network | ITV1 |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 5.8/10 (15 votes) |
Boon — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Box 13 (1986-01-14) — Harry 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 seedy hotel, The Grand. Ken buys a caravan,
- E2: Fools Rush In (1986-01-21)
- E3: Answers to the Name of Weston (1986-01-28) — Elena and Arturo Sandini (aka Helen and Arthur Sanders) run a circus lion-taming show. They ask Ken to recover their lion, Watson, which has been stolen by a group of animal-rights
- E4: Grass Widows (1986-02-04) — While 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, Meg Lucie, and find that she is coping v
- E5: Unto Us Four a Son (1986-02-11) — Laurie Langley, a has-been pop singer, employs Ken to look after her son after she suspects that her ex-husband, Geoff Greenaway, is trying to kidnap him.
- E6: Glasshouse People (1986-02-18) — Patsy, a young woman who is staying at The Grand, befriends Sidney Garbutt, another guest who has lost his memory. But what has caused Sidney to lose his memory in the first place?
- E7: Northwest Passage to Acock's Green (1986-02-25) — Ken is employed by a genial Irishman, Erroll McLaverty, to bring a canal boat back to Birmingham from near London. He takes Doreen and plans a romantic weekend. But two scruffy men
- E8: Something Old, Something New (1986-03-04) — Ken recovers the antiques that Philip Banks and Georgina Pemberton, a couple of corrupt antique dealers, have defrauded from an old man, Murdoch Johnstone. Harry is worried that Mr
- E9: For Whom the Chimes Toll (1986-03-11) — Major 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 has he been completely honest with Ken?
- E10: Jack of All Tradesmen (1986-03-18)
- E11: Billy the Kid (1986-03-25) — Harry is organising a charity football match between the firemen and the All Stars. Billy ""The Kid"" Buchan, an out-of-work Scottish footballer, has flown over from Hong Kong to p
- E12: Grand Expectations (1986-04-01) — Ken 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 Gibbs helps to recover the bike in his hors
- E13: Full Circle (1986-04-08) — The Karadia brothers run a carpet factory which has suffered more than its fair share of fires. The police, fire brigade and insurance company suspect arson. One of the carpets whi
Season 2
- E1: Texas Rangers (1987-02-17) — Harry 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 Ken's life. Harry is trying to raise so
- E2: Special Delivery (1987-02-24) — Harry is thinking of extending the Coaching Inn and entertains a local councillor, James Petherbridge, to lunch in the hope that he will put in good word for Harry at the planning
- E3: Day of the Yokel (1987-03-03) — Debbie thinks that Ken is getting very unfit so she takes him out jogging.
A spirited elderly woman, Irene Maplethorpe, is being victimised by pranks at Moat Farm where she lives.
- E4: Smokey and the Band (1987-03-10) — Harry is searching for a group to provide entertainment at the Coaching Inn. He approaches Frankie Bass, a theatrical agent, who recommends a Country and West band, Bronco Billy's
- E5: Taken for a Ride (1987-03-17) — Albion Firetrucks, a local company which makes fire engines, has the computer plans for its new high-tech prototype stolen, when Ken is knocked off his bike while couriering them t
- E6: Wheels of Fortune (1987-03-24) — Rocky has his bike stolen by an opportunist thief, Nick, while he is collecting a package from an office in the city centre… and being chatted up by the doe-eyed receptionist! To
- E7: A Ride on the Wild Side (1987-03-31) — Ken makes a delivery to a house which is being used as a studio for the making of pornographic films.
When Barry Drinkwater, the film director, hears about Ken's association with
- E8: Credit Where It's Due (1987-10-27) — The 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 Ken copes with Harry's passion for a bea
- E9: Trudy's Grit (1987-11-03) — A 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 man who just happens to be staying at 'T
- E10: A Fistful of Pesetas (1987-11-10) — An unwelcome guest checks in at the Inn – Harry's Ex-wife, who is then kidnapped !
Meanwhile, Ken, Rocky and their new van attempt to deliver a large statue in which no-one seems
- E11: Paper Mafia (1987-11-17) — Rocky's in love again. This time it's with the delectable Guiseppina, daughter of the owner of 'The Pizza Palace', an establishement so fortified that Rocky jokes about mafia conne
- E12: Fiddler Under the Roof (1987-11-24) — A huge wedding reception at 'The Coaching Inn' gets out of hand when the bride's family discovers the groom's identity.
- E13: A Once Fluid Man (1987-12-01) — Ken encounters an old friend and meets up with a former love, Detective Constable Margaret Daly, at an aerobics class.
Season 3
- E1: Charity Begins At Home (Part One) (1988-11-01) — Harry organises a charity ball with a dodgy character who runs off with all the money, leaving Harry to face an investigative journalist's cameras; he is forced into promising to r
- E2: Charity Begins At Home (Part Two) (1988-11-08) — Ken 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, Margaret discovers that her new boyfri
- E3: Topspin (1988-11-15) — Ken 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 investment. It's not easy, however: riv
- E4: Have a Nice Day (1988-11-22) — Ken and Margaret try to trace a missing husband who has absconded with his firm's money. Meanwhile, Harry holds an Australian Evening at 'The Plaza'.
- E5: Beef Encounter (1988-11-29) — An unscrupulous fast-food king get his comeuppance for exploiting his young employees in spite of Ken Boon's attempts to keep the peace.
Harry relives his past when he meets a lon
- E6: Never Say Trevor Again (1988-12-06) — Margaret 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 marry his best friend!
- E7: Honourable Service (1988-12-13) — Ken is involved with the fire service again – this time in the pursuit of a bent fireman turned arsonist.
Harry, meanwhile, embarks on a self-assertiveness course.
- E8: Peacemaker (1988-12-20) — Margaret 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 supposedly cheating on his ex-wife's alimony p
- E9: The Devil You Know (1988-12-27) — When Ken and Margaret are used to provide a false alibi for a robber, they find themselves under suspicion from the police.
Harry helps a fellow restaurateur recover from the dam
- E10: Banbury Blue (1989-01-03) — Sheep rustlers and rare-egg smugglers are tracked down, while Harry has to deal with unwanted attentions from a besotted admirer.
- E11: One Reborn Every Minute (1989-01-10) — Ken is hired by an American evangelical preacher to find out who is sabotaging his show in Birmingham and ruining his chances of winning a cable television contract.
Ken discover
- E12: The Fall and Rise of the Bowman Empire (1989-01-17) — 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 than capable of looking after himself.
- E13: The Not So Lone Ranger (1989-01-24) — Ken and Margaret help a jockey whose wife has been kidnapped to force him to lose a race. Rocky tracks down a beautiful graffiti artist, and Harry faces the nightmare of the 'Birm
Season 4
- E1: Walking Off Air (1989-10-02) — Harry and Ken have now moved to Nottingham – while Ken becomes a DJ's bodyguard, Harry goes into partnership with a widow to run a country club.
- E2: Of Meissen Men (1989-10-09) — Ken is approached by Marion Kershaw who is looking for her missing husband, Geoff, who is in ""the import/export business"". Ken soon discovers that Geoff Kershaw owes money to the
- E3: The Relief of Matty King (1989-10-16) — At the Magistrates Court, the renewal of a gaming licence for the Carrington Club run by Dick Vaughan, is postponed pending further enquiries after a punter in the public gallery a
- E4: Vallance's Liberty (1989-10-23) — A middle-aged couple, Terry and Gill Conroy, driving an expensive Jaguar, break down in a residential street, outside the house owned by George and Irene Boxall. The Boxalls offer
- E5: Do Not Forsake Me (1989-10-30) — Robert Messener employs Ken to act as his bodyguard and chauffeur, and to run various errands associated with the sale of his house and his nightclub, in preparation for a hasty de
- E6: Arms and the Dog (1989-11-06) — Ken and Harry are guarding Tinkerbell, a greyhound, at Woodcote Park, before her big race. The owner, Mr Hancock, insists that Tinkerbell must be fed ""Mr Marrow"" dog food and a d
- E7: Sickness and Health (1989-11-13) — Ken 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 passes the case to Harry who goes to sta
- E8: In It for the Monet (1989-11-20) — Mr and Mrs Sheridan, parents of Isobel, a university student studying Art History, ask Ken to investigate why their daughter has changed and why she suddenly seems to be suspicious
- E9: Love Letters from a Dead Man (1989-11-27) — Ken investigates how a man can be sending letters from beyond the grave, and Harry helps a racing cyclist.
- E10: Big Game Hunt (1989-12-04) — The Bisons, a secret society similar to the Freemasons, is holding its meeting at Woodcote Park. Large amounts of alcohol are consumed. On the way home, one of the Bisons, Derek Do
- E11: Don't Buy from Me, Argentina (1989-12-11) — Helen is hosting a party for Argentinian polo players at Woodcote Park. She falls for Raoul Gomez, a suave Argentinian. Aiden Curtis, the husband of one of the English guests, asks
- E12: All in a Day's Pork (1989-12-18) — Ken is employed by Amelia Woods, a secretary at a local meat-processing factory, to investigate why various dictation tapes and letters go missing from the office and then re-appea
- E13: The Eyes of Texas (1989-12-20) — Harry 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 disco, but is warned off by a ruthless Sco
Season 5
- E1: Trouble in the Fields (1990-09-25) — Harry 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 business from offices at a canal basin b
- E2: Tales from the River Bank (1990-10-02) — Ken is asked to investigate the fiancée of Lawrence Varlish. He suspects that she might be having an affair with her hypnotherapist, Geoffrey Phillips. Harry goes to see Phillips,
- E3: Work, Rest and Play (1990-10-09) — Ken takes a job minding a tough Glaswegian footballer who finds it hard to keep his eyes on the ball; Harry is kept busy by a contract to guard some puppies, and a request to organ
- E4: The Belles of St. Godwalds (1990-10-16) — Justina 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, a cocky young man who is constructing t
- E5: Rival Eyes (1990-10-23) — Harry has just moved to the peaceful village of Upper Ridley and Rocky is lodging with him. They help Sylvia Clayborough, a young widow, who has taken over her husband's fishmonger
- E6: Burning Ambition (1990-10-30) — Lorraine Simpson is a red-headed young teenager who has just been released from borstal after serving a sentence for arson. Why has she kept a newspaper cutting which announces Ken
- E7: Bully Boys (1990-11-06) — Laura 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 to got to school. While waiting to coll
- E8: A Night at the Ballet (1990-11-13) — CBS are looking after security at the Theatre Royal for a charity gala. One of the ballet dancers, Jan Melzer, is quite obviously scared stiff of her agent, Eckford, and Kelp, a th
- E9: Undercover (1990-11-20) — Laura 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 Ken's client, Mr Pollock, as ""a vindicti
- E10: Daddy's Girl (1990-11-27) — Ken and Harry are guarding Upper Ridley Hall, near where Harry lives, and where a big Society wedding will be taking place between Sir Alan and Lady Tessa Bolton's daughter, Kate,
- E11: Best Left Buried (1990-12-04) — CBS 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 a local builder, Donald Bannerman. Duri
- E12: Thicker Than Water (1990-12-11) — Margery Keeverton is looking after the estate of her uncle, Geoffrey Keeverton, who has just died. He had made a considerable amount of money from a fairground amusement arcade and
- E13: The Tender Trap (1990-12-18) — In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Lawrence Drake, a rich ex-racing driver, asks Ken to watch his wife, Pamela, whom he suspects is having an affair. Lawrence feels that he has
Season 6
- E1: Help Me Make It Through The Night (1991-09-24) — Ken 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 rent-free in exchange for renovating it
- E2: Two Men in a Vault (1991-10-01) — Ken 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, Unicorn Deposit Ltd. While searching for
- E3: Trial and Error (1991-10-08) — Ken and Harry are involved in a court case, giving evidence against a landlord, Michael Roach who is accused of terrorising his tenants into leaving his houses.
Some time ago, Ken
- E4: Coverup (1991-10-15) — Ken makes a start on renovating Orchard Cottage. Pam Strong, one of his neighbours and the widow of a fireman, tentatively asks him for help because her son John has changed sudden
- E5: The Barefaced Contessa (1991-10-22) — A 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 are exhibiting. But they have no intention
- E6: Lie of the Land (1991-10-29) — CBS 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 day of the Feast of Mortimer. Lord Melve
- E7: Lost on the Range (1991-11-05) — A prize stallion goes missing while Ken and his faithful posse are called upon to provide security for some local stables.
- E8: Pillow Talk (1991-11-12) — Harry is employed by a lawyer, Caroline Mortlake, to protect her and her 16-year-old daughter Emma. Caroline and Emma are being pestered by a main in a raincoat. He is a reporter,
- E9: Cab Rank Cowboys (1991-11-19) — Ken discovers that it is hard to find a cab when you need one, particularly when a thief has the same idea.
- E10: Houseguests (1991-11-26) — Harry is taken for a ride when he accepts a job minding a country mansion and discovers uninvited guests in his flat.
- E11: Bad Pennies (1991-12-03)
- E12: When Harry Met Janice (1991-12-10)
- E13: Stamp Duty (1991-12-17)
- E14: The Night Before Christmas (1991-12-24) — Harry 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 her a 2500 engagement ring) and to invest
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Boon have? 7 season(s) with 93 episodes.
Who created Boon? Jim Hill, Bill Stair.
Where can I watch Boon? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.