Boon (1986)
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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Episode 1 - Charity Begins At Home (Part One)
Release Date: 1988-11-01Harry 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 replace the enire sum. The Texas Rangers, meanwhile, are thought responsible for some industrial espionage - which threatens to close them down. Rocky helps uncover the real leak, and Boon re-establishes relations with Margaret.
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Episode 2 - Charity Begins At Home (Part Two)
Release Date: 1988-11-08Ken 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 boyfriend is a liar. In the end, Boon does so well at both cases that she asks him to be her partner.
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Episode 3 - A Fistful of Pesetas
Release Date: 1987-11-10Ken 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: rival newshounds are soon on the scent, and even the secret services are traling behind...
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Episode 4 - Paper Mafia
Release Date: 1987-11-17Ken 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'.
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Episode 5 - Fiddler Under the Roof
Release Date: 1987-11-24An 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 long-lost love.
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Episode 6 - A Once Fluid Man
Release Date: 1987-12-01Margaret 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!
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Episode 7 - Honourable Service
Release Date: 1988-12-13Ken 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.
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Episode 8 - Peacemaker
Release Date: 1988-12-20Margaret 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 payments. Getting to know and like the man, he finds that he is indeed cheating - but that the wife is also secretly living with a rich man. Ken is faced with a dilemma: does he betray the ex-husband, or lie to his client?
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Episode 9 - The Devil You Know
Release Date: 1988-12-27When 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 damaging reviews of a nasty food journalist.
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Episode 10 - Banbury Blue
Release Date: 1989-01-03Sheep rustlers and rare-egg smugglers are tracked down, while Harry has to deal with unwanted attentions from a besotted admirer.
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Episode 11 - One Reborn Every Minute
Release Date: 1989-01-10Ken 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 discovers that the culprits are the brothers of a rival preacher on the cable television shortlist, but his sympathy for his client is short-lived when a friend of Harry's is left suffering from the effects of his faith-healing.
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Episode 12 - The Fall & Rise Of The Bowman Empire
Release Date: 1989-01-17While 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.
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Episode 13 - The Not-So-Lone Ranger
Release Date: 1989-01-24Ken 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 'Birmingham Trivial Pursuit Championship' at 'The Plaza'.