Name: Boon
Uploaded: 2024-06-20T23:00:09.000Z
Description: "Ex-fireman seeks interesting work - anything legal considered." In this lively 80s drama, a middle-aged bloke and his former colleague are trying their luck in the job market. Almost anything goes.

"Ex-fireman seeks interesting work - anything legal considered." In this lively 80s drama, a middle-aged bloke and his former colleague are trying their luck in the job market. Almost anything goes.

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Fireman Ken Boon is forced to retire after sustaining serious lung damage. Advertising himself in the local paper - "Anything legal considered" - Ken's first client wants him to dress up in a fireman's uniform and star in a pop video.

Box 13

Stephen Rea guest stars as an amnesiac who can't even remember his own name. The only thing he knows is that he has a lot of money with him and no idea where it came from. Ken steps in to investigate.

Fools Rush In

Ken is rather surprised when a couple staying at the Grand Hotel ask him to recover their stolen cat. Surprise quickly turns to horror when he realises that the cat is actually a lion kidnapped by an unscrupulous gang of animal rights activists.

Answers to the Name of Watson

Ken chases an unpaid hotel bill. He discovers a distraught widow and offers his help to dig her huge overgrown garden. Soon, he finds out that it's not just the garden that's out of control.

Grass Widows

Child-minding is not Ken's idea of a glamorous job - especially when the child is Daniel, difficult son of a fading rockstar.

Unto Us Four a Son

When the new bar mirror and the Grand's crockery are smashed, it is clear that the hotel is the latest target of a local protection racket. Ken insists on taking the battle to the enemy.

Glasshouse People

A request to sail a barge from Hemel Hempstead to Birmingham seems to offer Ken the perfect opportunity for a romantic weekend on the waterways with Doreen. The barge owner is clearly unpopular on the canal and his cargo is distinctly peculiar.

Northwest Passage to Acock's Green

Ken is called on to help the victim of corrupt antique dealers. Harry is worried that an officious and demanding guest might be a hotel inspector who will decide whether the Grand will be given a contract to house homeless people.

Something Old, Something New

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. Has he been completely honest with Ken?

For Whom the Chimes Toll

Ken's has reservations about tracking down the Mahoney brothers who have gone missing.

Jack of All Tradesmen

Ken reluctantly watches over Billy "The Kid" Buchanan, who Harry has hired for a charity football match.

Billy the Kid

While working on his bike one evening, Ken becomes involved in a domestic quarrel.

Grand Expectations

While Ken surveys a desolate and useless Ponderosa, Harry is leaping from strength to strength: he is on the verge of buying a new hotel. In his eagerness for expansion, Harry overreaches - with tragic results.

Full Circle

Ken struggles with his new bike dispatch service while Harry struggles to find a guest speaker for his hotel.

Texas Rangers

Women become a source of trouble for Boon as an ambitious television journalist tries to prove that a local councillor is guilty of corruption.

Special Delivery

Ken sets out to ride the range on behalf of an eccentric old lady who is being victimised by unsavoury happenings at her farm. Featuring a guest appearance by Anthony Stewart Head.

Day of the Yokel

It's love at first sight when Ken meets Bebe McClintock, the lead singer of a country and western band Harry has booked.

Smokey and the Band

When Ken is knocked off his bike, he is rescued by a platinum blonde Page 3 girl staying at the Coaching Inn.

Taken for a Ride

A psychic predicts a motorbike crash, blood and an operating table for Ken. All of this comes true, but in a different way to how Boon expected. Featuring a guest appearance by Sadie Frost.

Wheels of Fortune

Debbie's wayward younger sister goes missing. Ken and Harry's search for her involves them both in blue movies and a brush with the law. Featuring a guest appearance by Ray Winstone.

A Ride on the Wild Side

Rocky suspects Texas Rangers are delivering bombs for the IRA, but explosions are not the only things in the air.

Credit Where It's Due

Trudy, an attractive blonde biker, comes to work for Texas Rangers. She is oblivious to the jealousy she inspires, as she is transfixed on the man who intends to repossess her father's stately home.

Trudy's Grit

Harry's ex-wife Alison checks in at the Coaching Inn with her Spanish boyfriend. She loses the money that was for her boyfriend's debt and Harry becomes embroiled in the situation.

A Fistful of Pesetas

Rocky is in love again, this time with the daughter of the Pizza Palace owner. Harry is in trouble when he unwittingly helps an escaped convict to obtain a new identity.

Paper Mafia

A huge wedding celebration is booked at the Coaching Inn, but things quickly become overwhelming for Harry.

Fiddler Under the Roof

Harry is feeling so low that he answers a lonely hearts ad in the local newspaper and seriously contemplates selling the Coaching Inn. Ken meets with a former lover - at an aerobics class.

A Once Fluid Man

Debbie Yates has left Texas Rangers to get married. Harry has sold the Coaching Inn and Ken meets up with former girlfriend Margaret, who is now running a detective agency.

Charity Begins at Home (Part 1)

Harry continues his pursuit of the character who ran off with all the money from the charity ball he held. Margaret takes on a blackmail case.

Charity Begins at Home (Part 2)

Ken acts as a minder for a newly free spy, while Harry deals with a Greek wedding being held in his ballroom.

Topspin

Ken and Margaret try to track down a missing husband who has absconded with the firm's money. Harry employs cowboy electricians who leave the ballroom without electricity.

Have a Nice Day

An unscrupulous fast food supremo gets what he deserves for his maltreatment of young employees. Harry is organising an American pageant and square dance at the Plaza Suite.

Beef Encounter

Margaret and Ken help a boy whose mother decides to marry his best friend.

Never Say Trevor Again

Ken becomes involved with the fire service once again as he tracks down a fireman turned arsonist. Harry hosts a 'Success Through Confidence' course at the Plaza Suite.

Honourable Service

Ken and Margaret are used to provide a false alibi for a thief and find themselves under police suspicion. Harry and a friend go for a gourmet weekend at a hotel owned by a restaurant critic.

The Devil You Know

Margaret is hired to find a runaway rock star. Harry is staging an event at the Plaza Suite for engineers from Utrecht, and Ken is employed to trace an ex-husband who is defaulting on maintenance payments.

Peacemaker

Margaret and Ken try to track down sheep rustlers and rare egg smugglers. Harry is running afternoon tea dances for pensioners at the Plaza Suite and also has to deal with the unwanted attentions of an admirer.

Banbury Blues

Boon is hired by an American evangelical preacher to find out who is sabotaging his shows and ruining his chances of winning a cable television contract.

One Reborn Every Minute

Ken is hired to keep an ex-con out of trouble but his charge seems more than capable of looking after himself. Harry has a problem with mice at the Plaza Suite.

The Fall & Rise of the Bowman Empire

Ken and Margaret help a jockey whose wife has been kidnapped to force him to lose a race. Later, they are called in by a council officer to investigate who is painting murals on the sides of houses in the neighbourhood.

The Not-So-Lone Ranger

After a move to Nottingham, Ken sets up Boon Investigations and Harry begins a job co-operating Woodcote Park.

Walking Off Air

When Boon is asked to track down a woman's missing husband, he finds himself drawn into the world of international antiques. Harry has his suspicions about a van that turns up in Woodcote Park. Featuring a guest appearance by Martin Clunes.

Of Meissen Men

Boon is hired by a nightclub owner to find out why his application for a renewal of his gaming licence has been refused. Matty King, a has-been comedian who is staying at Woodcote Park, gets himself into a spot of bother.

The Relief of Matty King

When Harry hosts a Tyrolean night at the Woodcote, he discovers that it is being used as a cover by a gang of criminals on the trail of hidden plans. He enlists Ken's help.

Vallance's Liberty

Ken finds he has taken on more than he bargained for when he is hired to help a man leave town. Harry might be sitting on an ecological time bomb.

Do Not Forsake Me

Ken and Harry are busy on the trail of not only an amateur boxer who has deserted the army but also a champion greyhound that has disappeared from its kennel.

Arms and the Dog

Things are not as they seem when a battered wife seeks refuge with Helen at Woodcote Park. Harry investigates a spate of thefts at a nursing home.

Sickness and Health

Ken's skills are put to the test when two brothers inherit equal shares in a car company.

In It for the Monet

Ken investigates how a man can be sending letters from beyond the grave. Harry helps out a racing cyclist.

Love Letters From a Dead Man

Harry is arranging for the Bisons, a secret society, to hold its meeting at Woodcote Park. Ken is asked to follow and watch a client's wife.

Big Game Hunt

When an Argentinean polo team comes to Woodcote, Ken finds himself investigating an insurance swindle. Rocky finds himself in charge of a valuable painting.

Don't Buy From Me Argentina

Ken is hired to find out who has been taking dictaphone tapes from a meat company.

All in a Day's Pork

Ken spends the night with Rebecca - then goes looking for her missing husband. When the man is found, things do not go according to plan.

The Eyes of Texas

Ken is hired by an environmental group to investigate water pollution.

Trouble in the Fields

Ken is back in business with a new boat, new offices and a new name for the company. Harry and Ken are now in partnership, running Crawford Boon Security.

Tales From the Riverbank

Harry and Ken investigate some strange goings-on at a private school for girls.

The Belles of St. Godwalds

Ken takes a job minding a tough Glaswegian footballer who finds it difficult to keep his eye on the ball. Harry has a contract to guard some puppies and he is later asked to organise the pub's football team. Brian Clough makes a guest appearance.

Work, Rest & Play

Women spell trouble for Ken and Harry when Boon goes to investigate a burglary and Harry moves house. An Irish builder asks Ken to investigate a break-in and theft of cash at his office.

Rival Eyes

Ken Boon finds himself being interrogated about a crime he did not commit thanks to a jilted lover and a lying husband.

Burning Ambition

Ken and Harry are shocked when they delve into the affairs of a local landlord who is trying to evict good tenants. Laura and Rocky teach a schoolteacher bully a lesson.

Bully Boys

Ken and company are kept on their toes when they spend a night as security detail at the ballet. They discover more drama than they bargained for.

A Night at the Ballet

Laura and Rocky are given the task of tailing a man recently released from prison. The owner of a motorbike shop enlists Ken's help to recover a motorbike sold to a customer who provided a fake name and bank details.

Undercover

Wedding bells are ringing, but the nearest Ken and Harry get to the festivities is installing security cameras for the big day.

Daddy's Girl

Rocky is in love again: this time with a female snooker player. Someone is trying to undermine Ken. He has a contract to guard a building site and nothing goes according to plan.

Best Left Buried

A fairground big wheel owner helps Boon out in his latest case. Rocky takes on the case of recovering a trial-winning sheepdog that has been stolen.

Thicker Than Water

Ken is in for a few surprises when he investigates a woman whose husband suspects her of committing adultery.

The Tender Trap

Ken is hired to keep tabs on a man's wife, while Harry finds himself looking down the wrong end of a shotgun.

Help Me Make It Through the Night

Ken and Harry are kept in the dark in more ways than one when they find themselves trapped in a vault over the weekend. Rocky and Laura become anxious about their absence and start to investigate.

Two Men in a Vault

Ken tries to be a good Samaritan but lands himself in trouble when he tries to help a group of tenants being evicted from their flats by a ruthless landlord.

Trial and Error

Ken's neighbour asks him to investigate her son whose character has suddenly changed. Harry attempts to learn Norwegian in preparation for the arrival of some visitors from Norway. Featuring a guest appearance by Christopher Ecclestone.

Coverup

Harry and Ken's company provides the security at a charity antiques auction in Derbyshire. An old flame of Ken's turns up and asks for his help.

The Barefaced Contessa

Ken is called in by a landowner to guard his pheasants.

Lie of the Land

When Boon and his faithful posse are called in to provide security for some local stables, a prize stallion goes missing.

Lost on the Range

When a local solicitor is harassed by a reporter, she calls on Harry and Ken's security company. Ken soon finds himself in the middle of a vicious love triangle and wheeler-dealing.

Pillow Talk

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

Cab Rank Cowboys

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

Houseguests

Ken and Harry guard a family against an ex-con with a grudge, but the assignment proves more dangerous than they dreamt. Rocky rallies the troops for a car event, but it's Laura who ends up in the firing line.

Bad Pennies

When Harry meets an attractive woman with lingerie on her mind, he gets more than he bargained for.

When Harry Met Janice

It's a puzzle for Ken and Harry when a simple case of tracking down a witness turns complicated.

Stamp Duty

Laura leaves Crawford Boon in the middle of a complicated investigation into industrial espionage.

MacGuffin's Transputer

A business friend of Harry's turns to Boon for help after a series of dangerous incidents that seem to be part of a hate campaign against him.

Queens' Gambit

Rocky finds the girl of his dreams but entertaining her sends his bank account into overdrive. He later becomes the suspect in a jewellery theft.

Walkout

Protecting a woman from her nuisance of a husband appears to be a straightforward assignment, but all is not what it seems.

Deadline

Ken 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 his nephew. However, the trip is anything but relaxing.

Away From It All

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

Message in a Bottle

Ken helps some traders, while Harry and Alex try to win a big security contract. They find themselves at odds with their partner.

The Sharp End

Ken has a spine-chilling confrontation with the supernatural while guarding expensive antique fittings.

Is There Anybody There?

Rocky and Alex are planning a surprise birthday party for Ken, and Harry needs to get him out of the way.

Minder

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

Love or Money

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

Blackballed

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

Whispering Grass

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

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