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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Boon Season 3 Episode 10 - Banbury Blue
    5.8/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Banbury Blue

    S3:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Boon Season 7 Episode 4 - Deadline
    5.8/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Deadline

    S7:E4

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Boon Season 3 Episode 11 - One Reborn Every Minute
    5.9/10(14 votes)

    #3 - One Reborn Every Minute

    S3:E11

    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 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.

    Director:Laurence Moody
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Boon Season 6 Episode 14 - The Night Before Christmas
    6.0/10(9 votes)

    #4 - The Night Before Christmas

    S6:E14

    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 in the club. He even makes preparations to sell his share of CBS to a rival security firm.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Boon Season 7 Episode 9 - Minder
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Minder

    S7:E9

    Rocky 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 a minder for a weekend trip — not realizing that he really is in danger.

    Director:Anthony Garner
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Boon Season 4 Episode 10 - Big Game Hunt
    6.1/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Big Game Hunt

    S4:E10

    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 Donaghue, is stopped for drink-driving. Helen asks Rocky to take some of her chairs to sell at an antique shop. Roxanne, the shop assistant, realises that he knows nothing about antiques and rips him off. He and Helen come up with a plan to get his own back. He invites Roxanne for a slap-up dinner at Woodcote, then disappears while pretending to book them a room for the night. Helen makes Roxanne pay the bill! Ken receives a peremptory phone call to meet a potential client, Vincent Brack. Brack wants Ken to watch his wife, Nina. Ken follows Nina to a pub where she changes into a tarty dress and blonde wig, and leaves without Ken realising. The following day he is ready for her and follows her to a club where he discovers that she works as a hostess and singer, using the name Susie. Suspecting the worst, Ken get

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Andy de la Tour

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  7. Boon Season 4 Episode 11 - Don't Buy from Me, Argentina
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    #7 - Don't Buy from Me, Argentina

    S4:E11

    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 Ken to watch his wife Merrily (!) who is ""terribly easily influenced"", meaning that he knows every man in the room fancies her and that he thinks she is having an affair. Ken follows her and uncovers a conspiracy between her, a local vet, David Rennet, and one of the Argentinian polo players, Celestino da Silva. Merrily's horse, Deauville Dancer, is infertile but Rennet has signed a certificate stating that it is in perfect health. She ""sells"" the horse to da Silva, thus establishing its value so that the insurance company will pay out when, six months from now, Rennet ""has no choice"" but to have it destroyed. She arranges to return da Silva's money when the insurance company pays up, but instead she leaves him as the owner of an infertile horse and disappears by plane with his money, accompanied by another

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Boon Season 2 Episode 6 - Wheels of Fortune
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #8 - Wheels of Fortune

    S2:E6

    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 make matters worse, he has forgotten to renew the road tax and insurance on the bike. Harry's 84-year-old Aunt Lill has had a stroke and is found lying on her hall floor. The ambulance drivers are on strike so her neighbours, Margaret and Sam Green, have to take her to hospital by car. Harry is furious at what he sees as the drivers' selfish attitude: "What's the world coming to when the unions can use a crippled old woman to bump up their pay packets?" he asks Ken. He vents his frustration on the casualty registrar, Dr Hamill, but she lectures him about the dire financial state of the Health Service and tells him how the ambulance strike is affecting deliveries of drugs and medical samples. Somewhat chastened, Harry offers Ken's services free of charge if the hospital needs any supplies collecting or delivered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Boon Season 3 Episode 4 - Have a Nice Day
    6.4/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Have a Nice Day

    S3:E4

    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'.

    Director:Alex Kirby
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Boon Season 4 Episode 6 - Arms and the Dog
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #10 - Arms and the Dog

    S4:E6

    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 detailed record must be kept of how much of it she eats. Harry gets Rocky to feed and walk the dog, and it soon becomes clear that Tinkerbell hates ""Mr Marrow"". An attractive blonde woman turns up at Woodcote, delivering cases of wine in a Range Rover. While Harry and Rocky are helping to unload the wine, she drives off with Tinkerbell. Harry and Rocky try to trace the owner of the Ranger Rover. Then Rocky has an idea: there is going to be a charity event before the greyhound race - perhaps the dog thieves will be there. They locate the car and follow it back to an opulent house owned by a Mr and Mrs Hipkiss who claim to own Tinkerbell. Mr Hipkiss tells them that Hancock used to work for him but wasn't up to the job. Hipkiss believes that Hancock had stolen Tinkerbell in revenge for (as he sees it) being sacked

    Director:Christopher Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Boon Season 5 Episode 12 - Thicker Than Water
    6.4/10(8 votes)

    #11 - Thicker Than Water

    S5:E12

    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 has now left it all to her. While staying at her late uncle's house, she starts to receive nuisance phone calls which make it clear that she is being followed and which referred to an unpaid debt. Ken and Harry are asked to help. Because Harry rather fancies Margery, he is keen to help and even takes a week off work. Margery's solicitor, Peter Haymon, has very little confidence in Ken's abilities as an investigator. Harry takes Margery to the races but they happen to meet Haymon, spoiling Harry's plans for a romantic day out. A friend tells Harry that Haymon is ""one of the shiftiest lawyers in the Midlands"". Ken and Harry keep watch on the house each night and their patience is eventually rewarded when they see a shady figure prowling round in the garden. They give chase but the man escapes, after giving Har

    Director:Anthony Garner
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Boon Season 1 Episode 1 - Box 13
    6.5/10(31 votes)

    #12 - Box 13

    S1:E1

    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, The Ponderosa, and tries to make a living as a market gardener. Harry suggests that Ken should supplement his income by offering to do odd-jobs for people - he places an advert in the local paper. His first client is Barney Spitz, a pop music promoter who wants Ken to dress up in an old fireman's uniform and star in a pop video!

    Director:Laurence Moody
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Boon Season 2 Episode 9 - Trudy's Grit
    6.5/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Trudy's Grit

    S2:E9

    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 'The Coaching Inn'.

    Director:Sarah Hellings
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Boon Season 2 Episode 10 - A Fistful of Pesetas
    6.5/10(18 votes)

    #14 - A Fistful of Pesetas

    S2:E10

    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 to be interested.

    Director:Baz Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Boon Season 3 Episode 6 - Never Say Trevor Again
    6.5/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Never Say Trevor Again

    S3:E6

    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!

    Director:Alex Kirby
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Boon Season 3 Episode 9 - The Devil You Know
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #16 - The Devil You Know

    S3:E9

    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 damaging reviews of a nasty food journalist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Boon Season 4 Episode 12 - All in a Day's Pork
    6.5/10(11 votes)

    #17 - All in a Day's Pork

    S4:E12

    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-appear a few days later. He soon learns from Bert and Joe, two of the drivers, that there is something very suspicious about the firm - strange late-night deliveries from Amsterdam that don't go through the books and are treated differently from the rest of the stock. And it seems that the owner, Mr Sandford, and his son-in-law, Trevor, are involved. Helped by Laura and Rocky, Ken stages a road accident to hold up the lorry containing the special cargo and they take one of the boxes back to Woodcote. Having thawed it out, they discover, hidden underneath the bacon, pornographic magazines and videos. ""Can you get that muck out of here. I find it extremely upsetting,"" Helen wails. Meanwhile, Harry and Helen are invited to a jousting tournament by a local businessman, Ben Seymour, and become mixed up in a bout of riv

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Boon Season 1 Episode 9 - For Whom the Chimes Toll
    6.6/10(15 votes)

    #18 - For Whom the Chimes Toll

    S1:E9

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Geoff McQueen

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  19. Boon Season 3 Episode 8 - Peacemaker
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    #19 - Peacemaker

    S3:E8

    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 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?

    Director:Bruce MacDonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Boon Season 1 Episode 12 - Grand Expectations
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Grand Expectations

    S1:E12

    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 horsebox. After a lot of futile phoning around, Ken finds a motorbike repair shop, Alpha Bikes, which can get hold of the suspension unit. Alpha Bike is run Narain Singh and his nephew Ranjit. Narain offers Ken the use of his workshop. While working there one evening, Ken hears Ranjit and his wife Surinder arguing violently. Ranjit yells ""You are my wife. You will do as I say."" Surinder screams and runs away, pursued by Ranjit. She and Ken escape on one of Narain's bikes, and Harry reluctantly offers to put her up in a spare bedroom at The Grand. When Ken returns the bike to Narain, he offers to bring Surinder back, although he tells Narain how his nephew has treated his wife. Narain resents the fact the Ken is ""interfering"". He says that Ken will only get his bike when he returns Surinder. Back at The Grand, Ken

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Boon Season 2 Episode 4 - Smokey and the Band
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Smokey and the Band

    S2:E4

    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 Boys. Harry hires them privately, bypassing Frankie's agency fee. Ken falls for Bebe McLintock, their raunchy blonde singer, after he has to rescue the band when they break down on their way to the Coaching Inn. Frankie Bass turns up and demands her share of the takings. Bronco and Bebe are forever arguing and Bebe is angry that she is not given sufficient chance to sing her own songs. She runs away from the band - and ends up in Ken's bed! She is on the point of leaving the band and living with Ken. However Ken's luck does not last: before long Bebe (who turns out to be Billy's wife) goes back to the band after Billy decides her needs her to stay. He is prepared to give her top billing and to let her sing her own songs. When White Lightning (Ken's beloved bike) is stolen, it is another member of the band, P

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Boon Season 3 Episode 7 - Honourable Service
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Honourable Service

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Sarah Hellings
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Boon Season 4 Episode 3 - The Relief of Matty King
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    #23 - The Relief of Matty King

    S4:E3

    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 alleges that he was cheated by Vaughan. Vaughan does not realise that the ""punter"" is really Rupert Cole, who runs a rival gambling club. Vaughan gets Ken to investigate - if any of his croupiers are cheating, he wants to know before the Gaming Board investigators call on him. Ken spends the evening at the Carrington but sees nothing unusual so he asks Helen to come with him the following night. She soon notices that Jackie, one of the blackjack croupiers, is cheating. Ken pretends to be a writer, researching a university psychology textbook on gambling, in order to gain Jackie's confidence. He challenges her and she admits that she has been persuaded by Cole to cheat and to make sure that she is caught, so that the Carrington will be blamed and will lose its gaming licence. Ken has one of his famous conflicts

    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writer:Kieran Prendiville

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  24. Boon Season 6 Episode 11 - Bad Pennies
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Bad Pennies

    S6:E11

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    Director:Graeme Harper
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Boon Season 7 Episode 5 - Away from It All
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Away from It All

    S7:E5

    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 — where life is anything but relaxing.

    Director:Tim Dowd
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Banbury Blue" is the worst rated episode of "Boon". It scored 5.8/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/3/1989. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Deadline".