Boon - Season 1 - Eps 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 takes Doreen and plans a romantic weekend. But two scruffy men, Appleby and Laing, are following the boat. Then Ken and Doreen hear strange sounds from the boat's cargo hold. They discover that an escaped convict, Alan Prendergast, is hiding in the boat - McLaverty had employed Ken to smuggle Alan back to his father, Walter Prendergast.
About Boon

Title: Boon
First Air Date: 1986-01-14
Last Air Date: 1992-12-01
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 5.5/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 8
Total Episodes: 106
Network: ITV1
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
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

Michael Elphick
Ken Boon

David Daker
Harry Crawford

Neil Morrissey
Rocky Cassidy

Elizabeth Carling
Laura Marsh

Amanda Burton
Margaret Daly

Saskia Wickham
Alex Wilton

Rachel Davies
Doreen Evans