Boon - Season 2 - Eps 3: Day of the Yokel

Name: Eps 3: Day of the Yokel
Released: 1987-03-03
Rating: 2.8

1987-03-03 • 60 min • ⭐ 5.5/10

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. A dead sheep is found in a water-trough; cattle get loose; the farmyard is flooded; she gets anonymous phone calls and finally a barn is "accidentally" demolished by a JCB. A consortium of unscrupulous property developers, Rathbone, Keen and Blackwater (RKB), has designs on the land where Moat Farm is situated. They are planning to build ""luxury dwellings"" there, even though they don't yet own the land. RKB put pressure on Irene's wimpish nephew, Philip Lainchbury, who runs a sawmill that is in financial difficulties, to get him to persuade Irene to move. RKB offer Harry the chance to invest in the consortium and take him shooting on the land next to Moat Farm. Irene demands that they leave her alone - and shoots out the tyres of Rathbone's car to emphasise her point. Irene suspects that her nephew is involve

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About Boon

Title: Boon

First Air Date: 1986-01-14

Last Air Date: 1992-12-01

Status: Ended

Rating: 5.5/10 (from 13 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 7

Total Episodes: 93

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.