Boon - Season 2 - Eps 5: Taken for a Ride

Name: Eps 5: Taken for a Ride
Released: 1987-03-17
Rating: 2.8

1987-03-17 • 60 min • ⭐ 5.5/10

Albion Firetrucks, a local company which makes fire engines, has the computer plans for its new high-tech prototype stolen, when Ken is knocked off his bike while couriering them to the managing director. He is rescued by Shandy Tremblett, a platinum-blonde Page 3 girl who is staying at the Coaching Inn while trying to "improve her education". When the prototype itself is stolen, Ken investigates. He uncovers a conspiracy between an American consortium, led by Ed Slatterley, and Albion's director, Sir Freddie Blackton MP. The intention is for Slatterley to buy Albion at a knockdown price (because the prototype and its plans are missing) and then, having asset-stripped the company, to close it down. Ken finds the prototype hidden in a barn. Ken, wearing a brass fireman's helmet, and Shandy, dressed in a Union Jack robe, stage a publicity stunt on top of the fire engine to raise public awareness and to persuade the government to allow a management buy-out to take place.

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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.