Boon - Season 5 - Eps 1: Walking off Air

Name: Eps 1: Walking off Air
Released: 1989-10-02
Rating: 2.8

1989-10-02 • 60 min • ⭐ 5.5/10

Ken has moved to Nottingham and has set up Boon Investigations, operating out of a small office near the Castle. His first case involves him being employed by Gerry Anscomb, manager of a local radio station, Sherwood Sound. He wants Ken to act as minder for Eddie Cotton, ""The Man You Love To Hate"", a brash loud-mouthed young DJ who has a habit of turning up for work drunk... or not even turning up at all. They want to make sure he will not let them down at a Charity Telethon this coming weekend. Eddie gives Ken chance to plug Boon Investigations on the radio. Ken and Eddie go to a snooker club where Eddie gives Ken the slip and picks up Donna Delaney, a leggy young woman who wears cowboy boots and has closely-cropped blonde hair. Eddie and Donna go to a night club where she drugs him. He makes something of a spectacle of himself and gets his photo printed in the gossip column of the local paper. He misses his show and a fellow DJ, Tony Lyons, has to stand in for him. He eventually turn

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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.