Boon (1986)

Comedy · Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 6.5 (1,168 votes)
Seasons: 7
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Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

7.04 avg 13 episodes 6.5 → 7.2 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Box 13	6.5	31
2	Fools Rush In	7.2	26
3	Answers to the Name of Watson	6.9	19
4	Grass Widows	7.1	19
5	Unto Us Four a Son	7.1	21
6	Glasshouse People	7.5	19
7	Northwest Passage to Acock's Green	7.2	17
8	Something Old, Something New	7.5	15
9	For Whom the Chimes Toll	6.6	15
10	Jack of All Tradesmen	7.1	14
11	Billy the Kid	6.9	18
12	Grand Expectations	6.7	14
13	Full Circle	7.2	15

Season 2 (1987)

6.94 avg 13 episodes 7.1 → 6.8 50 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Texas Rangers	7.1	19
2	Special Delivery	6.9	14
3	Day of the Yokel	7.0	20
4	Smokey and the Band	6.7	18
5	Taken for a Ride	7.3	18
6	Wheels of Fortune	6.4	15
7	A Ride on the Wild Side	6.9	20
8	Credit Where It's Due	7.5	20
9	Trudy's Grit	6.5	18
10	A Fistful of Pesetas	6.5	18
11	Paper Mafia	7.2	17
12	Fiddler Under the Roof	7.4	19
13	A Once Fluid Man	6.8	15

Season 3 (1988)

6.78 avg 13 episodes 7.0 → 7.3 53 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Charity Begins at Home: Part 1	7.0	14
2	Charity Begins at Home: Part 2	7.1	11
3	Topspin	8.4	42
4	Have a Nice Day	6.4	15
5	Beef Encounter	6.8	13
6	Never Say Trevor Again	6.5	15
7	Honourable Service	6.7	14
8	Peacemaker	6.6	17
9	The Devil You Know	6.5	11
10	Banbury Blue	5.8	16
11	One Reborn Every Minute	5.9	14
12	The Fall and Rise of the Bowman Empire	7.2	15
13	The Not So Lone Ranger	7.3	15

Season 4 (1989)

6.87 avg 13 episodes 6.9 → 7.4 50 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Walking Off Air	6.9	15
2	Of Meissen Men	6.8	12
3	The Relief of Matty King	6.7	13
4	Vallance's Liberty	7.6	11
5	Do Not Forsake Me	6.8	11
6	Arms and the Dog	6.4	11
7	Sickness and Health	7.0	11
8	In It for the Monet	7.7	15
9	Love Letters from a Dead Man	7.1	10
10	Big Game Hunt	6.1	10
11	Don't Buy from Me, Argentina	6.2	14
12	All in a Day's Pork	6.6	10
13	The Eyes of Texas	7.4	12

Season 5 (1990)

7.28 avg 13 episodes 7.8 → 8.3 52 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trouble in the Fields	7.8	13
2	Tales from the River Bank	6.9	14
3	Work, Rest & Play	6.9	19
4	The Belles of St. Godwalds	7.3	14
5	Rival Eyes	7.3	13
6	Burning Ambition	7.7	12
7	Bully Boys	7.2	13
8	A Night at the Ballet	6.9	11
9	Undercover	8.0	12
10	Daddy's Girl	7.0	10
11	Best Left Buried	7.0	10
12	Thicker Than Water	6.4	8
13	The Tender Trap	8.3	10

Season 6 (1991)

7.56 avg 14 episodes 8.2 → 6.0 53 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Help Me Make It Through the Night	8.2	17
2	Two Men in a Vault	7.2	9
3	Trial and Error	8.6	29
4	Coverup	7.7	10
5	The Barefaced Contessa	8.0	9
6	Lie of the Land	7.2	8
7	Lost on the Range	8.0	8
8	Pillow Talk	8.5	9
9	Cab Rank Cowboys	8.2	11
10	Houseguests	7.8	11
11	Bad Pennies	6.7	10
12	When Harry Met Janice	7.0	8
13	Stamp Duty	6.8	13
14	The Night Before Christmas	6.0	9

Season 7 (1992)

7.31 avg 14 episodes 6.8 → 7.9 51 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	MacGuffin's Transputer	6.8	13
2	Queen's Gambit	7.2	14
3	Walkout	8.8	8
4	Deadline	5.8	8
5	Away from It All	6.7	10
6	Message in a Bottle	8.6	33
7	The Sharp End	7.0	10
8	Is There Anybody There?	7.8	9
9	Minder	6.0	11
10	Love or Money	7.0	9
11	Blackballed	7.4	8
12	Whispering Grass	6.8	12
13	Shot in the Dark	8.5	11
14	Thieves Like Us	7.9	10