Neil Morrissey joined in the second series as Rocky this was his first major television role. The sixth series featured a 90-minute Christmas special which was dedicated to the memory of Bill Stair, one of the show's creators. In all, seven series, each of which consisted of 13 episodes (apart from the last two series which had 14) were filmed.
This episode, although thought to be part of an eighth series which was cancelled, was actually an episode from the final series which had not been aired. Neither of these plot developments were referred to during the special episode "Thieves Like Us", broadcast three years later on. Īt the end of the final series, in episode "Shot in the Dark", Harry got engaged to an Irish woman whom he met during a case, and Ken and Alex seemed to be becoming romantically attached after she tenderly read him poetry while was in hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. Apart from studio interiors of Series 1, all filming was done on location. The Birmingham episodes (Series 1-3) were made on film whereas the Nottingham episodes (Series 4-7) were made on video. The series moved away from Birmingham to Nottingham at the beginning of series 4, with production of the show being based at Central's studio in Nottingham. CBS was a joint venture, with Ken being responsible for private investigations and Harry for security. Ken ran a motorbike courier firm (Texas Rangers), two private investigation firms (BDI - Boon-Daly Investigations - and Boon Investigations) and CBS. Anything legal considered.” From these humble beginnings, his career as a courier, minder and private investigator began.ĭuring the time that Ken and Harry worked together, Harry ran two hotels (The Grand Hotel and The Coaching Inn), a ballroom (The Plaza Suite), a country club (Woodcote Park) and a security firm (CBS - Crawford Boon Security). Ken was convinced into placing a PO box advert in "Box 13" saying “Ex-fireman seeks interesting work. Harry had acquired a hotel in Birmingham and offered a port in a storm for Ken. As he struggled to pay bills and keep afloat, he was surprised when a visitor arrived at the garden: Harry had returned from Spain to Birmingham, after his wife Alison had left him for a young hairdresser. He started a market garden called "The Ponderosa" in a village about ten miles outside Birmingham but found that it wasn't working out. He was declared unfit for duty after collapsing during a drill because his lungs had been permanently damaged so he had no choice but to leave the fire service for good. Rather than waiting for breathing apparatus to arrive, he went into the house and rescued the child but was severely injured by inhaling toxic smoke. Ken went to a fire where a child was trapped upstairs. Ken Boon (Elphick) and Harry Crawford (Daker) were both old-fashioned "smokeys" (firemen) in the West Midlands Fire Service, Crawford took early retirement and moved to Spain to open a bar, leaving Ken behind. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV. "Boon" is a British television drama series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker and later on Neil Morrissey. Producer = Central Independent Television
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