Boon Season 2 Taken for a Ride 1987
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.
- Released: 1987-03-17
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime
- Stars: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey, Elizabeth Carling, Amanda Burton
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2. Special Delivery 1987-02-24
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3. Day of the Yokel 1987-03-03
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4. Smokey and the Band 1987-03-10
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5. Taken for a Ride 1987-03-17
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6. Wheels of Fortune 1987-03-24
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7. A Ride on the Wild Side 1987-03-31
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8. Credit Where It's Due 1987-10-27
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9. Trudy's Grit 1987-11-03
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10. A Fistful Of Pesetas 1987-11-10
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11. Paper Mafia 1987-11-17
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12. Fiddler Under The Roof 1987-11-24
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13. A Once Fluid Man 1987-12-01
