Fireman Ken Boon is forced to retire after sustaining serious lung damage. Advertising himself in the local paper - 'anything legal considered', Ken's first client wants him to dress up in a fireman's uniform and star in a pop video.
An ex-fireman tries to get a new job - and he'll do almost anything!
More infoFireman Ken Boon is forced to retire after sustaining serious lung damage. Advertising himself in the local paper - 'anything legal considered', Ken's first client wants him to dress up in a fireman's uniform and star in a pop video.
Stephen Rea guest stars as an amnesiac who can't even remember his own name. The only thing he knows is that he has a lot of money with him and no idea where it came from. Ken steps in to investigate.
Ken is rather surprised when a couple staying at the Grand Hotel ask him to recover their stolen cat. Surprise quickly turns to horror when he realises that the cat is actually a lion - kidnapped by an unscrupulous gang of animal rights activists.
Ken chases an unpaid hotel bill. He discovers a distraught widow and offers his help to dig her huge overgrown garden. Soon he finds out that it's not just the garden that's out of control.
Child-minding is not Ken's idea of a glamorous job - especially when the child is Daniel, difficult son of a fading rock-star.
When the new bar mirror and the Grand's crockery are smashed, it is clear that the hotel is the latest target of a local protection racket. Ken insists on taking the battle to the enemy.
A request to sail a barge from Hemel Hempstead to Birmingham seems to offer Ken the perfect opportunity for a romantic weekend on the waterways with Doreen. The barge owner is clearly unpopular on the canal and his cargo is distinctly peculiar.
Ken is called on to help the victim of corrupt antique dealers. Harry is worried that an officious and demanding guest might be a hotel inspector who will decide whether 'The Grand' will be given a contract to house homeless people.
Major Hopkinson, an old man who collects chiming clocks asks Ken for help after he is terrorised by some thugs to whom he owes money. Has he been completely honest with Ken?
A payment from an irate bookie is enough to overcome Ken's reservations about tracking down the Mahoney brothers who have gone missing in Birmingham. Two dozen Irish pubs later, Ken is regretting his decision when the brothers decide to find him.
The main attraction in a football match which Harry has organised for the fireman's charities is former Scottish star, Billy the Kid Buchan. Billy's notorious lifestyle is guaranteed to cause trouble, especially for Ken his reluctant minder.
Trouble for Ken when his trusty steed 'White Lightning' lands him in a ditch. While working on the bike one night he becomes involved in a domestic quarrel. The fight ends with Ken and a girl racing into the night while her husband lies unconscious.
While Ken surveys a desolate and useless Ponderosa, Harry is leaping from strength to strength. He's on the verge of buying a new hotel. In his eagerness for expansion, Harry overreaches himself - with tragic results.