Taken For A Ride
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Episode 2.5
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| Writer | John Fletcher |
| Director | Robert Tronson |
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 a dressing gown, 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. Sir Freddie Blackton loses his jobs as director of Albion and as an MP.
| Dr Roger Davies | James Coombs |
| Quinn | Malcolm Storry |
| Atkins | Ian Redford |
| Bailey | John Hartley |
| Man in the Black Leather | Dave Roberts |
| Shandy Tremblett | Camille Coduri |
| McShane | Derek Hockridge |
| Ed Slatterley | John Alderson |
| Sir Freddie Blackton MP | Michael Medwin |
| Rowley | Ray Hingley |
| Blackton’s Chauffeur | Rick Bowman |
| Poacher | Tank Argent |
| Woman Journalist | Susan Cullen |
| Journalists | Tony Turner Anthony Child |
| Stanley, porter | Denzil Pugh |
Notes and episode list © Martin Underwood, 1997
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