by Mark Nobes, chief editor
In the series, Boon is an ex-fireman, and it was perfect for Jim Diamond to write the theme music to, as his own father was a firefighter. However, Diamond initially turned down the offer of writing the song, but the persistence of Central TV paid off. After they sent him the script for the opening episode, Diamond was convinced that he needed to create the track as an ode to his father, who had died in 1985. He saw his father as his "Lone Ranger" and a hero, hence the song's title, which is what The Lone Ranger said to his horse in the 1950s TV series, which you may remember watching the repeats of during the 1960s and 70s.