Bloody Kids

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Bloody Kids
Written by Stephen Poliakoff
Directed by Stephen Frears
Starring Derrick O'Connor
Music by George Fenton
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerBarry Hanson
Running time91 minutes
Release
Original release1979 (1979)

Bloody Kids is a British television film written by Stephen Poliakoff and directed by Stephen Frears, made by Black Lion Films for ATV, and first shown on ITV on 22 March 1980.

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Cast

Filming locations

Filmed in south east Essex, with locations in Southend-on-Sea, [1] Westcliff, Leigh-on-Sea and Canvey Island, the opening five minutes are of the bridge down to Leigh-on-Sea's cockle sheds, with a lorry hanging over.

Furtherwick Park School Canvey Island, [2] was used for the school scenes, and Southend United's ground, Roots Hall, was used for the stabbing scenes. [3]

Disco scenes in Southend are notable for an early television appearance of Mel Smith playing the bouncer. Victoria Circus, Southend seafront and hospital are all used as locations, culminating in a climactic scene outside the Casino, Canvey Island, on a London double decker bus.

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