King Cinder

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King Cinder
Written by John Prowse
Directed byJohn Prowse
Starring Peter Duncan
Lesley Manville
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producer Anna Home
Production locationsRye House Speedway, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, also Beauchamps Comprehensive, Wickford, Essex
Original release
Network BBC1
Release2 November (1977-11-02) 
7 December 1977 (1977-12-07)

King Cinder is a six-part British children's television serial made by the BBC in 1977. It was first shown between 2 November and 7 December 1977 on BBC1. [1]

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A gritty series, King Cinder by John Foster, pitches two teenagers, played by Peter Duncan (Kerry) a speedway bike rider and Lesley Manville (Nicky) his girlfriend against a criminal gang running an extortion racket run by nasty Todd Edwards (Michael Hawkins) and Hells Angel Daniel Abineri in a South Coast fictional seaside town called Barton. The series concludes with a climatic ending where Edwards driving a red Austin Maxi chases a running Kerry through a quarry only to see Edwards crash over a cliff. [2] [1]

The executive producer was Anna Home.

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References

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  2. "SpeedwayPlus | King Cinder". speedwayplus.com.