King Cinder | |
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Written by | John Prowse |
Directed by | John Prowse |
Starring | Peter Duncan Lesley Manville |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | Anna Home |
Production locations | Rye House Speedway, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, also Beauchamps Comprehensive, Wickford, Essex and Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 2 November – 7 December 1977 |
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]
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.