The Cinder Path (film)

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The Cinder Path
GenreDrama
Based onThe Cinder Path by Catherine Cookson
Written byAlan Seymour
Directed bySimon Langton
Starring
  • Lloyd Owen
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones
  • Polly Adams
  • Ralph Ineson
  • Tom Bell
  • Maria Miles
  • Anthony Byrne
  • Rosalind Ayres
  • Victoria Scarborough
  • Lucy Akhurst
Music byBarrington Pheloung
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducerRay Marshall
Running time150 minutes (three episodes of 50 minutes)
Production company Tyne Tees Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release17 April (1994-04-17) 
1 May 1994 (1994-05-01)

The Cinder Path is a three-part 1994 television series, produced by Yorkshire/Tyne Tees, directed by Simon Langton and based on the novel of the same name by Catherine Cookson.

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Plot introduction

In the English countryside of the early 20th century, the prosperous, middle class farmer's son Charlie MacFell must deal with a cruel and tyrannical father and later with a romantic tangle and a problematic marriage. He must keep, as well, a dark secret which must stay hidden at all costs.

Later, he is taken into the British Army fighting on the Western Front of the First World War, where the shadows of his past pursue him and lead to a climax.

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