King Cinder

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]

King Cinder
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 (1977-11-02) – 7 December 1977 (1977-12-07)

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.

Cast

• Kerry Hutson – Peter Duncan
• Nikki – Lesley Manville
• Todd Edwards – Michael Hawkins
• Richard Hutson – Tony Caunter
• Trevor Hutson - Jeremy Arnold
• Lacey – Daniel Abineri