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King Cinder

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1 · The Barons

2 · Todd

3 · Spider's Web

4 · Speedway

5 · Home Truths

6 · On the Track

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Storyline

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. A gritty series, King Cinder by John Foster, pitches two teenagers, played by Peter Duncan a speedway bike rider and Lesley Manville his girlfriend against a criminal gang running an extortion racket run by nasty Todd Edwards and Hells Angel Daniel Abineri in a South Coast fictional seaside town called Barton. Possibly one of the best final chase scenes on children's British television in the 1970s where Edwards driving a red Austin Maxi chases a running Kerry through a quarry only to see Edwards crash over a cliff. The executive producer was Anna Home.

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
2 November 1977
Last aired
7 December 1977
TMDB score
9.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
6
Type
Scripted
In production
No

Languages

Original
English