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King Cinder

9.0·1 season·6 episodes

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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The Barons
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Nov 2, 1977
02
Todd
Todd
Nov 9, 1977
03
Spider's Web
Spider's Web
Nov 16, 1977
04
Speedway
Speedway
Nov 23, 1977
05
Home Truths
Home Truths
Nov 30, 1977
06
On the Track
On the Track
Dec 7, 1977

Cast

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

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