

King Cinder
Season - Episode
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1 - 1The Barons Nov 02, 1977
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1 - 2Todd Nov 09, 1977
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1 - 3Spider's Web Nov 16, 1977
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1 - 4Speedway Nov 23, 1977
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1 - 5Home Truths Nov 30, 1977
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1 - 6On the Track Dec 07, 1977
Overview
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.