Cone Zone is a British children's sitcom series was created by Grant Cathro and Lee Pressman, it was originally aired on ITV as part of the children's programming block CITV and ran for three series and eighteen episodes between 15 March 1995 and 2 April 1997. The show was produced by Tetra Films and Carlton for the ITV network.

Plot The series sitcom about a pair of teenage school-leavers, Hayley (Natalie Morse) and Zandra (Victoria Hamilton), who open their own ice cream parlour called Cone Zone. It becomes the hippest, coolest place in town, driven by Hayley's strong sense of logic and Zandra's enthusiasm. But both can be swept off their feet by good-looking young men entering their parlour, and some customers prove problematic - as do boyfriends, nights off, fashion, environmental health officers and other distractions. The girls are assisted in their work by the spotty, bespectacled, long-haired loveable nerd Leo (Mark Bagnall), who serves in the parlour, and he helps them to fend off Hugh Bassett (Paul Shearer), the miserable manager of the shopping mall wherein Cone Zone is located.

By the third series of Cone Zone Hayley and Zandra had moved on and the parlour was under new ownership. Attractive, well-educated hippie Corrie Cunningham, prone to making decisions based upon horoscopes, is appointed as the new manager but she continues to employ Leo, and also his brash Brummie sister Loretta, who becomes assistant manager. Now the bane of their life is the smarmy con artist Rick Sullivan (Paul Reynolds). (Everyone, you'll gather, has their 'angle' - no one plays a straight role.)

Cast Natalie Morse as Hayley (Series 1–2) Victoria Hamilton as Zandra (Series 1–2) Mark Bagnall as Leo Summers Paul Shearer as Mr Bassett (Series 1–2) Paul Reynolds as Rick Sullivan Ben Homewood as Nick (Series 1–2) Kacey Ainsworth as Loretta Summers (Series 2–3) Debra Stephenson as Corrie Cunningham (Series 3) Susan Warren as Marnie (Series 1 and 3)

Episodes Series overview

Series 1 (1995) Episodes aired on CITV on Wednesdays at 16:40.

Series 2 (1996) Episodes aired on CITV on Tuesdays at 16:30.

Series 3 (1997) Episodes aired on CITV on Wednesdays at 16:40.

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