The play ‘King of the Castle’, was Willy Russell’s first television drama.  One of six productions written by amateur or semi-pro playwrights, for Second City Firsts, an initiative developed to help find new talent.  Written in three weeks, the story line is set in a Liverpool factory and highlights the problems faced by working men in dangerous occupations and focuses on ‘Brocky’ who is considered by his workmates 'King of the Castle', but who develops a fear of his working environment.