Hot Metal
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1986 - 1989
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Biting newspaper satire by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, set in the offices of the once high-brow, now populist tabloid, Daily Crucible. Stars Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Palmer, Geoffrey Hutchings, Richard Kane, John Gordon Sinclair and more.
See also
Drop The Dead Donkey
Sitcom set at GlobeLink News, a TV news station which is ordered to start taking a sensationalist stance to the news by its new owner.
One Foot In The Grave
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Electric Ink
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Nelson's Column
John Gordon Sinclair stars as Gavin Nelson, a reporter who will stop at nothing to get a story for his local newspaper.
Radio Active
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KYTV
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In The Red
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In The Red
TV adaptation of Mark Tavener's celebrated radio satire.
2point4 Children
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Scoop
Childrens' comedy series starring Shaun Williamson as Digby Digworth, the inept journalist of a local newspaper, The Pilbury Post.
Hacks
Satire on the phone-hacking scandal set at a fictional newspaper where "any means necessary" doesn't begin to cover it.
Mr White Goes To Westminster
Satire by Guy Jenkin, based on the election of former BBC war reporter and "man in the white suit", Martin Bell, to Parliament.
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
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Drop The Dead Donkey
Sitcom set at GlobeLink News, a TV news station which is ordered to start taking a sensationalist stance to the news by its new owner.