Hot Metal. Image shows from L to R: Greg Kettle (Richard Kane), Max Rutherford (Geoffrey Hutchings), Bill Tytla (John Gordon Sinclair), Russell Spam (Robert Hardy), Harry Stringer (Geoffrey Palmer). Copyright: London Weekend Television
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.
Key cast & crew credits
| Robert Hardy | Terence 'Twiggy' Rathbone |
| Robert Hardy | Russell Spam |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Harry Stringer (Series 1) |
| Geoffrey Hutchings | Max Rutherford (Series 1) |
| Richard Kane | Greg Kettle |
| John Gordon Sinclair (as John Gordon-Sinclair) | Bill Tytla (Series 1) |
| Richard Wilson | Richard 'Dicky' Lipton (Series 2) |
| David Barrass | Jack Thrush (Series 2) |
| Caroline Milmoe | Maggie Troon (Series 2) |
| Andrew Marshall | Writer |
| David Renwick | Writer |
| David Askey | Director (Series 1) |
| Nic Phillips | Director (Series 2) |
| Humphrey Barclay | Producer |
| Clayton Parker | Editor (Series 1) |
| Dave Simpson | Editor |
| Colin Monk | Production Designer (Series 1) |
| Pip Gardner | Production Designer (Series 2) |
| Alan Price | Composer |
| Nigel Hess | Composer (Series 1) |
| David Firman | Composer (Series 2) |