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.
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Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - The Tell-Tale Heart
Russell Spam arrives to take over as editor of the Daily Crucible - which means "promotion" for the previous incumbent, Harry Stringer, to Executive Managing Editor with a new office ... in the lift! So begins the Crucible's slide in to the murky world of tabloid journalism with the first headline - 'Royals in Porno Storm'!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 16th February 1986
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Hardy | Terence 'Twiggy' Rathbone |
| Robert Hardy | Russell Spam |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Harry Stringer |
| Geoffrey Hutchings | Max Rutherford |
| Richard Kane | Greg Kettle |
| Edita Brychta | Lady Deborah |
| Aubrey Morris | Old Man |
| Helena McCarthy | Old Woman |
| Sean Blowers | Photographer |
| Roderic Leigh | Reporter |
| Aden Gillett | Reporter |
| Andrew Marshall | Writer |
| David Renwick | Writer |
| David Askey | Director |
| Humphrey Barclay | Producer |
| Clayton Parker | Editor |
| Colin Monk | Production Designer |
| Alan Price | Composer |
| Nigel Hess | Composer |