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.
Streaming rank this week: 5,538
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - The Modern Prometheus
Ace reporter Greg Kettle has uncovered a man proclaiming to be Nikita Krushchev in Switzerland and the Crucible is about to unveil 'Sex Secrets of the Soviets'. Meanwhile, Twiggy Rathbone is being pressured on matters of humanitarian importance by the Prime Minister.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 23rd 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 |
| John Gordon Sinclair (as John Gordon-Sinclair) | Bill Tytla |
| Jack Watling | Prime Minister MacNamara |
| Aubrey Morris | Nikita Kruschev / Donald Kubelsky |
| Yvonne D'Alpra | Mrs Tape |
| John Horsley | Father Teasdale |
| Helen Atkinson-Wood | Television Interviewer |
| Eliza Buckingham | Mrs MacNamara |
| Michael Chesden | Waiter |
| Nicholas Geake | Television Announcer |
| Julia Gilbert | Asst. Stage Manager |
| 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 |