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: 5,363
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - The Respectable Prostitute
When Tytla and Kettle track down the missing nurse and a mysterious batch of correspondence, the whole sordid truth about Kubelsky's death is revealed. But will anyone believe it? And with Harry in prison, who will stand up for the Crucible?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 23rd March 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 |
| John Horsley | Father Teasdale |
| Eliza Buckingham | Mrs MacNamara |
| Sarah Mortimer | Sharon Chandler |
| Geoffrey Greenhill | Keith |
| Josie Kidd | Mrs Chandler |
| Nadine Marshall | Little Girl |
| Julia Dearden | Teacher |
| Michael Stainton | Kuznetsky |
| Paddy Navin | Nurse |
| Nick Owen | TV-am Presenter |
| Andrew Marshall | Writer |
| David Renwick | Writer |
| David Askey | Director |
| Humphrey Barclay | Producer |
| Dave Simpson | Editor |
| Colin Monk | Production Designer |
| Alan Price | Composer |
| Nigel Hess | Composer |