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 2, Episode 6 - Unleash The Kraken
A Royal Commission into the press is set to publish a particularly damning conclusion, and Rathbone is eager to stifle the report. Maggie's uncovered the truth behind the deaths at Justice Hitchcock's home, and it's even more shocking than anyone could have imagined.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 17th April 1988
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Hardy | Terence 'Twiggy' Rathbone |
| Robert Hardy | Russell Spam |
| Richard Kane | Greg Kettle |
| Richard Wilson | Richard 'Dicky' Lipton |
| David Barrass | Jack Thrush |
| Caroline Milmoe | Maggie Troon |
| Charles Collingwood | Newsreader |
| Nicolas Colicos | Lieut. Scott Mackenzie |
| Adrian Gilpin | Marvin Dony |
| Clare Clifford | TV Interviewer |
| Richard Vernon | Lord Gilbert |
| Angus Barnett | Jezz |
| David Keyes (as David Keys) | Youth in Warehouse |
| John White | Newspaper Hack |
| Charles Simon | Judge Hitchcock |
| Andrew Marshall | Writer |
| David Renwick | Writer |
| Nic Phillips | Director |
| Humphrey Barclay | Producer |
| Dave Simpson | Editor |
| Pip Gardner | Production Designer |
| Alan Price | Composer |
| David Firman | Composer |