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 - The Satellite Years
Ratty's moved into the satellite television business, and Stringer's back with the company as one of his executives. Unfortunately for Harry, it looks like he's set to clash with his boss's porn broadcasts, and plans for an 11th Century church.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 10th March 1989
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 13 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Hardy | Terence 'Twiggy' Rathbone |
| Robert Hardy | Russell Spam |
| Geoffrey Palmer | Harry Stringer |
| Peter Snow | Newsreader |
| Mike Gatting | Self |
| David Renwick | Actor |
| Andrew Marshall | Actor |
| Julie Saunders | Actor |
| Paul Forty | Actor |
| Robert Austin | Actor |
| Anthony Dawes | Actor |
| Peter Hughes | Actor |
| John Pennington | Actor |
| Victor Lucas | Actor |
| Francis Wilson | Actor |
| Andrew Marshall | Writer |
| David Renwick | Writer |
| Marcus Mortimer | Director |
| Jon Plowman | Producer |
| Alan Price | Composer |