Hot Metal
(For other uses, see Hot metal (disambiguation).) Hot Metal (1986–88) is a London Weekend Television sitcom about the British Newspaper industry. In the show, The Daily Crucible, the dullest newspaper in Fleet Street, is suddenly taken over by media magnate Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone (Robert Hardy). Its editor Harry Stringer (Geoffrey Palmer) is 'promoted' to managing editor, and is replaced in his old job by Russell Spam (also played by Hardy). Spam then takes the paper shooting downmarket and turns the Crucible into a sensation seeking scandal rag, very much in the style of the British tabloids of the 1980s. He is helped along by his ace gutter journalist, Greg Kettle (Richard Kane), who intimidates his tabloid victims by claiming to be "a representative of Her Majesty's press" and produc
Hot Metal
(For other uses, see Hot metal (disambiguation).) Hot Metal (1986–88) is a London Weekend Television sitcom about the British Newspaper industry. In the show, The Daily Crucible, the dullest newspaper in Fleet Street, is suddenly taken over by media magnate Terence "Twiggy" Rathbone (Robert Hardy). Its editor Harry Stringer (Geoffrey Palmer) is 'promoted' to managing editor, and is replaced in his old job by Russell Spam (also played by Hardy). Spam then takes the paper shooting downmarket and turns the Crucible into a sensation seeking scandal rag, very much in the style of the British tabloids of the 1980s. He is helped along by his ace gutter journalist, Greg Kettle (Richard Kane), who intimidates his tabloid victims by claiming to be "a representative of Her Majesty's press" and produc
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(For other uses, see Hot metal ...... produced by Humphrey Barclay.
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1989-03-10
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1986-02-16
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The Rat Sat on the Cat
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1986-02-16
1986-02-23
1986-03-02
1986-03-09
1986-03-16
1986-03-23
1988-03-06
1988-03-13
1988-03-20
1988-03-27
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Beyond The Infinite
Casting The Runes
Crown of Thorns
Religion of the People
The Hydra's Head
The Joker to the Thief
The Modern Promethius
The Respectable Prostitute
The Satellite Years
The Slaughter of the Innocent
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(For other uses, see Hot metal ...... er Majesty's press" and produc
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