Hot Metal - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Broadcast
Channel
Episodes
12 (2 series), plus 1 Comic Relief special
Stars
Robert Hardy, Geoffrey Palmer, Geoffrey Hutchings, Richard Kane, John Gordon Sinclair, Richard Wilson, David Barrass and Caroline Milmoe
Writers
Andrew Marshall and David Renwick
Directors
Producer
Company
The Daily Crucible, a respectable daily newspaper, is facing its final edition; its straight-forward, totally-honest approach to reporting the news has won it much attention, but made it deadly dull and with ever-diminishing sales figures.
Enter Twiggy Rathbone, tycoon owner of Rathouse International who's ready to turn the high-brow paper into a popular, sleazy, high-selling tabloid. He installs editor Russell Spam to do his bidding and 'promotes' the incumbent, Harry Stringer, to the role of 'managing editor' - a largely vanity role but holding what will become an increasingly difficult public face of respectability...
Additional details
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Theme tune, Papers, written, composed and performed by Alan Price.
Website links
Broadcast details
First broadcast
Sunday 16th February 1986 at 10pm on ITV1