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.
Hot Metal trivia
Hot Metal was originally commissioned as a pilot by the BBC, but when they declined to turn it into a full series writers Andrew Marshall and David Renwick took it to LWT.
Michael Stainton's character name is given as 'Kuznetsky' in Series 1, Episode 5 (his first appearance), and 'Kutznetsky' in the following episode.