Hot Metal (1986-1988)
The Daily Crucible 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...
Recent Episodes
Episode | Name | Airdate |
---|---|---|
S02E06 | Unleash the Kracken | Apr 17, 1988 |
S02E05 | Crown of Thorns | Apr 10, 1988 |
S02E04 | The Twilight Zone | Mar 27, 1988 |
S02E03 | The Hydra's Head | Mar 20, 1988 |
S02E02 | The Joker to the Thief | Mar 13, 1988 |
Cast
Richard Wilson
Geoffrey Hutchings
Caroline Milmoe
Robert Hardy
Geoffrey Palmer
David Barrass
John Gordon-Sinclair
Richard Kane
Characters
Richard 'Dicky' Lipton
Max Rutherford
Maggie Troon
Terence 'Twiggy' Rathbone
Russell Spam
Harry Stringer
Jack Thrush
Bill Tytla
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