Hot Metal

Originally on: ITV1 (30 min.)

Status: Ended Premiered: February 1, 1986 Last Aired: March 1, 1989

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This sitcom lampoons the journalistic style of Rupert Murdoch and the Fleet Street newspapers as traditional newspaperman and editor Harold Stringer tries to preserve some dignity and integrity while managing editor Russell Spam courts scandal and the sensational in order to increase circulation.

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Last episode: The Rat Sat on the Cat
Twiggy threatens to demolish an 11th century church and replace it with the new tower block. Harry defends a Crucible story about cat food.
Aired: Friday March 10, 1989

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9. The Hydra's Head	Mar 20, 1988	0 Reviews	0.00

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Cast

Geoffrey Palmer - Harold Stringer (1986)

Richard Wilson - Dicky Lipton (1988)

Robert Hardy - Russell Spam/Twiggy Rathbone

Geoffrey Hutchings - Max Rutherford (1986)

David Barrass - Jack Thrush (1988)

Richard Kane - Greg Kettle

John Gordon-Sinclair - Bill Tytla (1986)

Caroline Milmoe - Maggie Troon (1988)

John Horsley - Father Teasdale (1986)

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tompepper Report Abuse	8.5 Great "Off the wall" Biting satire at its very best. Twiggy Rathbone and russell Spam are both brilliant characterizations of fleet street men. Continue » Posted Aug 12, 2005 2:01 pm PST