Hot Metal

Name: Hot Metal
Released: 1986-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Robert Hardy, Richard Kane, Geoffrey Palmer

TV Show · Comedy

The `Crucible' is a muck-raking tabloid newspaper in London. Managing editor Russell Spam is always on the lookout for the latest dirt and gossip, while senior editor Harold Stringer struggles to preserve some sense of dignity.

1986 · 23m

Starring Robert Hardy, Richard Kane, Geoffrey Palmer

EPISODE 1

Tell Tale Heart - Aka Beyond the Infinite

A mysterious tycoon owner purchases the Daily Crucible from the respectable Harry Stringer. In order to save the dying newspaper, the team is united under the strange editor Russell Spam to make a new headline.
EPISODE 2

The Modern Prometheus

Russell Spam unveils his Sensational Sex Secrets of the Soviets as part of the newly relaunched Daily Crucible. The government tries to get a little support on a humanitarian matter.
EPISODE 3

Beyond the Infinite

Twiggy Rathbone's Daily Crucible attempts to keep abreast of the competition. Young reporter Bill Tytla unearths the first clues to an international scandal bigger than anything Russell Spam could ever dream up.
EPISODE 4

Casting the Runes

When the Daily Crucible makes headlines with its outrageous depiction of Father Teasdale as a militant Marxist, its proprietor Twiggy Rathbone tries to find a reason to denounce public misrepresentation.
EPISODE 5

Slaughter of the Innocent

Russell Spam comes up with yet another astounding gimmick to boost sales of the Daily Crucible. When Harry Stringer finds himself in the firing line, he decides to come up with his own story.
EPISODE 6

The Respectable Prostitute

After Bill Tytla is threatened at gun point, the team at the Daily Crucible try to finish the story. However, outside forces pressure them to suppress the story that Bill managed to unearth.