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| Hot Metal | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Andrew Marshall David Renwick |
| Directed by | David Askey Nic Phillips |
| Starring | Robert Hardy Richard Kane Geoffrey Palmer Richard Wilson Caroline Milmoe |
| Theme music composer | Alan Price |
| Opening theme | "Papers" |
| Composers | Nigel Hess (Series 1) David Firman (Series 2) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 + Charity special |
| No. of episodes | 12 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Humphrey Barclay |
| Production companies | Humphrey Barclay Productions London Weekend Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 16 February 1986 – 10 March 1989 |
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Hot Metal is a British sitcom produced by London Weekend Television about the newspaper industry, that aired for two series on the ITV network in 1986 and 1988, along with a special episode for Comic Relief in 1989, that was broadcast on BBC One. Written by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall, it is very much a continuation in style from their previous sitcom Whoops Apocalypse!. It was produced by Humphrey Barclay Productions for LWT. After its original transmission, the series was repeated in 1988 on Channel 4 and in 2022 on Forces TV.