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The Best Episodes of Hot Metal Season 2

Every episode of Hot Metal Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Hot Metal Season 2!

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Hot metal is a London Weekend Television sitcom about the British Newspaper industry broadcast between 1986 and 1988. The daily crucible, the dullest newspaper in Fleet Street, is suddenly taken over by media magnate Terence "Twiggy"

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hot Metal Season 2 Episode 1 - Religion of the People
    7.7/10(14 votes)

    #1 - Religion of the People

    S2:E1

    Twiggy finds a replacement for the missing Harold Stringer, Greg Kettle acquires a government list of all known AIDS carriers and Spam signs up God as an advice columnist through Sergeant-Major Ken Lutterworth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

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  2. Hot Metal Season 2 Episode 2 - The Joker to the Thief
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    #2 - The Joker to the Thief

    S2:E2

    Spam sets up Lipton for a serious assault when he imprisons an overweight woman and wires her jaw shut while he and Kettle pursue a sex scandal at an innocent pre-school. Maggie Troon follows up a lead about a mass murder involving the family of a High Court judge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

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  3. Hot Metal Season 2 Episode 3 - The Hydra's Head
    6.7/10(12 votes)

    #3 - The Hydra's Head

    S2:E3

    Lipton tries to vet every story as Spam begins publishing 24 hours a day, Kettle competes with the Daily Star to save a Nicarauguan horse from the glue factory, and Maggie Troon discovers another murder as she continues to investigate the judge and his family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

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  4. Hot Metal Season 2 Episode 4 - The Twilight Zone
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #4 - The Twilight Zone

    S2:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

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  5. Hot Metal Season 2 Episode 5 - Crown of Thorns
    6.7/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Crown of Thorns

    S2:E5

    Lipton begins to lose his grip on reality as the buxom beauties of page three go on strike, Twiggy opens ""Rat World"", Kettle infiltrates EastEnders, and Maggie Troon discovers odd evidence of an alien presence at the mass murder site.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

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  6. Hot Metal Season 2 Episode 6 - Unleash the Kracken
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Unleash the Kracken

    S2:E6

    Maggie continues to dig into the Hitchcock murders amid rumors of UFOs while Spam and Lipton try different ways of spiking a critical government report on newspaper standards and practices.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

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  7. Hot Metal Season 2 Episode 7 - The Rat Sat on the Cat
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - The Rat Sat on the Cat

    S2:E7

    Twiggy threatens to demolish an 11th century church and replace it with the new tower block. Harry defends a Crucible story about cat food.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Andrew Marshall, David Renwick

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Religion of the People" is the best rated episode of "Hot Metal" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Andrew Marshall, David Renwick, it aired on 3/6/1988. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Joker to the Thief".