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Andrew Marshall (writer)
David Renwick (writer)
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1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
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16 February 1986 (UK) more
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The 'Crucible' is a new muck-raking tabloid newspaper in London. Managing editor Russell Spam is always on the lookout for the latest dirt and gossip... more
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Superb satire more (3 total)
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(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 17) | Robert Hardy | ... | Russell Spam / ... (12 episodes, 1986-1988) |
| Richard Kane | ... | Greg Kettle (12 episodes, 1986-1988) |
| Geoffrey Palmer | ... | Harold Stringer (6 episodes, 1986) |
| Caroline Milmoe | ... | Maggie Troon (6 episodes, 1988) |
| Richard Wilson | ... | Dicky Lipton (6 episodes, 1988) |
| John Gordon Sinclair | ... | Bill Tytla (5 episodes, 1986) |
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Referenced in A Night of Comic Relief 2 (1989) (TV) more
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This was a superb TV satire spoofing the newspaper industry. There were so many great moments that stick in the mind, particularly the wobble vision glasses, the campaign to save Happy the horse, the royal girlfriend in a porno film scandal. Too many to mention, in fact. It was written by a very talented duo (Marshall and Renwick) who had written the Burkiss Way radio show and the sensational TV series Whoops Apocalypse (they were also responsible for the far less successful film of the same name). The actors were wonderful and the parts they played very well written. It was Robert Hardy's finest hour in the dual roles of Twiggy Rathbone and Russell Spam. Geoffrey Palmer was possibly the better of the two editors (Richard Wilson got the part in the second series) but star of the show was Richard Kane as the conniving reporter Greg Kettle who made up stories if he couldn't find one and generally browbeat the public into admitting to things they had never actually done. Sheer class. Why isn't this on DVD yet?