Spitting Image
Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV from 1984 to 1996. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Awards, including one for editing in 1989, and even won two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities famous during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family. The Series was the first to caricature the Queen mother.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Feb 26, 1984
- Popularity: 40.7022
- 23 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
18 seaons till Feb 18, 1996
Last episode: Episode 6
Seasons & episodes
Total 18 seasons, 133 episodes
Specials
Aired
Episode 1Montreux Festival Special30 min
Overview not available
Episode 2Down And Out in the White House45 min
A secret cabal of celebrities plots to dominate the US government by running Sylvester Stallone as President.
Episode 3The Spitting Image 1987 Movie Awards30 min
Woody Allen writes more movies about life, Hoffman, De Niro and Pacino have an identity crisis, Spielberg struggles under the weight of all his money, and refusal to take him as a serious actor pushes Leonard Nimoy over the edge.
Episode 4Election Special 198745 min
Alastair Burnet announces the predicted results of the general election. Then he announces that the polls are now closed, shortly to be followed by the hospitals, the schools, and the BBC.
Episode 5A Non-Denominational Spitting Image Holiday Special30 min
Christmas Special featuring a fancy dress party at Number Ten, another boring Perry Como Special, various spoofs of classic Christmas pop songs, as well as "The Snow Man in the Kalahari" and "Temporary Postman Pratt".
