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Spitting Image
Spitting Image

Spitting Image

  • TV sketch show
  • BritBox / ITV1
  • 1984 - 2021
  • 161 episodes (22 series)

Groundbreaking, long-running and hugely popular satirical sketch show with a cast of grotesque latex puppets. Stars Chris Emmett, Jon Glover, Phil Cool, Jan Ravens, Chris Barrie and more.

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Series 1, Episode 11

There is strife on the studio floor when Robin Day refuses to give up the BBC jumper, Cecil Parkinson - the man who made just one mistake, twice a night for fourteen years - is offered the job of foreign secretary, and preparations are underway at No. 10 for Mark Thatcher's wedding.

Notes

The credits for this episode are listed in spoof pseudo-Finnish.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 10th June 1984
Time
10:15pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
25 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Chris Emmett Various (Voice)
Jon Glover Various (Voice)
Steve Nallon Various
Anthony Asbury Various
Chris Barrie Various
Kevin Bradshaw Various
Alistair Fullarton Various
Louise Gold Various
Terry Lee Various
Richard Robinson Various
Writing team
Geoff Atkinson Writer
Jack Docherty (as John Docherty) Writer
Ian Hislop Writer
Moray Hunter Writer
Nick Newman Writer
Rob Grant Script Editor
Doug Naylor Script Editor
Colin Bostock-Smith Writer
Tony Bagley Writer (Additional Material)
Donnie Kerr Writer (Additional Material)
Chris Morrison Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Peter Harris Director
Jon Blair Producer
John Lloyd Producer
Richard Holloway Associate Producer
John Baldwin Editor
Ken Ryan Production Designer
Giovanni Guarino Production Designer
Sue Gibson Costume Designer
Brian Harris Lighting Designer
Philip Pope (as Phil Pope) Composer
Brian Becker Graphics
Colin Cambel Composer

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