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 - The Very Beast Of Spitting Image
An hour-long compilation of the gruesome and nasty highlights from Central's very own Chamber of Horrors. The Very Beast Of Spitting Image features stars of stage, screen, the House of Commons and Buckingham Palace in their very own end of the year show.
Notes
A half-hour version also exists.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 29th December 1984
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| 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 |
| Sting | Self (Voice) |
| Denis Healey | Self |
| Richard Curtis | Writer |
| 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 |
| Ian Pattison | Writer |
| David Kind | Writer |
| Chris Langham | Writer |
| Ian Hopkins | Writer |
| Ben Elton | Writer |
| Nat Clare | Writer |
| Tim John | Writer |
| Brian Highley | Writer |
| Julie Jones | Writer |
| Colin Bostock-Smith | Writer |
| Mark Gilkes | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Andrea Solomons | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Chris Morrison | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Graham Buxton (as Graham Dean-Buxton) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| H J Edgington (as Harvey Edgington) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Peter Harris | Director |
| Bob Cousins | Director |
| Jon Blair | Producer |
| Tony Hendra | Producer |
| John Lloyd | Producer |
| Richard Holloway | Associate Producer |
| Al Pigden | Editor |
| Ken Ryan | Production Designer |
| Giovanni Guarino | Production Designer |
| Sue Gibson | Costume Designer |
| Brian Harris | Lighting Designer |
| Hugh Stevenson | Lighting Designer |
| Philip Pope (as Phil Pope) | Composer |
| Peter Brewis | Composer |
| Brian Becker | Graphics |