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 4
Shirley Williams is dragged backwards through a hedge in preparation for an appearance on Newsnight, Prince Philip has a flirty encounter with Nancy Reagan aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, David Attenborough is on the look out for an anteater and Mary Whitehouse takes an ice-cold bath.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 1st April 1984
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Chris Emmett | Various (Voice) |
| Jon Glover (as John Glover) | Various (Voice) |
| Phil Cool | 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 |
| Richard Curtis | Writer |
| Ian Hislop (as Hislop & Newman) | Writer |
| Nick Newman (as Hislop & Newman) | Writer |
| Guy Jenkin | Writer |
| Laurie Rowley | Writer |
| Paul Smith (as Smith & Kyan) | Writer |
| Terry Kyan (as Smith & Kyan) | Writer |
| Ian Dagger | Writer |
| Helen Murry (as Murry, Rix & Wilton) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Jamie Rix (as Murry, Rix & Wilton) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Nick Wilton (as Murry, Rix & Wilton) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Mark Gilkes | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Tim John | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Ian Hopkins | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Graham Buxton | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Bryan McAllister | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Malcolm Mather (as Mather & Shuttleworth) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Shuttleworth (as Mather & Shuttleworth) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Philip Casson | Director |
| Tony Hendra | Producer |
| John Lloyd | Producer |
| Richard Holloway | Associate Producer |
| Jon Blair (as Jon BAFTA-Blair) | Producer |
| Al Pigden | Editor |
| Ken Ryan | Production Designer |
| Giovanni Guarino | Production Designer |
| Sue Gibson | Costume Designer |
| Hugh Stevenson | Lighting Designer |
| Philip Pope (as Phil Pope) | Composer |
| Peter Brewis (as Peter Brewiss) | Composer |
| Brian Becker (as Betty Becker) | Graphics |