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 6
In this episode we finally find out the whereabouts of Lord Lucan: could he have been hiding out in Cyril Smith's oversized trousers all this time? Barry Manilow's encounter with an obsessive anteater leads to a case of mistaken identity and Mrs Thatcher's cabinet prepare for nuclear war.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 15th April 1984
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Chris Emmett | Various (Voice) |
| Jon Glover (as John 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 |
| Richard Curtis | Writer |
| Ian Hislop (as Hislop & Newman) | Writer |
| Nick Newman (as Hislop & Newman) | Writer |
| Guy Jenkin | Writer |
| Laurie Rowley | Writer |
| Donnie Kerr | Writer |
| Kim Fuller (as Fuller & Pile) | Writer |
| Victoria Pile (as Fuller & Pile) | Writer |
| Christopher Burman (as Burman & Purton) | Writer |
| Nigel Purton (as Burman & Purton) | Writer |
| Ben Elton | Writer |
| Owen Brenman | Writer |
| Nat Clare | Writer |
| Tim John | Writer |
| 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 |
| Hugh Stevenson | Lighting Designer |
| Philip Pope (as Phil Pope) | Composer |
| Brian Becker | Graphics |