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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 8

Mrs Thatcher has a nightmare and we are on the set of It'll Be Alright On The Night with Denis Norden and a 589 egg omelette. Elsewhere in Masterclass Julian Lloyd Webber goes head to head with Henry Cooper, and there is the latest instalment of The President's Brain Is Missing.

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 20th May 1984
Time
10pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
30 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
Guest cast
Fogwell Flax Various (Voice)
Writing team
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
Julie Jones Writer
Production team
Bob Cousins Director
John Lloyd Producer
Richard Holloway Associate Producer
Jon Blair (as John Blair) Producer
Al Pigden Editor
Ken Ryan Production Designer
Giovanni Guarino Production Designer
Sue Gibson Costume Designer
Philip Pope (as Phil Pope) Composer
Brian Becker Graphics

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