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 9
We join Pope John Paul II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie on their world tour with a crew of hell-raising roadie nuns, That's Life and Death with Esther Rantzen chasing the ratings, and the Cabinet plot a revolt.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 27th May 1984
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jon Glover (as John Glover) | Various (Voice) |
| Jan Ravens | 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 |
| Fogwell Flax | Various (Voice) |
| 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 |
| Brian Highley | Writer |
| George Smythe | Writer |
| 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 |