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 3, Episode 5
Arthur Daley has to bow out from Mrs Thatcher's service because he is not sleazy enough, we go down on the farm with Jim Callaghan, Kinnock and co break into Downing Street and the Queen Mother goes shopping for a new hat. Also Jools Holland hosts The Tube featuring Bruce Sringsteen and ZZ Top singing We Got Beards.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 2nd February 1986
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jon Glover | Various (Voice) |
| Chris Barrie | Various (Voice) |
| Harry Enfield | Various (Voice) |
| Steve Nallon | Various (Voice) |
| John Sessions | Various (Voice) |
| Kevin Bradshaw | Various |
| Alistair Fullarton | Various |
| Louise Gold | Various |
| Nigel Plaskitt | Various |
| Richard Coombs | Various |
| Martin Oates | Various |
| Geoff Atkinson | Writer |
| Ian Hislop | Writer |
| Nick Newman | Writer |
| Geoffrey Perkins | Script Editor |
| Rob Grant | Script Executive |
| Doug Naylor | Script Executive |
| Christopher Burman (as Burman & Purton) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Nigel Purton (as Burman & Purton) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Richard Halford | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Kostos Adenhauer | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Moray Hunter (as Hunter & Docherty) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Jack Docherty (as Hunter & Docherty) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Ron Barbour | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Paul Clark | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Alan Lawrence | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Nick Mitchell | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Mick Shirley | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Gordon Elsbury | Director |
| John Lloyd | Producer |
| Jon Blair | Executive Producer |
| Al Pigden | Editor |
| Ken Ryan | Production Designer |
| Sue Gibson | Costume Designer |
| Hugh Stevenson | Lighting Designer |
| Philip Pope (as Phil Pope) | Composer |
| Chris Wroe | Graphics |
| Willy Kerr | Graphics |