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 7, Episode 5
In this episode; there is panic at the BBC when Sue Lawley's legs disappear, Steve 'Interesting' Davis goes to Buckingham Palace to collect his MBE, and Elizabeth Taylor checks into the 'Betty Ford Celebrity Drying Out Clinic'.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 4th December 1988
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jon Glover | Various (Voice) |
| Chris Barrie | Various (Voice) |
| Steve Nallon | Various (Voice) |
| Enn Reitel | Various (Voice) |
| Kate Robbins | Various (Voice) |
| Steve Coogan | Various (Voice) |
| Steve Nallon | Various |
| Anthony Asbury | Various |
| Kevin Bradshaw | Various |
| Alistair Fullarton | Various |
| Nigel Plaskitt | Various |
| Richard Coombs | Various |
| Simon Buckley | Various |
| Don Austen (as Donald Austen) | Various |
| Roger Kitter | Various (Voice) |
| Geoff Atkinson | Writer |
| Jack Docherty (as John Docherty) | Writer |
| Ian Hislop | Writer |
| Moray Hunter | Writer |
| Nick Newman | Writer |
| Paul Simpkin | Writer |
| Paul Clark | Writer |
| Pete Sinclair | Writer |
| Paul Mayhew-Archer | Script Editor |
| Christopher Burman | Writer |
| Nigel Purton | Writer |
| David Austin | Writer |
| Victor Lewis-Smith | Writer |
| Paul Sparks | Writer |
| Jo Brand | Writer |
| S.J. Edwards | Writer |
| David Morley (as Dave Morley) | Writer |
| John Henderson | Director |
| Geoffrey Perkins | Producer |
| Grant Watters | Editor |
| Martin Hicks | Editor |
| Giovanni Guarino | Production Designer |
| Sue Gibson | Costume Designer |
| Barry Powell | Lighting Designer |
| Philip Pope | Composer |