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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How the Spitting Image puppets were made
"It was always a two-part, collaborative process: Peter Fluck would do the form and Roger Law the finishing - doing the final touches and the expressions"
Jade Angeles Fitton, The Fence, 10th June 2022Matt Forde: Prince Andrew will have nowhere to hide in Spitting Image Live
"I think we will be as disrespectful as you would hope," said Forde, "and on stage we can be a lot more outrageous than we can be on telly. There will be a sense that the shackles will be off with the live show. There's nowhere for anyone to hide, Prince Andrew included."
David Stephenson, The Daily Express, 20th February 2022Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022Spitting Image stage show in 2022
The Spitting Image puppets will tread the boards of London's West End in 2022.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th December 2021Spitting Image Halloween special coming to ITV
ITV is to air a Halloween special of Spitting Image.
British Comedy Guide, 15th October 2021Spitting Image sketch branded sexist
Spitting Image has been accused of sexism over a sketch about Labour leader Keir Starmer and MP Jess Phillips. In the sketch, the Phillips caricature makes crass comments such as, "Convene my Labour vag," and, "You wanna suck some f*****g milk from my big Labour t**s?" Near the end of the video, Starmer can also be seen calling Phillips a "Brummie tart".
Sam Moore, The Independent, 4th October 2021Roger Law complains he's 'too f***ing old' for backlash
"I used to love the adrenaline rush but I'm getting a bit too f***ing old for it," laughs 80-year-old co-creator Roger Law, chatting to just days before the show's new series is due to begin.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 11th September 2021Spitting Image puppet makers reveal secrets
In a retail park packed with car-body repair and remould shops a recasting business of a different kind sits. Reputations of the rich and famous are being pulled apart in this West London warehouse - then cruelly reconstituted by the Spitting Image team.
Grant Rollings, The Sun, 9th September 2021Are present-day politicians too absurd to parody?
As a new series begins, Matt Chorley meets the creators - and puppets.
Matt Chorley, The Times, 2nd September 2021Spitting Image: Lampooning with latex
The team behind BritBox's reboot of Spitting Image explains how to make satire work for millennials.
Royal Television Society, 1st September 2021