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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The new Spitting Image is all crudeness - not satire
The new series just shouts "bum" a lot, and hopes its audience is desperate enough to titter.
Rachel Cooke, The New Statesman, 3rd November 2020Spitting Image: how they've ruined a classic TV satire
It's pitifully obvious this version is British humour meant for a U.S. audience, which just doesn't work. Some of the puppets need captions - did you spot Nancy Pelosi? Would you really know who she was, even if she had a name badge?
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 2nd November 2020Spitting Image review
The puppets shine, shame about the script.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 2nd November 2020Spitting Image election specials review
Running true to its visually splendid form.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 31st October 2020Spitting Image, US Election Special, review
This two-part special for the puppet show tries - and fails - to lampoon characters who are already beyond parody.
Ed Power, The Telegraph, 31st October 2020Roger Law livid at NBC America for axing Spitting Image
Livid Spitting Image boss Roger Law has taken a swipe at 'superficial, gun-wielding Americans' as the comedy is axed by NBC after one series.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 27th October 2020Spitting Image special to be shown on ITV
BritBox has announced a two-part US election special of revived satirical sketch show Spitting Image, with one episode also set to air on ITV.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2020Spitting Image Thunberg sketch sparks autism row
Spitting Image has sparked an autism row following a 'bigoted and unkind' Greta Thunberg weather report sketch.
Jill Robinson, The Sun, 14th October 2020Spitting Image return shows how toothless UK satire is
Satirists should lampoon the powerful - but the real bile is now reserved for those on the margins.
Nesrine Malik, The Guardian, 11th October 2020TV review: Spitting Image; Urban Myths
Reviews of the new Spitting Image and of Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure.
Camilla Long, The Sunday Times, 11th October 2020