Spitting Image
Spitting Image is a British satire comedy puppet show. It was created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The show often makes fun of politicians such as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Queen Elizabeth, George H. W. Bush, and Konstantin Chernenko. It ran from 1984 to 1996 on ITV. Since 2020, it continues on BritBox.
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Puppet of Margaret Thatcher on display in Grantham Museum (she was born in Grantham)
Puppet of Manchester United striker Eric Cantona
Roger Moore enjoyed his parody on the show.
Phil Collins on stage with Genesis. After he saw a caricatured version of himself on Spitting Image, he commissioned the show's creators, Peter Fluck and Roger Law, to create puppets of the band which appear in their music video "Land of Confusion".
Sting (pictured in May 1986) recorded "Every Bomb You Make" for the show.
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- 1980s British comedy television series
- 1980s satirical television series
- 1990s British comedy television series
- 1990s British satirical television series
- 2020s British comedy television series
- 2020s British satirical television series
- British satirical television series
- ITV comedy
- 1984 British television series debuts
- 1996 British television series endings
- British English-language television shows