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.

Spitting Image Media

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  Puppet of Margaret Thatcher on display in Grantham Museum (she was born in Grantham).

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  Puppet of Manchester United striker Eric Cantona

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  Roger Moore enjoyed his parody on the show.

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  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"

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  Sting (pictured in May 1986) recorded "Every Bomb You Make" for the show