Spitting Image

Name: Spitting Image
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.12
Cast: Harry Enfield, Chris Barrie, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dennis, Jon Glover

1984

★★★★☆ 7.1/10

📺 18 Seasons

🎬 133 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 30 min/episode

Comedy

Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV from 1984 to 1996. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Awards, including one for editing in 1989, and even won two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities famous during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family. The Series was the first to caricature the Queen mother.

Seasons

Season 1

1984 • 12 Episodes

While Margaret Thatcher impersonates the Queen, can Joan collins really be in bed with John McEnroe? As Bob Dylan protests against the use of cheese, Mick Jagger gets in trouble whilst abusing other dairy products. Meanwhile, in 'The Presidents Brain Is Missing', President Reagan wakes up in bed with a stuffed monkey...

Season 2

1985 • 11 Episodes

While Ronald Reagan loses a debate to a cheese sandwich, Robert Maxwell ponders the content of tomorrow's newspapers. The Royal Family decide long and hard on a name for the new baby, but one of their number hides a dark secret...

Season 3

1986 • 17 Episodes

While the Cabinet celebrates Michael Heseltine's resignation, Prince Philip wastes his time trying to teach his son how to play Colditz. Ronald Reagan's diary tells the inside story on the presidency, and celebrities band together for another charity songbecause they are scared of Bob Geldof.

Season 4

1987 • 6 Episodes

Season 5

1988 • 6 Episodes

When a Cherubic urchin gets an unfortunate visitation from the Tooth Fairy, the BBC News gets a revamp with Marcel Marceau reporting live from Northern Ireland. A bunch of professional cockneys show off their new long-playing record and Jeffrey Archer appears on Mastermind - his special subject; Jeffrey Archer.

Season 6

1989 • 5 Episodes

Season 7

1989 • 6 Episodes

Season 8

1990 • 6 Episodes

Season 9

1990 • 6 Episodes

Season 10

1991 • 6 Episodes

Season 11

1991 • 7 Episodes