Spitting Image (1984)
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.
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Episodes
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1. Episode 11985-06-01 · 30mWhile 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 ba
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2. Episode 21985-01-13 · 30mPrince Williams devious machinations continue, while Barry Norman takes time out to interview Dustin Hoffman in his starring role as The Lettuce. The Cabinet struggle to find a res
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3. Episode 31985-01-20 · 30mAs Liz Taylor explodes, Donald Sinden tries his best to sell the viewing public a nice cup of Reptiles Bland Blend Coffee.
Sir John Geilgud reads another excerpt from the Booker P
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4. Episode 41985-01-27 · 30mPrince William's plan to remove all obstacles between himself and the throne continues apace.
Snooker champion Steve Davis bemoans his lack of a nickname and comes up with somethi
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5. Episode 51985-02-03 · 30mIt's Rubinovski and Franks - the new crimefighting duo starring a sheep and an anteater - and woe betide the lawbreaker who gets in their way!
Meanwhile, the pound sterling is in
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6. Episode 61985-02-10 · 30mRussian Prime Minister Gorbachev proves beyond a doubt he;s the grooviest Russian premier in history.
Meanwhile, Jim Callaghan states publicly that, being a pedigree wolverine bre
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7. Episode 71985-02-24 · 30mThe magician Paul Daniels chances his arm by hosting the brand new quiz show 'Block Your Odd Bob Mr. Name That Priceslines 2-1'.
The world of theatrical luvvies goes into overdriv
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8. Episode 81985-03-03 · 30mThe Royal Family frantically band together when they discover that one of Diana's hairs is out of place.
As Conan the Stamp Collector struts his stuff, Denis Norden finds out how
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9. Episode 91985-03-10 · 30mMichael Grade of Channel 4 Television is under attack from the advertising menace that is 'Saatchi and Saatchi'.
Mystery abounds when eight 'complete strangers' are brought togeth
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10. Episode 101985-03-17 · 30mPrince Charles receives a vegetable related epiphany when his food embroils him in a heated dialogue.
Horse racing jockey Lester Pigott's horse tries to convince him that he real
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11. Episode 111985-03-24 · 30mEnjoying a quiet drink with Saint and Greavsie, Dustin Hoffman realises that he's surrounded by every racial and social stereotype imaginable. There is only one possible explanatio
Cast
Harry Enfield
Chris Barrie
Steve Coogan
Hugh Dennis
Jon Glover
Alistair McGowan
John Sessions
Enn Reitel
Martin P. Robinson
Kate Robbins
Louise Gold
Jessica Martin
Francis Wright
Michael Fenton StevensImages
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