Spitting Image
Spitting Image

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.

Spitting Image. Copyright: Central Independent Television

Key details

Genre
Sketch Show
Broadcast
1984 - 2021
Channels
BritBox, ITV1
Episodes
161 (22 series), plus 20 short & highlights specials
Creators
Peter Fluck and Roger Law
Stars
Chris Emmett, Jon Glover, Phil Cool, Jan Ravens, Chris Barrie, Harry Enfield, Jessica Martin, Steve Nallon and more
Writers
Richard Curtis, Geoff Atkinson, Jack Docherty, Ian Hislop, Moray Hunter, Nick Newman, Steve Punt, Al Murray and more
Directors
Peter Harris, John Stroud, Gordon Elsbury, Graham C. Williams, Andy de Emmony, Steve Connelly, Geoffrey Sax, Steve Bendelack and more
Producers
Jon Blair, Tony Hendra, John Lloyd, Geoffrey Perkins, Matt Stronge, David Tyler, Bill Dare, Giles Pilbrow and more
Companies

Long-running sketch show taking an absurdist, often cynical look at the world, from contemporary political events to pop culture; TV celebrities to world leaders; famines to pop stars; royalty to war; and political figures from across the spectrum.

Utilising hand-crafted caricature-styled puppets of the rich, famous and powerful, the series aims to inject a slice of funny into that which is all-too-often hair-tearingly bonkers.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Rubber News (Working title)
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 26th February 1984 at 10pm on ITV1
All previous repeats

Recording details

  • Central Studios - Most episodes filmed in Birmingham
  • Limehouse Studios - Down And Out In The White House

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