Ed Sheeran's puppet changed to avoid upsetting redheads

Spitting Image has remodelled its puppet of Ed Sheeran before the show has even aired - to avoid upsetting redheads. The original had carrot leaves sprouting from the Shape Of You singer's bonce - but now has turnip foliage instead.

Piers Morgan lashes out at his Spitting Image puppet

Piers Morgan has hit out at his Spitting Image puppet . . . saying he has five chins, not six.

The presenter, 55, said he had waited all his life to become a puppet on the famous satirical show.

Spitting Image creator hits back at racism complaints

ITV bosses recently had a "curious meeting" with the shows creators to discuss how best to represent black characters, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. But Roger is not having any of the criticism that its past portrayals of figures such as Kanye West or Beyoncé were offensive.

Spitting Image defends Greta Thunberg puppet

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg will be portrayed on Spitting Image as a weathergirl warning about the heat, it was revealed today. Bosses have already come in for criticism for lampooning the teenager.

Roger Law: Spitting Image won't just mock right-wing

Spitting Image creator Roger Law has insisted that the show will parody both right and left-wing figures when it returns in October.

Roger Law interview

The rubbery satire shocked its way through the 1980s - will it seem more offensive now? Hope so, says its caricaturist.

Real life has become more like Spitting Image

As TV show Spitting Image returns, Jim Duffy feels that modern life is increasingly imitating its subversive art.

HIGNFY renews rivalry with Spitting Image

The BBC's satirical quiz show is turning 30. But in a world of instant online reactions, is it still relevant?

The 30 shows to look forward to this autumn

Includes comedies The Duchess, Spitting Image and Taskmaster.

The best of British satire: 7 vintage shows

Spitting Image is returning. Some are expecting the new series to represent the welcome, and long overdue, rehabilitation of British satire. Others fear a toothless, joyless effort. Either way, it will face some tough comparisons - most notably with itself. The satire boom of the 60s precipitated a long line of insightful, scabrous, satirical shows. So here, in no particular order, are seven of the best.