SPITTING IMAGE (24th November 1991)

Spitting Image was a British satirical puppet show which ran on the ITV television network from 1984 to 1996. It was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central. The series was nominated for 10 BAFTA Awards, winning one for editing in 1989.
The series featured puppet caricatures of numerous celebrities who were famous during the 1980s and 1990s. The humour was usually strong and bitingly sharp. British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, then American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family were the most prominent targets, although hundreds of other celebrities were targeted in an equally disrespectful manner.
Certain countries have been inspired to have similar satirical puppet shows, based on "Spitting Image".

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Spitting
• Image
• British
• Satirical
• Puppet
• Show
• ITV
• Series
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[rigel5]

Who's the slug politician?

[dee74raz]

@rigel5 It was Kenneth Baker, who was at that time, the Home Secretary. Kenneth used alot of Brylcreem on his hair, which made it look oily and Spitting Image called him the slug, because of the amount of grease used !!!

[TheJaaysog]

@dee74raz In the stupid voters scene is the guy with the hight grey hair and large brown eyebrows norman lamont?

[dee74raz]

@TheJaaysog Correct it's Norman Lamont !!

[metatronius]

Who's the guy at the end of the first sketch that pops up and says "are you sure you're in the right place" ?

[dee74raz]

@metatronius Kenneth Williams, the actor who appeared in 26 Carry On Films !!!

[CelticCymru]

Bring it back! We need good British Satire on TV

[queriassaber]

The day Freddie died... :(

[chloekat3]

plssss bring this back!!!!!!

[0107twinkle]

what type of puppet is this?

[BadGirlOfAutism]

I wish Spitting Image was still on - I wonder what they'd have made of certain events of the last 10 years?

[rayblack2004]

awesome intro

[segano1]

This is exactly 19 years old to the day.

[j0shissocoollike]

That representation of the Conservatives is quite accurate, even today, within the Coalition.