‘Spitting Image’ is heading back to the small screen, launching on BritBox on Saturday 3rd October.
The series will release a new episode weekly for 10 week after that. ‘Spitting Image’ co-creator Roger Law heads up the show’s creative team, while multi-award-winner Jeff Westbrook (‘The Simpsons’, ‘Futurama’) is the Showrunner, leading the writing team.
Over 100 puppets have been developed by socially distanced teams of artists during the pandemic. Viewers can expect to see: Adele, Angela Merkel, Baby Yoda, Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Boris Johnson, Boris Baby, The Johnson Dog, Brad Pitt, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, Chrissy Teigen, Covid-19, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dominic Cummings, Dominic Raab, Donald Trump, Dwayne Johnson, Ed Sheeran, Elon Musk, Elton John, Emmanuel Macron, Greta Thunberg, Grimes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harry Styles, Idris Elba, Ivanka Trump, Jacinda Ardern, James Corden, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Jürgen Klopp, Kanye West, Keir Starmer, Kim Kardashian, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Zuckerberg, Matt Hancock, Meghan Duchess of Sussex, Melania Trump, Michael Gove, Michelle Obama, Narendra Modi, Oprah Winfrey, Piers Morgan, The Pope, Prince Andrew, Prince Charles, Prince Harry, Prince William, Priti Patel, The Queen, Richard Branson, Rishi Sunak, RuPaul, Taylor Swift, Tiger Woods, Tyson Fury, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
‘Spitting Image’ is produced by Avalon (‘Taskmaster’, ‘The Russell Howard Hour’, ‘Catastrophe’, ‘Breeders’, ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’)
Writers on the show include: Al Murray, Bert Tyler-Moore & George Jeffrie (‘The Windsors’), Bill Odenkirk (‘The Simpsons’), Brona C. Titley (‘The Tracey Ullman Show’), David X. Cohen (‘The Simpsons’), Gemma Arrowsmith (‘The Tracey Ullman Show’), Jason Hazeley & Nico Tatarowicz (Charlie Brooker’s ‘Screenwipe/Murder in Successville’), Karl Minns (‘Russell Howard’s Good News’), Keisha Zollar, Laura Major (‘Famalam’), Matt Forde, Patric Verrone (‘The Simpsons’), Phil Wang, Richard Herring, Sophie Duker (‘Frankie Boyle’s New World Order’) and Travis Jay (‘Dave Chapelle and Friends’) with many more joining the growing team.
Voice artists include: Billy West (‘Futurama’), Debra Stephenson (‘The Impressions Show’), Debra Wilson (‘Family Guy’), Guz Khan (‘Man Like Mobeen’), Indira Varma (‘Game of Thrones’), Jess Robinson (‘The Imitation Game’) John DiMaggio (‘Futurama’), Lewis MacLeod (‘Dead Ringers’), Lobo Chan (‘Killing Eve’), Matt Forde (‘Unspun’) and Phil LaMarr (‘Pulp Fiction’), with many more joining as the puppet cast grows.
Roger Law said: “Everything the team have done on the new ‘Spitting Image’ shows, the caricatures, puppets and satirical gags have all been done in the public interest, as Boris might say ‘Pro bono publico’. It’s time to come off furlough! The people have spoken and the puppets are oven ready. We’re going to take back control from the likes of Boris, Cummings, Trump, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. There will be tongue-lashings from our weather girl; Greta Thunberg, you’ll be knocked out by Tyson Fury and dazzled and amazed by Beyoncé and Herr Jürgen Klopp. This time Spitting Image is going global so we will be making world beating trade deals with North Korea and Belarus and if Gavin Williamson and Dominic Cummings finally get the sack, Spitting Image will give them a job. We have always employed strange people and I’m sure Dom, in particular, will be a great asset; he seems to dislike the establishment just as much as we do. And the message for the Keir Starmer’s and Michel Barnier’s is… Let’s get BritBox done.”
‘Spitting Image’ is BritBox‘s debut original and available with a free trial to all new subscribers at www.BritBox.co.uk.
