Spitting Image: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Spitting Image is a 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 network. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Television Awards, including one for editing in 1989 and two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category.

Series details

• Title: Spitting Image
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Adult
• Premiere date: 1984-02-26
• Final broadcast date listed: 1996-02-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 4792

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-02-26; final listed air date 1984-06-17; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 1985-01-06; final listed air date 1985-03-24; episode order: 11.
• Season 3: premiered 1986-01-12; final listed air date 1986-11-02; episode order: 17.
• Season 4: premiered 1987-11-01; final listed air date 1987-12-27; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 1988-11-06; final listed air date 1988-12-11; episode order: 6.
• Season 6: premiered 1989-06-11; final listed air date 1989-07-09; episode order: 5.
• Season 7: premiered 1989-11-12; final listed air date 1989-12-17; episode order: 6.
• Season 8: premiered 1990-05-13; final listed air date 1990-06-24; episode order: 6.
• Season 9: premiered 1990-11-11; final listed air date 1990-12-16; episode order: 12.
• Season 10: premiered 1991-04-14; final listed air date 1991-05-19; episode order: 13.
• Season 11: premiered 1991-11-10; final listed air date 1991-12-15; episode order: 14.
• Season 12: premiered 1992-04-12; final listed air date 1992-05-17; episode order: 7.
• Season 13: premiered 1992-10-04; final listed air date 1992-11-08.
• Season 14: premiered 1993-05-16; final listed air date 1993-06-20.
• Season 15: premiered 1993-11-07; final listed air date 1993-12-26.
• Season 16: premiered 1994-05-01; final listed air date 1994-06-12.
• Season 17: premiered 1994-11-06; final listed air date 1995-01-01.
• Season 18: premiered 1996-01-14; final listed air date 1996-02-18.

Source and licence

Adapted from Spitting Image on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.