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A file containing a proposal document, correspondence, script and artwork relating to a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited short animated film, A Bit Greecy (SI/2101). The script was written by Candy Guard. The correspondence focus on Roger Law's attempts to gain interest in the project from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Channel 4.

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The first of two portfolios containing original artwork, along with some research material and other items, relating to the Spitting Image Productions Limited television cartoon sketch programme, The Strip Show. This material has been produced by both members of the Spitting Image Workshop and freelance artists.

Items are marked with their original 'SI' reference number.

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The second of two portfolios containing original artwork, relating to the Spitting Image Productions Limited television cartoon sketch programme, The Strip Show. This material has been produced by both members of the Spitting Image Workshop and freelance artists.

Items are marked with their original 'SI' reference number.

Scope and Contents A British Film Institute (BFI) press pack that contains multiple press releases issued by the Museum of the Moving Image, along with a press release from the British television broadcaster, Channel 4. The Channel 4 press release comments on the success of British animation that year, and mentions the Screwball Films Limited/Spitting Image Productions Limited (SIPL) short-film, The Big Story, and also the SIPL animated series, Crapston...

Scope and Contents A box containing a mixture of internal Spitting Image Productions Limited communications and documentation, along with external correspondence, relating to the management and activities of the company. Non-correspondence material includes, but is not limited to: memoranda, minutes for board meetings, draft legal agreements, and press releases. Topics covered in letters, faxes and documentation include, but are not limited to: the agreement between SIPL, David Paradine Television,...

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A file containing artwork, correspondence, a treatment/proposal, draft script and other documentation relationg to a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited children's television show, Cave In, created by Andy de Emmony and Bill Dare (SI/1127). Artwork present was done by David Stoten.

Some form of pilot/taster footage was shot for this programme, but the show was not developed into a full series.

Scope and Contents A Channel 4 International catalogue, which has been produced to promote the broadcaster's programming to television networks outside of the United Kingdom. The catalogue is in the form of a small ring-bound folder, made out of plastic and metal, which holds multiple pieces of card with information about shows.This catalogue is incomplete, merely holding several examples of the introductory page, and multiple copies of the same three cards, relating to the following Spitting Image...

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Production material for two programmes produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited for the British television broadcaster, Channel 4: Crapston Villas, and The Strip Show.

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A file holding correspondence, both originals received by Spitting Image Productions Limited and photocopies of letters sent by Roger Law and SIPL, along with schedules, notes and other documentation relating to the production of the animated comedy sketch programme, The Strip Show. This programme was produced by SIPL for the British television network, Channel 4, and aired on 29 December 1995.

Scope and Contents Production material relating to the adult stop-motion animated soap opera, Crapston Villas, created by Sarah Ann Kennedy and produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited. There are two seasons of this series. The first season consists of the pilot and nine other episodes, known as episodes 1 to 10, and the second series consists of another set of 10 episodes, known as episodes 11 to 20. Channel 4 originally aired the first season between October and December...

Scope and Contents A file containing a promotional synposis folder for the first series of the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 adult animation soap opera, Crapston Villas (SI/417). Inside the folder are synopses for the show, episodes and characters; and biographies for the cast and crew.Also present in the file, separate from the synopsis folder, are the following: a promotional postcard for Valhalla Villas [the original title for...

Scope and Contents Two VHS tapes that hold footage relating to the adult stop-motion animated soap opera, Crapston Villas, created by Sarah Ann Kennedy and produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited. The programme ran for two series, between 1995 and 1998, on the British television network, Channel 4.The first tape is labelled as 'Valhalla Villas,' which was the original title for the programme [its contents are unknown at this time]. The second tape holds rough cuts...

Scope and Contents A file holding colour transparencies relating to the stop-motion animated soap opera, Crapston Villas, which aired on Channel 4 between 1995 and 1998. There is a plastic sleeve that holds ten 63mm transparencies, which feature portrait images of the characters in this programme. There is a second set of these ten transparencies, each held separately in their own envelope; this separation is due to these particular transparencies being digitally scanned. There is...

Scope and Contents Material relating to the production of the pilot episode for the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 stop-motion animated soap opera, Crapston Villas. This pilot would go on to be the first episode of the first series.The following sub-files are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their sub-file reference number within this file:1. A folder composed primarily of forms of engagement and letters of agreement, relating to...

Scope and Contents A signed agreement between Channel 4 Television Corporation and Spitting Image Productions Limited, dated 24 August 1995, concerning the production of the animated comedy sketch programme, The Strip Show. This agreement includes the following sections: schedule of terms, programme specification parts one to three, form of laboratory/facilities house letter, form of inducement letter, budget, programme proposal and production schedule; technical requirements for...

Scope and Contents A file holding three examples of a promotional card for the Channel 4 animated comedy sketch programme, The Strip Show, produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited. The front of the card has an illustration of two characters from one of the show's sketches, Taylor Nash and Left Over Dog, along with the logo for the programme and details of it being aired on 29 December [1995]. The back of the card has the show's and Spitting Image's...

Scope and Contents Contracts for voice actors, a composer, a writer, and production crew for the first series of the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 television show, Crapston Villas. These contracts are either letters of agreement or standard forms of engagement. There is also documentation and correspondence relating to the show's creator, Sarah Ann kennedy; and musicians' payment voucher forms.The following sub-files/items are present, and their accompanying...

Scope and Contents Contracts, correspondence, invoices and other documentation relating to the use of copyrighted music and television clips in the first series of the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 television show, Crapston Villas. The majority of material relates to the usage of copyrighted music, with sub-files for specific companies contacted for permission. There is also a dedicated sub-file for the use of television clips. Also present is a sub-file holding...

Scope and Contents Material relating to the second series of the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 television show, Crapston Villas. This file is composed of 11 sub-files. The first holds a bundle of copyright clearance documents, a signed letter of agreement for the director, Peter Boyd Maclean; and a word-processed spreadsheet with financial information on payments to voice actors. The remaining ten sub-files hold programme as completed forms [post-production scripts]...

Scope and Contents Production material for the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 animated comedy sketch show pilot, The Strip Show, which aired on 29 December 1995. In the early stages of this project, this programme originally went by the title, Video Comic.This section features the following: contracts and letters of agreement for those involved in the project, pitch material, correspondence and general documentation, a production...

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Two portfolios containing original artwork, along with some other items, relating to the one-off television cartoon sketch programme, The Strip Show, which was produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited. This programme was aired by British television network, Channel 4, in December 1995.

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Three VHS tapes holding footage relating to the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 cartoon comedy sketch show pilot, The Strip Show, which was aired on 29 December 1995. The following are present:

1. A tape labelled 'Stripshow - work in progress 23/11/95.'

2. A tape labelled 'Strip Show - Avid Assembly 30/11/95.'

3. A tape labelled 'The Strip Show Parts 1 + 2,' and dated 19 December 1995.

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The collection of material held at Churchill Archives Centre relates to the preparation of the documentary and includes research notes and correspondence; transcripts and videotapes of interviews, film footage and of the documentary.

Scope and Contents Merchandise VHS cassette tapes or cases, a LaserDisc, and a DVD boxset, which contain either Spitting Image material or other programmes produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following items are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their file or item reference number in this sub-sub-series:1. A Spitting Image compilation video, on LaserDisc, which has been produced for the Japanese market...