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Channel 4 Television

 Organization

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

 File

A Bit Greecy, 1991 - 1992

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/13
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1991 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Artwork Portfolio 1, 1994

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/12/1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1994
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Artwork Portfolio 2, 1994 - 1995

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/12/2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1994 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Item

British Film Institute Press Pack, 1995

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/2/1/5
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...
Dates: 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Business Correspondence, and Internal Communications and Documentation, 1983 - 1997

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/8/1
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,...
Dates: 1983 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Cave In, 1992-1994

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/16
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1992-1994
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Item

Channel 4 International Catalogue, 1999

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/2/1/6
Scope and Contents A Channel 4 International catalogue, which has been produced to promote Channel 4 programming to international television broadcasters. The catalogue is in the form of a small plastic, ring-bound folder, which holds multiple pieces of card with information about shows.This appears to be an incomplete catalogue, containing introductory pages along with multiple copies of the same three cards, relating to the following Spitting Image Productions Limited and Screwball Films Limited...
Dates: 1999
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Series

Channel 4 Programmes, 1992 - 1997

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1992 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Crapston Villas, c 1994-1995

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/1/1/3
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...
Dates: c 1994-1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Sub-Series

Crapston Villas, 1992 - 1997

 Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/1
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 the series. The first season consists of the pilot and nine other episodes, known as episodes 1 to 10, and the second series consists of a second set of 10 episodes, known as episodes 11 to 20. Channel 4 originally broadcast the first season between October and December...
Dates: 1992 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Pilot Episode Documentation, 1992 - 1995

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/1/1
Scope and Contents

A box containing six sub-files with contracts and agreements, correspondence, insurance papers, and other documentation relating to the pilot episode of the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 production, Crapston Villas. The pilot would go on to be the first episode of the first series of the show.

Dates: 1992 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Series 1 Contracts and Related Documentation, 1994 - 1995

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/1/2
Scope and Contents A box containing four sub-files with contracts for voice actors, composers, 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 a sub-file with documentation and correspondence relating to the show's creator, Sarah Ann kennedy; and a sub-file containing musicians' payment voucher...
Dates: 1994 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Series 1 Copyright Clearance File, 1995

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/1/3
Scope and Contents A box containing 12 sub-files with 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. Along with a sub-file concerning the use of copyrighted television clips, there are nine sub-files relating to the usage of copyrighted music in the show, involving the following companies/organisations:...
Dates: 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

Series 2 Documentation, 1996 - 1997

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/1/4
Scope and Contents A box containing documentation relating to the second series of the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 television show, Crapston Villas. The majority of items are programme as completed forms [post-production scripts] for the ten episodes of that season, known as episodes 11 to 20. These forms provide a final script and information on music cues, copyright, and other matters. There is also a letter of agreement from Spitting Image Productions Limited to...
Dates: 1996 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Sub-Sub-Series

The Strip Show, 1994 - 1995

 Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/12
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1994 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 File

The Strip Show, 1994 - 1995

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/2
Scope and Contents A box containing seven sub-files holding production material for the Spitting Image Productions Limited/Channel 4 cartoon sketch show pilot, The Strip Show, which was broadcast on 29 December 1995. Items include, but are not limited to: pitching/proposal material; a production agreement between SIPL and Channel 4; contracts for animators and illustrators, directors, writers, voice actors and others involved in the production; general correspondence and...
Dates: 1994 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
 Fonds

"The Tragedy of HMS Glorious"

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLOR
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1997
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives Centre is not able to provide access to audio-visual material unless an access copy of the relevant tape is available. In cases where a Betacam and VHS videotape exists, access to the VHS version would be possible. In other cases, access copies must be made before access can be granted. Access copies may be arranged through Churchill Archives Centre.
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Videos, 1987 - 1998, 2009

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/2/2
Scope and Contents A box holding merchandise VHS cassette tapes or cases, a LaserDisc and DVDs, which contain Spitting Image and other Spitting Image Productions Limited-related material. The following items are present:1. A Spitting Image compilation video, on LaserDisc, which has been produced for the Japanese market (SI/501).2. An empty VHS tape case for a video that contains two Spitting Image special...
Dates: 1987 - 1998; 2009
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.