Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1981-
Places
- United Kingdom (nation) (Associated Country)
Found in 518 Collections and/or Records:
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1983 Pilot Episode Artwork, 1982 - 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
A visifile containing a bundle of working drawings for the unaired 1983 'Spitting Image' pilot episode. This bundle includes drawings for: hand puppets, puppets, and sets (SI/602 to 652, and SI/663).
Dates:
1982 - 1983
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1990 Compilation Episodes, 1988 - 1990
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/2/2/3
Scope and Contents
A box containing six sub-files with post-production scripts for all six episodes of the 1990 Spitting Image compilation series, originally aired on British television between 21 July and 25 August 1990. These programmes featured sketches taken from series 5 and 6.
Also present are two sub-files with correspondence and other related documentation concerning the compilation episodes.
Dates:
1988 - 1990
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1995 New Year Special, 1994 - 1995
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/2/4/6
Scope and Contents
A file containing a post-production script for the 1995 Spitting Image New Year special episode.
Dates:
1994 - 1995
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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
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Sub-Sub-Series
A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, 1991 - 1993
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/8
Scope and Contents
Material relating to the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, published by Booth-Clibborn Editions in November 1992. The book was written by Law, in collaboration with Lewis Chester, who previously wrote Tooth & Claw: The Inside Story of Spitting Image, released in 1986. The book acts as both an autobiography for Law and as a form of promotion for ...
Dates:
1991 - 1993
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A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, 1960- c1968, 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/5/7
Scope and Contents
A box containing four sub-files, which hold photographic material connected to the Roger Law/Spitting Image Productions Limited book, A Nasty Piece of Work: The Art and Graft of Spitting Image, which was published in November 1992. The following are present:1. A bundle of four black and white photographs from the 1960s: a photo of Roger Law, Peter Fluck, Deirdre Amsden and others by the Scarborough shore, 1960; a group photo of the aforementioned with...
Dates:
1960- c1968; 1992
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A View from the Fridge, c 1993
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/20
Scope and Contents
A file containing a treatment [a written summary for a television show idea], along with original and copy artwork for the treatment's front cover, for a proposed all-female television comedy sketch show, A View from the Fridge (SI/1981). This programme would have been produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited, and would have starred Meera Syal, Angie La Mar, Geraldine McNulty and Louise Rennison.
Dates:
c 1993
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Sub-Series
Accounting and Banking Records, 1984 - 2018
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/9/1
Scope and Contents
A range of accounting and banking papers relating to Spitting Image Productions Limited, its subsidiaries, and SIPL's parent company, Tooth'N Claw Limited. The majority of material present are directors' reports and accounts, which have been arranged by company/subsidiary. However, within the SIPL file, there is also pensions-related bank statements and other items.Also present is a separate file containing financial-related correspondence, addressed to Roger Law and Peter...
Dates:
1984 - 2018
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Additional Contracts for Publication, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/5/1
Scope and Contents
A box containing 49 sub-files holding contracts for artists and writers hired to produce additional artwork and text for the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, The Giant Komic Book. The majority of individuals represented are not SIPL personnel.
Dates:
1988
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Advertisements, c late 1980s-1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/5/3
Scope and Contents
A portfolio containing examples of advertisement posters and related material for external companies, which involved the services of Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following items are present:1. Two proofs for a Batchelors Slim a Soup advert, which features an photographic image of a Dame Edna Everage toby jug, c late 1980s. The jug was produced by SIPL (SI/1239 (b)).2. An advertisement for a printer, made by Canon, c late 1980s. The poster appears to be designed...
Dates:
Publication: c late 1980s-1992
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Sub-Sub-Series
Advertisements and Commercials, c late 1980s-1994
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/7
Scope and Contents
Original artwork and design material relating to advertisement campaigns and television commercials that involved the services of Spitting Image Productions Limited or its subsidiary, Screwball Films Limited, utilising Spitting Image Workshop personnel.
Dates:
c late 1980s-1994
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Alan Bennett Mould, c late-1980s-c mid-1990s
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/2/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
A plaster mould for the Spitting Image puppet head of British author and playwright, Alan Bennett (P177).
Dates:
c late-1980s-c mid-1990s
Conditions Governing Access:
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Alice's Adventures in Euroland 1992, 1989
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/1/5
Scope and Contents
A treatment [a written summary for a television show idea] for a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited/BBC Arena series or single episode production, Alice's Adventures in Euroland 1992 (SI/2102). This production would have been 'an unholy recreation of Lewis Carroll's classic,' providing a satirical view on 'England and its new European destiny.' The treatment contains artwork, including a representation of Margaret Thatcher as The...
Dates:
1989
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Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
American Specials, 1985-c 1987
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/2/3
Scope and Contents
Scripts and other documentation relating to special Spitting Image episodes that were made for the American television network, NBC. Three episodes were produced: Down and Out in the White House; The Ronnie and Nancy Show; and The Spitting Image 1987 Movie Awards. There is material for the first two productions, but nothing for The Spitting Image 1987 Movie...
Dates:
1985-c 1987
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Animal Puppets, c 1984-c 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6
Scope and Contents
A file containing numerous plastic sleeves with 63mm photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs, which feature portrait images of animal puppets used in Spitting Image and other Spitting Image Productions Limited programmes. The sleeves are labelled with an image's original 'SI' reference number. The photographer or photographers of these images are unknown. However, a number of the puppets featured in the...
Dates:
c 1984-c 1992
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Answerphone Tapes, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/2/3
Scope and Contents
A box containing Spitting Image answerphone audio cassette tapes and/or cases, accompanied by case inserts relating to these tapes, made by The Comic Answer Company Limited/K-Tel International (SI/488). These answerphone tapes feature impressions of celebrity and political figures from Spitting Image voice actors: Chris Barrie, Steve Nallon and Nigel Plaskitt. The front cover of the inserts have images of Spitting...
Dates:
1988
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Sub-Series
Apparel and Accessories, c 1987-c early 1990s
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/1
Scope and Contents
Merchandise apparel and accessories connected to Spitting Image, including slippers, t-shirts and a wrist watch.
Dates:
c 1987-c early 1990s
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Archive Storage File, 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/13/8
Scope and Contents
A file containing various documentation relating to the 3 Mills Studios storage facility, in London, which was used by Spitting Image Productions Limited to store its archive in the late 1990s. Some of the documentation may also relate to its removal to Littleport, Cambridgeshire, following the sale of puppets and other Spitting Image material at two Sotheby's auctions in 2000 and 2001, though this is unconfirmed. Included in the file is a floor plan for the...
Dates:
1997
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Arena, 1991
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing two programme production agreements between the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Spitting Image Productions Limited, regarding two special Arena events on BBC 2. On 16 December 1989, the documentary programme, Arena, took over the channel for the evening to broadcast various short films and talks relating to animals, known as Animal Night. On 15 December 1990, the programme did the...
Dates:
1991
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Art Director's Club Deutschland Certificates, 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/14
Scope and Contents
A file containing two awards certificates presented to Spitting Image Productions Limited, by Art Director's [sic] Club Deutschland [now Art Directors Club für Deutschland. These certificates appear to relate to two television commercials produced by SIPL for the German magazine, Der Spiegel. One certificate is for an unspecified award, and concerns a commercial titled Hitting. The other certificate is for a Silbermedaille [silver medal]...
Dates:
1988
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Art Directors’ Club of Toronto Certificates, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/11
Scope and Contents
Two merit award certificates presented to Spitting Image Productions Limited, by the Art Directors' Club of Toronto [now The Advertising & Design Club of Canada]. These certificates relate to two commercials produced by SIPL for the chewing gum product, Chiclets. One of the commericals was titled Chuck & I and the other U.S. & Them.SIPL was hired by the advertising firm, J. Walter Thompson, on behalf of the...
Dates:
1987
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Sub-Series
Artwork, 1982 - 1996, 2000 - 2001
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2
Scope and Contents
An assortment of artwork, both originals and copies, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop for various projects undertaken by Spitting Image Productions Limited. This section has been subdivided into the follow: artwork connected to the satirical British television series, Spitting Image; a Rupert Murdoch model produced as part of a photographic illustration for the British satirical magazine, Private Eye; artwork relating to SIPL's...
Dates:
1982 - 1996; 2000 - 2001
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Artwork File, 1993
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/10/1
Scope and Contents
A visifile containing original artwork relating to the Spitting Swanns Limited theatrical production of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf symphonic tale. This artwork is comprised of pencil drawings done by Spitting Image Workshop artists, Pablo Bach and Oscar Da Costa. The vast majority of the file's contents are caricature drawings of individuals involved or represented in the production, and were used as the basis for creating puppets. There are caricatures...
Dates:
1993
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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
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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
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