Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1981-
Places
- United Kingdom (nation) (Associated Country)
Found in 593 Collections and/or Records:
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Chicago International Film Festival Certificate, 1994
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/23
Scope and Contents
A certificate of merit awarded to David Stoten, Tim Watts and Spitting Image Productions Limited for the claymation short film, The Big Story.
Dates:
1994
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Chico Marx Mask, 1993
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/10/2/1
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A painted latex foam and chamois leather mask that resembles Chico Marx, which was made by the Spitting Image Workshop for the television production, A Prokofiev Fantasy with Peter and the Wolf.
Dates:
1993
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Childline Certificate, 1991
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/19
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A framed certificate of merit, presented to Spitting Image Productions Limited, by Childline. This certificate has been given 'in recognition' of the company's 'support of children in trouble and danger.'
Dates:
1991
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Christmas Cards, 1986 - 1988
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/4/1
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A file holding three examples of Christmas cards produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited, made for public sale. The following are available: 1. A card from 1986 that has a plasticine model illustration on the front of Santa Claus pointing a gun to his own head, while his other hand holds a UB40 card [a former UK unemployment benefits card]. The photographic image on the front was taken by John Lawrence Jones (SI/461).2. A card from c 1987-1988, which features a...
Dates:
1986 - 1988
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Christmas Special, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/2/4/2
Scope and Contents
A file holding a production script, a banking script, and a post-production script for the 1987 Spitting Image Christmas special episode, which aired on 27 December 1987.
Dates:
1987
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Chromacopy Photographic Bundle, 1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/8/3/3
Scope and Contents
A file originally labelled 'Nasty Piece of Work Chromacopy.' It holds large plastic photographic sheets containing images found in the book.
Dates:
1992
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Clay Model Headshots, c late 1980s-c mid 1990s
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/5/1/4
Scope and Contents
A box holding numerous polaroid photographs that mostly contain headshots of clay-modelled heads, which were used as the basis for Spitting Image puppets. There are also images of finished character and animal puppets. These photographs have been taken within the Spitting Image Workshop environment. Also present are photographs of people, which appear to have been used as reference material for modelling heads, along with some other non-related images.
Dates:
c late 1980s-c mid 1990s
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Clearasil, Halls Menthols, and Club Chocolate Material, 1990 - 1991
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/2/7/2
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A file holding original working drawings, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, which relate to television and print advertisements that involved the services of Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following are present:1. A bundle of pencil drawings with an image of a frog wearing a necklace, along with some photocopies of artwork, which relate to a Clearasil acne cream advertisement campaign, dated 1990 (SI/1116).3. Two pencil drawings of a rhino, which...
Dates:
1990 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access:
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Colonel Muammar Gaddafi Teeth Mould, c 1984-c 1996
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/2/2/2
Scope and Contents
A two-part block of plaster that contains the teeth mould for the Spitting Image puppet of the former Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (T575). Also present within the mould is an example of the silicone [?] teeth produced using this item.
Dates:
c 1984-c 1996
Conditions Governing Access:
Part restricted. Access may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please seek guidance.
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Commercials, 1988 - 1992
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/13
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A file holding photographic transparencies, slides, animated clips and photographs relating to various commercials that Spitting Image Productions Limited worked on for external companies. The material features images of posters, clips from television adverts, the making of puppets and models, and behind the scenes shots of productions. The following products/companies are represented: Chiclets chewing gum (SI/1042, 1105-1109); Ansells Beers (SI/1111); Club chocolate bar (SI/1112); Halls...
Dates:
1988 - 1992
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Series
Commercials, 1992 - 1997
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/8
Scope and Contents
Spitting Image Productions Limited, along with its subsidiaries Screwball Films and Bazaar Films, were commissioned to produce a number of commercials for various companies, between the late 1980s and the late 1990s. The examples found in this series are just a small sample of their output. The following are present:1. A U-matic tape containing the commercial, 'Callers Pegasus,' produced in 1992.2. A home VHS tape that contains a copy of a BBC Christmas launch...
Dates:
1992 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
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Commissioned Writers' Contracts, 1983 - 1991
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/1/1/1/1
Scope and Contents
Contracts and accompanying letters and other documentation for writers, and some lyricists and composers, who were commissioned by Spitting Image Productions Limited to produce work for some or all of the first six series of Spitting Image, between 1983 and 1989, along with the special episodes produced in that period. Some of these writers were also commissioned to work on merchandise items, such as publications and audio recordings, and contracts for those...
Dates:
1983 - 1991
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Company and Productions Promotion, and Media and Public Relations, 1973, 1982 - 1999
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7
Scope and Contents
Material relating to the promotion of Spitting Image Productions Limited, its subsidiaries, its television productions and other activities. This series has been split into four main sections: promotional material relating to SIPL's television productions and to the Screwball Films/SIPL short animation film, The Big Story; external organisations' promotional material and public events papers, which focus on either SIPL's productions or the company's/Roger Law's...
Dates:
1973; 1982 - 1999
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Company Christmas Cards, 1986 - 1996
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/3/1/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing an assortment of Spitting Image Productions Limited and Cairo Studios company Christmas cards. The following are present: 1. A 1986 SIPL 'Santa Claus on the Dole' card (SI/461). 2. A 1989 SIPL 'Greetings from Albania' card, which features a drawing of Joseph Stalin on the front, and another of Margaret Thatcher as Stalin inside the card (SI/590).3. Two examples of a SIPL 'Get on down with the Majors this Christmas' card. The front of the card...
Dates:
1986 - 1996
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Company Leaflets, 1988-c 1993
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/3/2
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A file containing marketing leaflets for Spitting Image Productions Limited, promoting the company's various services and licensing opportunities. The following are present: a folder holding multiple copies of the same leaflet, dated c 1988, which advertises the merchandising opportunities using the Spitting Image brand; a leaflet titled 'We don't just make faces at Spitting Image!,' dated c early 1990s, which advertises the various services that SIPL offers, from...
Dates:
1988-c 1993
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Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Compilation Episodes, 1984 - 1994
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/2/2
Scope and Contents
Post-productions scripts, along with a small amount of other documentation, relating to Spitting Image compilation episodes.
Dates:
1984 - 1994
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Compilation Episodes, 1991
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/2/2/4
Scope and Contents
Six folders, each holding a post-production script for one of the six episodes of the 1991 Spitting Image compilation series, which originally aired on British television between 8 June and 30 July 1991. These episodes featured sketches taken from the programme's seventh and eighth series.
Dates:
1991
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Compilation for America, 1984
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding post-production scripts for two versions of a Spitting Image compilation episode, produced for the American television market. One of the versions is labelled as 're-edited,' and is shorter in duration than the other version of the compilation episode. Also present is a list of sketches found in the '30 minute international compilation tape,' which notes writer, duration of sketch, and the fee owed for the sketch.
Dates:
1984
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Contract Between the British Broadcasting Corporation and Spitting Image Productions Limited, 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/2/6/4
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A four-page agreement, along with a back cover, between the BBC and Spitting Image Productions Limited, dated 5 December 1995. The agreement mentions that the two companies had previously entered into a development deal to create a television series around the character, Mr. Bigg. This new agreement states that SIPL will create eight inserts that feature Mr Bigg, which will be incorporated into a new television series, For Amusement Only (later re-titled ...
Dates:
1995
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Sub-Sub-Series
Contracts and Correspondence, 1983 - 1996
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
Contracts, correspondence and other documentation relating to the personnel that worked on Spitting Image, with an emphasis on composers, lyricists, puppeteers, voice actors, and writers. All 18 series of the show, running between 1984 and 1996, are represented in this section, except for series 17; the reason for the absence of that series' contracts are unknown.There are no contracts for the Spitting Image Workshop personnel, who made the puppets for...
Dates:
1983 - 1996
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Contracts and Letters of Agreement, 1994 - 1995
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/2/1
Scope and Contents
Letters of agreement and standard forms of engagement for those who were commissioned to work on the animated comedy sketch show pilot, The Strip Show, which was produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited for the British television network, Channel 4. These documents have been separated into four files: animators and illustrators; directors, producer, production coordinator and model maker; writers and composer; and voice actors.Some individuals, such...
Dates:
1994 - 1995
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Contracts, Correspondence and Financial Documents Relating to Artists and Crew, 1989 - 1993
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/3/1
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Contracts and other documentation relating to those that worked on the Spitting Image Productions Limited/HIT Entertainment television puppet series, Winjin' Pom.The material has been split into the following sub-files/items, and their accompanying number corresponds to their sub-file/item reference number within this file:1. Contracts, correspondence and financial documents for animators, production crew, and others (RESTRICTED).2....
Dates:
1989 - 1993
Conditions Governing Access:
Part closed. The voice actors sub-file is closed until January 2065. The puppeteers sub-file is closed until January 2059. The sub-file for animators, production crew and others is closed until January 2059. These sub-files have been closed under the Archive’s confidentiality guidelines for sensitive data (in compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018)).
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Copies of Character Artwork, 1990
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/3/4
Scope and Contents
A file containing glossy and non-glossy printed copies of character artwork created by Scott Brooker (SI/853 to 888), in connection to the Spitting Image Productions Limited/HIT Entertainment television puppet series, Winjin' Pom. Also present are textile samples relating to the artwork depicting a weasle estate agent.
Dates:
1990
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Series
Corporate Videos, 1991 - 1997
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/7
Scope and Contents
An assortment of video cassette tapes that feature examples of some of the corporate videos produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited and its subsidiary, Screwball Films Limited. These videos were made for various companies, and they were used for either a business' internal activities or for promotional purposes at industry conferences.The following are present:1. A Digital Betacam tape that holds a 'edited master' version of a corporate video for Janssen...
Dates:
1991 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
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Correspondence and General Documentation, c 1994-1996
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/2/3
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
c 1994-1996
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