Bendelack, Stephen, b 1958 (Film and Television Director)
Person
Dates
- Existence: b 1958
Places
- United Kingdom (nation) (Associated Country)
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
File
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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Award Medal/Brooch, 1987
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/10/1
Scope and Contents
A Diamond Videoclip Award medal/brooch for 'best group video,' awarded to the Genesis song, Land of Confusion. The production of this music video was undertaken by Spitting Image Productions Limited, and included Spitting Image puppets.
The medal/brooch comes in its original presentation case. The item is accompanied by a certificate; see entry MS Add.10275/3/11/10/2.
Dates:
1987
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Awards Certificates, 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/10/2
Scope and Contents
A file containing two Diamond Videoclip Awards certificates, relating to the music video for the Genesis song, Land of Confusion. One certificate is for the 'best group video' category; see entry MS Add.10275/3/11/10/1 for its accompanying medal/brooch. The other certificate is for the 'best storyboard/concept' category.The production of this music video was undertaken by Spitting Image Productions Limited, and involved the use of ...
Dates:
1987
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Barcelona, 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/10/2/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing documentation and photographic material relating to a week-long trip to Barcelona, Spain, in May 1986. This trip included staff from the Spitting Image Workshop, family members of Roger Law and Peter Fluck, and friends, such as photographer John Lawrence Jones. The following items are present: a small bundle of photographs taken during the trip; a photocopy of a confirmation letter for the reservation of 40 seats with Aviaco Airlines; partial lists of those individuals...
Dates:
1986
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Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Book and Promotional Material, 1993
Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/2
Scope and Contents
A paperback copy of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs, along with various related promotional material.
Dates:
1993
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Book Stand, 1993
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/2/3
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A large, life-sized promotional book stand for the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Thatcha! The Read Maggie Memoirs. The stand features the 'Maggalyn' puppet illustration, which depicts Margaret Thatcher in a spoof of Marilyn Monroe in a white dress; photographic image taken by Steve Bendelack (SI/263 (a)). The image on the stand is accompanied by text, relating to the sale of the book, including a red block of text censoring Thatcher's groin.
Dates:
1993
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British Video Association Performance Awards, 1992 - 1994
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/21
Scope and Contents
A file containing two performance awards (retail) certificates, one framed and the other not, presented by the British Video Association [now the British Association for Screen Entertainment]. The certificates relate to the sales performances of two videos from the comedy partnership, Robert Newman and David Baddiel, which were produced by Spitting Image Productions Limited and directed by Steve Bendelack. The first certificate is a silver performance award for the video, ...
Dates:
1992 - 1994
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Commercials, 1988 - 1992
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/13
Scope and Contents
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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Contracts, Correspondence and Financial Documents Relating to Artists and Crew, 1989 - 1993
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/3/1
Scope and Contents
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)).
Sub-Series
Diamond Awards Festival, 1987
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/10
Scope and Contents
Diamond Videoclip Awards' certificates and medal/brooch, presented to Spitting Image Productions Limited at the 2nd Diamond Awards Festival, held in Antwerp, in 1987. These items relate to SIPL's work on the music video for the Genesis song, Land of Confusion, which included the use of Spitting Image puppets. The following SIPL personnel were involved in the production: John Lloyd as director, Jon Blair as producer, and Steve Bendelack as...
Dates:
1987
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Directors, Producer, Production Coordinator and Model Maker, 1995
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/2/8/2/1/2
Scope and Contents
A file of signed letters of agreement for Jessica Ace (model maker), Steve Bendelack (director), Derek Mogford (animation director), Giles Pilbrow (producer) and Justine Young (production coordinator). They 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.
Dates:
1995
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General Advertisements and Posters, 1975-c 1983
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/2/1
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A large portfolio containing a number of advertisements/posters for a variety of companies and organisations, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations and other work by the partnership. Also found within this portfolio are large photographs with illustrations, and photographic proofs for Clouded Tiger Cards postcards.The following are present:1. An advertisement proof for the Dutch advertising company, PPGH/Moussault, which has a representation of John...
Dates:
Publication: 1975-c 1983
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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General Merchandise Material, 1988 - 1991, c 2000s-2010s
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/6/8
Scope and Contents
A file holding photographic material relating to Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise (SI/437, 439, 443, 464, 470-489, 503 and 504). The majority of the file's contents are sleeves with dedicated sets of 63mm transparencies, which have publicity shots for the following items: aprons and oven gloves, watches, boxer shorts, answerphone tapes, and t-shirts. There is also a set of transparencies that feature publicity images of a John Major puppet holding a selection of ...
Dates:
1988 - 1991; c 2000s-2010s
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Sub-Series
General Transparencies, 1983 - 1997
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/3
Scope and Contents
Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, which mostly feature images of Spitting Image puppets. These images were produced for a number of purposes, including use in external publications and corporate literature, and general use by the media. The images found in these transparencies were taken by John Lawrence Jones, Steve Bendelack, Andy de Emmony and other...
Dates:
1983 - 1997
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Grammy Award Nomination Certificate, 1995
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/24
Scope and Contents
A file holding a Grammy Award nomination certificate for the television production, A Prokofiev Fantasy with Peter and the Wolf, which has been nominated in the 'best music video, long form' category. The certificate is presented to Claudio Abbado, Sting, Joanna Beresford, Frances Peters, Steve Bendelack, Roger Law and Christopher Swann. The certificate comes in a white presentation folder, which has a label on the front with Roger Law's name printed upon...
Dates:
1995
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Large Transparencies, 1987 - 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/4/10
Scope and Contents
A file holding nine 200mm x 250mm photographic transparencies, which feature images used as part of Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise, advertising campaigns for external clients, and a set of unpublished Royal Mail stamps. The following are present:1. Two examples of the Margaret Thatcher 'Adoration of the Statue' illustration used in the British version of the SIPL publication, Spitting Images (SI/32).2. A plasticine model of...
Dates:
1987 - 1997
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Series
Music Videos, 1986, 1993
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/1
Scope and Contents
Two U-matic video cassette tapes that hold copies of promotional music videos, which involved the services of Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following are present:1. A video for the Genesis single, Land of Confusion, released in 1986. This music video features puppets made by the Spitting Image Workshop. Other personnel from SIPL were involved in the production: John Lloyd as director, Jon Blair as producer, and Steve Bendelack as art director....
Dates:
1986; 1993
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
Item
Newman and Baddiel: Live and in Pieces, 1994
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/3/8
Scope and Contents
A commercial VHS tape containing a copy of David Baddiel's and Rob Newman's comedy special video, Live and in Pieces, which was filmed at the Wembley Arena on 10 December 1993. The Newman and Baddiel comedy duo was a spin-off from the Spitting Image Productions Limited series, The Mary Whitehouse Experience, which began life as a radio show on BBC Radio 1 in 1989, before transferring over to television in 1990, airing on BBC...
Dates:
1994
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. This item is waiting to be digitised.
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Poster, 1993
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/10/2/2
Scope and Contents
A large promotional poster for the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Thatcha! The Real Maggie Memoirs. The poster features a censored version of the 'Maggalyn' puppet illustration, which is a spoof of Margaret Thatcher as Marilyn Monroe in a white dress. The photographic image was taken by Steve Bendelack (SI/263(a)).
Dates:
1993
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Press Pack Documents on Company and Personnel, c 1991-c 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/7/4/2
Scope and Contents
A file of documents containing biographical information and other details about Spitting Image Productions Limited; the company's subsidiaries and Cairo Studios premises; and Roger Law and other SIPL personnel. Some of these documents are final versions and others are drafts. Such documents would have been used in press packs sent to media outlets, and used as part of other promotional efforts.
Dates:
c 1991-c 1997
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Series
Promotional Showreels for Spitting Image Productions Limited and Its Subsidiaries, 1995 - 1997
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/6/9
Scope and Contents
An assortment of video cassette tapes that contain promotional showreels for Spitting Image Productions Limited, along with its subsidiaries, Bazaar Films Limited and Screwball Films Limited. These showreels were produced to highlight the artistic output of these companies to prospective clients, whether they be advertising firms, television networks or film production companies.The following are present:1. A small Betacam SP tape with an 'edit master' showreel for...
Dates:
1995 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed. These items are waiting to be digitised.
Sub-Series
Publicity Sets, 1979 - 1983
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/4
Scope and Contents
Photographs, transparencies, contact prints and negatives that hold publicity images of Roger Law, Peter Fluck, their assistant Steve Bendelack, and their photographer John Lawrence Jones. The majority of these images were taken at the partnership's studio on Victoria Street, Cambridge, and the surrounding area. These photographs were featured in a number of publications between 1979 and 1983, as part of interview articles, and some were taken in connection to a BBC ...
Dates:
1979 - 1983
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Research Material, 1983 - 1986
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
Files with research material collected by Lewis Chester, as part of his work on the publication, Tooth & Claw: The Inside Story of Spitting Image. The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their file reference number within this sub-sub-sub-sub-series: 1. A folder with letters received by Chester from Spitting Image's 'victims' (i.e. the celebrities and politicians that were the subjects of the...
Dates:
1983 - 1986
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Royal Mail Stamps, 1997
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/6/7
Scope and Contents
In 1996/1997, Royal Mail commissioned Spitting Image Productions Limited to create a set of stamps on the theme of horror. SIPL produced two stamps featuring plasticine model illustrations, one of Bela Lugosi as Dracula and the other of Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster. The photographic images of these models were taken by SIPL staff member, Steve Bendelack. These designs were ultimately rejected by Royal Mail, as Roger Law refused their request that he be solely credited for the...
Dates:
1997
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Royal Television Society Certificate, 1993
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/11/22
Scope and Contents
A colour photocopy/computer printout of a Royal Television Society, North East Centre Regional Programme Awards certificate, presented to Steve [Bendelack] and Urwin Garton Publicity for the television commercial, Callers-Pegasus.
Dates:
1993
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