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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].

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 the medal/brooch it accompanied]. 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 ...

Scope and Contents A file containing a mixture of letters, cards and circulars sent to and from Roger Law. The following are present, but are not limited to: a letter and faxes to and from British-American artist, Julian Allen, dating between 1986 and 1997; letters from Spitting Image producer, John Lloyd, one thanking Law and his wife for attending his wedding, and the other thanking Law and Peter Fluck for their congratulatory note, following his BAFTA win [Black Adder Goes Forth...

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...

Scope and Contents A box containing sub-files with contracts, correspondence and other documentation relating to the hiring of directors, producers, and script editors for the first six series of Spitting Image, along with the special episodes produced in that period. Some items concern other activities engaged in by Spitting Image Productions Limited, and go as far as 1991.The following directors are represented: Sean Hardie, Peter Harris, John Henderson, and Graham...

Scope and Contents A file containing mostly faxes that relate to a proposed reboot of the Spitting Image television series. These faxes hold the following: copies of correspondence between Roger Law, Richard Bennett [director of Spitting Image Productions Limited], and John Lloyd; a feasibility study on the costs involved in starting a new production; and Law's notes to building contractor, Graham Brister, on warehouse premises that the latter has identified as a potential workshop...

Scope and Contents A file containing letters, copies of emails, and faxes received by Roger Law from various individuals and organisations. Topics include, but are not limited to: Loughborough University's intention to bestow an honorary doctorate upon Law; a response to his application to lecture at the National Art School, Darlinghurst, Australia; requests from several institutions for Spitting Image puppets to be donated to them; Law's inclusion as an honorary fellow of the Royal...

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, but not limited to: Spitting Image merchandise; use in external publications and corporate literature; and general use by the media. There are also transparencies and related photographic...

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A latex foam puppet head with glass eyes of John Lloyd, co-creator and producer of the British satirical television series, Spitting Image, and producer of the comedy series, Blackadder (SI/1255).

Scope and Contents A portfolio of miscellaneous artwork, both originals and copies, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, mostly by Pablo Bach and David Stoten. This portfolio is separated into the following seven bundles:1. An assortment of caricatures of Roger Law, along with birthday cards for Law made by staff and family members. 2. An assortment of caricatures for the following individuals: Roger Law, John Lloyd, Mick Hockney, Rosie Hoare, Jim Hennequin, and Harry Enfield. Also...

Scope and Contents A file containing full issues of and photocopies of pages taken from the British television magazine, Radio Times. The following items are present:1. Issue 17-23 April 2010 - page 9 features an article by the former producer of Spitting Image, John Lloyd, which is accompanied by a plasticine model illustration of Margaret Thatcher smoking, previously used in various Spitting Image Productions Limited publications. Pages 20 to 23...

Scope and Contents A box containing seven sub-files with research material collected by Lewis Chester, connected to his work on the publication, Tooth & Claw: The Inside Story of Spitting Image. The following are present: 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 show's activities). These individuals were asked by Chester for their opinion on...

Scope and Contents A red volume that contains notes by Roger Law and Peter Fluck on the following individuals connected to the television show, Spitting Image: Clive Sinclair, John Banks, John Lloyd, Jack Wier, Roger Greenwood, Richard Holloway, Phil Casson, Jon Blair, Tony Hendra, and Colin Robinson and Martin Lambie-Nairn. These notes appear to have been made either shortly after the production of the original 1983 pilot for the programme or during production of the first series....

Scope and Contents A box containing 22 sub-files that hold bundles of photographs, transparencies, contact prints and negatives; which focus either on Spitting Image personnel or on Spitting Image Productions Limited premises, such as the workshops at Limehouse Docks (early 1980s to 1989), Plumbers Row (1989 to early 1994), and Cairo Studios (summer 1994 to late 1990s/early 2000s). The personnel represented in this file include, but are not limited to: Roger Law, Peter Fluck, John...

Scope and Contents A file holding five sub-folders, which contain a variety of invitations and posters for Spitting Image Productions Limited staff parties and outings. The following are present: 1. Two examples of an invitation leaflet to a Christmas champagne brunch, which took place at some point in the mid-1980s when the company was still based at Limehouse Studios. The invite has caricatures of Roger Law and Peter Fluck on the front (SI/593).2. Two examples of an invitation card to a...

Scope and Contents A leaflet for the UK/LA '88 Festival, which was held as a 'celebration of British Arts,' and was a collaboration between UK/LA '88 Inc., various Los Angeles-based arts organisations, and the British Council. This particular leaflet promotes the festival's The Art of Communication lecture series, which involved 14 lectures held between February and April 1988 at various venues. Spitting Image Productions Limited's Roger Law and John Lloyd gave a talk on the ...

Scope and Contents Two ring-bound 'press and reaction' volumes relating to the BBC Arena documentary special, Whatever Happened to Spitting Image, which originally aired on 20 March 2014, on BBC 4. The first volume, which is the larger of the two, contains mainly copies of articles about the show from magazines, newspapers, and websites. The second volume has four sections: transcripts from a selection of promotional radio and television interviews...