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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 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,...

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 Seven boxes with numerous sleeves of 63mm and 35mm photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of photographs, the vast majority of which contain images of Spitting Image puppets. These images have been produced for Spitting Image publications and merchandise, commissioned work from external publications and companies, for general use by the media, and for other purposes. There are also transparencies and related...

Scope and Contents A file of letters and other items addressed to or relating to one of the producers of Spitting Image Productions Limited, Jon Blair. Items include: letters regarding the extension of Anne Newcombe's contract with the company; a letter from Barry Morris, regarding the state of SIPL's financial accounts; and what appears to be a rough draft of a letter from Roger Law to Blair, regarding news that the latter has been criticising SIPL to the members of upper management at Central Independent...

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 c 1989), Plumbers Row (c 1989 to early 1994), and Cairo Studios (1994 to late 1990s/early 2000s). The personnel represented in this file include, but are not limited to: Roger Law, Peter Fluck, John...