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A file containing artwork, correspondence, a treatment/proposal, draft script and other documentation relationg to a proposed Spitting Image Productions Limited children's television show, Cave In, created by Andy de Emmony and Bill Dare (SI/1127). Artwork present was done by David Stoten.

Some form of pilot/taster footage was shot for this programme, but the show was not developed into a full series.

Scope and Contents A file containing nine plastic sleeves holding photographic transparencies of varying sizes, which feature images relating to ceramic items designed by Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following are present:1. A large transparency featuring the image of a toby jug that was made for a Bass draught beer advertisement (SI/1225); image taken by John Lawrence Jones. 2. Transparencies of various sizes, accompanied by 35mm slides, which contain images of a 1989...

Scope and Contents A file containing 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...

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 box containing examples of 38 greetings cards produced by Hype Associates Limited. These cards feature photographic images on their front covers with illustrations of Spitting Image puppets and plasticine models of various politicians and celebrities, along with a small amount of earlier plasticine model illustrations made by Luck & Flaw. Inside each card is a message, which is usually a humourous insult directed at the individual(s) on the front...

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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.

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A file containing two examples of a promotional leaflet, along with a proof for an advert in The Sunday Times Magazine, relating to a Margaret Thatcher 10-year anniversary toby jug, which commemorated her first 10 years as prime minister. The leaflet was produced by the manufacturer of the jug, Glazed Expressions, and features photographs taken by John Lawrence Jones and Andy de Emmony, including an image of the jug's modeller, Pablo Bach.

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A file containing four plastic sleeves with 63mm photographic transparencies, and colour photographs, which feature portrait and group images of puppets made by the Spitting Image Workshop for the British children's television series, Round the Bend (SI/1129 to 1134). This series was produced by Hat Trick Productions and ran for three seasons, between 1989 and 1991.

The photographic images have been taken by Andy de Emmony.

Scope and Contents A visifile containing five large colour photographs, which are mounted and were once framed, which feature illustrations produced by Luck & Flaw and Spitting Image Productions Limited. These photographs were displayed at an exhibition on contemporary satirists, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in the spring of 1997. The following images are present: Michael Foot with Denis Healey (L+F/123); 'Gin & Tonic' Queen Mother (SI/212); a naked Rupert Murdoch with Andrew Neil as the head of...

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...

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A paste-up for the front cover of the abandoned Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Thatch! 10 Years of the Dragon! This publication was supposed to be published in 1989 to commemorate Margaret Thatcher's first ten years as British prime minister. The reason for its abandonment is unknown. The item features an image of a Thatcher puppet carving up Britain, which is represented as a piece of meat; photograph taken by Andy de Emmony (SI/462 (a)).

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A file containing photographic transparencies and 35mm slides with images connected to the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, The Giant Komic, which was published in 1988. The photographic images were taken by Andy de Emmony.

Scope and Contents A box containing numerous envelopes and plastic sleeves holding photographic transparencies, 35mm slides, negatives, contact prints and photographs relating to the Spitting Image Productions Limited/HiT Entertainment television puppet series, Winjin' Pom, which ran for one series in 1991. There are portrait images of the puppet characters, publicity shots featuring Roger Law and other SIPL personnel, stills from episodes, and shots taken during the production. The...