Scope and Contents A portfolio containing examples of advertisement posters and related material for external companies, which involved the services of Spitting Image Productions Limited. The following items are present:1. Two proofs for a Batchelors Slim a Soup advert, which features an photographic image of a Dame Edna Everage toby jug, c late 1980s. The jug was produced by SIPL (SI/1239 (b)).2. An advertisement for a printer, made by Canon, c late 1980s. The poster appears to be designed...

Scope and Contents Recording of television news bulletin on subjects including: the Government’s white paper on broadcasting; financial help for pensioners in need; a strike over the ban on trades union membership at GCHQ; the United States election; the stuation in the Soviet Union; the CBI [Confederation of British Industry] conference. Also includes a [BBC Panorama] television interview with Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including: financial help for pensioners and other...

Scope and Contents A portfolio containing caricature drawings, mostly on detail paper, produced by the Spitting Image Workshop, as part of their work for the British satirical television series, Spitting Image. The contents of this portfolio cover British male political figures.There is also a small amount of drawings of British male political figures that are connected to other Spitting Image Production Limited activities.Most drawings are labelled with their...

Scope and Contents 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...

Scope and Contents Issues and tearsheets for various British and International magazines, journals and other publications; which contain articles and/or images relating to either Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited and its various activities, Roger Law or Peter Fluck. In some cases, Spitting Image is merely mentioned in passing. The following items are present:1. Tearsheets from the 14 December 1985 (No. 25/26) issue of the Dutch...

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 of published material produced by various organisations, the contents of which have some relation to Spitting Image, Spitting Image Productions Limited or Roger Law. The following items are present:1. A blue album that contains tearsheets of magazine front covers, and examples of advert posters for Mannesmann Tally printers. These items feature Spitting Image puppets. There is also a front cover for a 1979 issue of ...

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A box containing contracts, correspondence and other documentation relating to series 10 of Spitting Image, which aired between 14 April and 19 May 1991. The contracts are in one big bundle and cover the services of writers, both commissione and non-commissioned; lyricists, and composers. For an unknown reason, there are no contracts for this series' puppeteers and voice actors.

Scope and Contents Four issues of the British weekly television magazine, TV Times. The following issues are present:1. 25 February-2 March 1984 - the front cover contains a photograph of television astrologer, Russell Grant, accompanied by his Spitting Image puppet. Pages 4 to 6 feature an article on Spitting Image (SI/705 and 706).2. 5-11 January 1985 - pages 13 and 14 feature an article on the upcoming...