File for 1996, 1996
Scope and Contents
A box containing press-clippings, both originals and photocopies, taken from various British newspapers and some magazines. The contents of these clippings feature articles and other items on the following topics, but are not limited to: the final series of Spitting Image, and opinions regarding the demise of the show; the story of a mysterious phone caller to Spitting Image Productions Limited, offering money to buy all the royal family puppets; SIPL personnel, David Stoten and Tim Watts, securing a contract with Disney to produce animated films; advertisement campaigns, which involved the work of SIPL; the SIPL adult animated television series, Crapston Villas; and the use of Spitting Image puppets in a Labour Party political broadcast.
Dates
- Creation: 1996
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by various parties.
Extent
1 archive box(es) : Newsprint paper; paper
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Durrant's Press Cuttings Limited (1880-2018) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Subject
- Labour Party (Organization)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Stoten, David, b 1962 (Artist and Filmmaker) (Person)
- Watts, Timothy, b 1965 (Artist and Filmmaker) (Person)
Repository Details
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