Private Eye, 1986 - 1987, 1992
Scope and Contents
Four issues of the British satirical and current affairs magazine, Private Eye. The following issues are present:
1. Christmas 1986 (No. 652) - the front cover features a plasticine model, dressed in Christmas attire. There is also an advertisement for the Spitting Image album, Spit in Your Ears, on page 31.
2. Friday 10 July 1987 (No. 667) - page 17 bears a black and white photograph of a 'pissing' Rupert Murdoch model, made by the Spitting Image Workshop, which accompanies an article by Angela Rippley.
3. Friday 10 April 1992 (No. 791) - the front cover features a photographic illustration with plasticine models of the 1992 British general election party candidates: John Major, Paddy Ashdown, Neil Kinnock and Ian Paisley (SI/532).
4. Friday 9 October 1992 (No. 804) - page 15 contains a photographic illustration with a naked plasticine model of Rupert Murdoch, which has newspaper editor Andrew Neil as the head of his penis.
Dates
- Publication: 1986 - 1987
- Publication: 1992
Creator
- Private Eye (Magazine) (1961-Present) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
- Pressdram Limited (Publisher) (1961-Present) (United Kingdom) (Copyright holder, Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by Pressdram Limited.
Extent
1 file(s) (A gusseted folder.) : Newsprint paper; paper
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
See entry MS Add.10275/3/1/2/2 for the Rupert Murdoch 'pissing' model. Also see entry MS Add.10275/3/4/7 for standalone versions of some of the images.
There are more issues of Private Eye in other sub-fonds of the archive.
Source
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Subject
- Ashdown, Jeremy John Durham, 1941-2018 (Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, Politician) (Person)
- Kinnock, Neil Gordon, 1942 (Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, Labour politician) (Person)
- Major, John, Sir, b 1943 (Knight, British Prime Minister) (Person)
- Murdoch, Rupert, b 1931 (Businessman) (Person)
- Neil, Andrew Ferguson, b 1949 (Broadcaster and Journalist) (Person)
- Paisley, Ian Richard Kyle, 1926-2014 (Baron Bannside, Politician) (Person)
Repository Details
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