The Observer Magazine, 1984 - 1988
Scope and Contents
Five issues of the British newspaper supplement, The Observer Magazine. The following issues are present:
1. 19 February 1984 - pages 20 and 21 contain an article on the upcoming first series of Spitting Image, accompanied by a photograph of Roger Law and Peter Fluck, who are buried amongst puppet heads.
2. 16 February 1986 - pages 50 to 55 contain an article on male friendships, which includes an interview with Law and Fluck, accompanied by a photograph of the pair.
3. 20 April 1986 - the front cover has a photographic illustration containing Spitting Image puppets of American football player William Perry, actor Jack Nicholson, and another individual. Pages 22 and 23 feature a short article, accompanied by images, on the upcoming first Spitting Image American special episode, Down and Out in the White House (SI/755).
4. 16 November 1987 - the front cover has a photographic illustration containing Spitting Image puppets of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, relating to their 40th wedding anniversary (SI/507).
5. 10 July 1988 - pages 32 to 37 contain an article on British television presenter, Muriel Gray, accompanied by 14 portraits of her by various artists, one of which is a puppet by the Spitting Image Workshop (SI/152 (a)).
Dates
- Publication: 1984 - 1988
Creator
- Guardian Media Group (1907-Present) (London) (Copyright holder, Organization)
- The Observer (Newspaper) (1791-Present) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by the Guardian Media Group.
Extent
1 file(s) (A gusseted folder.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
There are more issues of The Observer Magazine in other sub-fonds of the archive.
Source
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Subject
- Elizabeth, II, 1926-2022 (Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (Person)
- Fluck, Peter, b 1941 (Artist) (Person)
- Gray, Muriel Janet, b 1958 (Author and Journalist) (Person)
- Law, Roger, b 1941 (Artist) (Person)
- Nicholson, John Joseph, b 1937 (Actor and Film Director) (Person)
- Perry, William Anthony, b 1962 (American Football Player) (Person)
- Philip, Prince, 1921-2021 (Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II) (Person)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
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