Business Correspondence, and Internal Communications and Documentation, 1983 - 1997
Scope and Contents
A box containing a mixture of internal Spitting Image Productions Limited communications and documentation, along with external correspondence, relating to the management and activities of the company. Non-correspondence material includes, but is not limited to: memoranda, minutes for board meetings, draft legal agreements, and press releases.
Topics covered in letters, faxes and documentation include, but are not limited to: the agreement between SIPL, David Paradine Television, Inc., and the American television network, NBC, over the production of Spitting Image American special episodes; Luck & Flaw's/SIPL's involvement in exhibitions; the general operations of the company; proposed television projects and other ventures; John Banks resignation as company secretary and re-appointment as chairman; the issue over Tony Hendra's shares in Tooth'n'Claw Limited and how to buy him out; and William Sargent's takeover of SIPL in January 1990. There are also a couple of letters relating to Channel 4's concerns over some of the content found in episodes of the SIPL television production, Crapston Villas.
Dates
- Creation: 1983 - 1997
Creator
- Blair, Jon, CBE, b 1950 (Documentary Director and Film Producer) (Person)
- Channel 4 Television (Organization)
- Hoare, Rosie, fl 1980s-1990s (Television Producer) (Person)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by various parties.
Extent
1 archive box(es) (Items are loose within the box.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Fluck, Peter, b 1941 (Artist) (Person)
- Frost, David Paradine, Sir, 1939-2013 (Knight, Journalist and Broadcaster) (Person)
- Hendra, Anthony Christopher, 1941-2021 (Satirist) (Person)
- Law, Roger, b 1941 (Artist) (Person)
- National Broadcasting Company (Radio and Television Network) (1926-) (United States of America) (Organization)
- Sargent, William Desmond, CBE, Sir, b 1956 (Knight, Businessman) (Person)
- Tooth'N Claw Limited (1981-Active) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Repository Details
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