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Business Correspondence, and Internal Communications and Documentation, 1983 - 1997

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/8/1

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

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright - held by various parties.

Extent

1 archive box(es) (Items are loose within the box.) : Paper

Language of Materials

English