Scope and Contents A file containing photographic negatives and contact prints, which hold images of photographs taken during the making of the 'Sinclair Pilot,' as the material was originally labelled. It is likely that this label refers to the 10-minute proof of concept pilot that was filmed in January 1983, rather than the unaired pilot episode filmed for Central Independent Television later that year. However, it is possible that these items relate to activity in 1982, prior to Sir Clive Sinclair...

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A file holding photographic negatives, contact prints and 35mm slides featuring images of puppet portrait shots, and examples of puppeteering, from the first series of Spitting Image.

Plastic sleeves holding 35mm slides are labelled with their original reference numbers, SI/2090 and 2091. The other items in this file do not have 'SI' reference numbers. The photographer of these images is unknown.

Scope and Contents A file holding 34 plastic sleeves with 63mm photographic transparencies, along with a small amount of photographs, which feature puppet illustrations used as part of the Spitting Image Productions Limited merchandise publication, Video Guide. This publication came free with either the Spittoon plc VHS video, Having It Off: The Bonker's Guide [see entry MS Add.10275/4/5], or with a Spitting Image VHS tape; c...

Scope and Contents A file holding numerous plastic sleeves with 63mm photographic transparencies and 35mm slides, along with a small amount of photographs, which feature portrait images of animal puppets used in Spitting Image and other Spitting Image Productions Limited programmes. The sleeves are labelled with an image's original 'SI' reference number. The photographer or photographers of these images are unknown. However, a number of the puppets featured in these images...

Scope and Contents A file holding 17 plastic sleeves with sets of 63mm colour transparencies, which feature Spitting Image puppet illustrations of American President Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary (SI/329-347). These illustrations were made for inclusion in the Comedy Central publication, Bill and Hillary's 12-Step Recovery Guide: How to Recover From Anything. There are also transparencies in envelopes, which have been separated from their set; these items were used for digital...