Spitting Image is a British satirical television puppet show. It is a revival of the 1984 series of the same name created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. Similar to the original, the series features puppet caricatures of contemporary celebrities, such as Adele, James Corden, and Kanye West, as well as public figures, including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, several Conservative cabinet members such as Michael Gove, Dominic Raab and Priti Patel, and former US President Donald Trump.
ITV had plans for a reboot in 2006, but these were scrapped after a dispute over the Ant & Dec puppets used to host Best Ever Spitting Image, which were created against Law's wishes. In September 2019, Law announced the show would be returning with a new series. It was confirmed in March 2020 that the show would return on BritBox. Featuring 100 new puppets, the series debuted on 3 October that year. It was renewed for a second series four days later. The second series premiered on 11 September 2021. The show was cancelled by ITV on 24 October 2022.
Staff
Voices
Billy West as Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Mark Zuckerberg, Rudy Giuliani, and William Shatner Debra Stephenson as Elizabeth II Debra Wilson as Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey, Nicki Minaj, Leondra Kruger, and additional voices Guz Khan as Rishi Sunak and Narendra Modi (series 1) Indira Varma as Priti Patel Jess Robinson as Olivia Colman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Meghan Markle, Adele, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump, Angela Merkel, Nancy Pelosi, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian, Jacinda Ardern, Greta Thunberg, Billie Eilish, Grimes, Nicola Sturgeon, Jess Philips, Chrissy Teigen, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Emma Raducanu, Ariana Grande, Alex Scott, Jameela Jamil, Carrie Johnson, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Liz Truss, and additional voices John DiMaggio as Mike Pence, Elon Musk, Tom Cruise, Mayor Cheeseburger, and additional voices Lewis MacLeod as Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Michael Gove, Richard Branson, Elton John, Ed Sheeran, David Attenborough, Matt Hancock, Brad Pitt, James Corden, Emmanuel Macron, Vladimir Putin, David Furnish, Scott Morrison, Pope Francis, Coronavirus, Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Gareth Southgate, Paul McCartney and Harry Kane (episode 15-present) Lobo Chan as Xi Jinping Matt Forde as Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer, Alex Salmond, Phil Foden, Chris Whitty and the Frantic Sole Phil LaMarr as Dwayne Johnson, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Kanye West (series 1, series 2 in episode 16), RuPaul, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, Tiger Woods, The Flu, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Santa Claus, and additional voices Luke Kempner as Piers Morgan, Jurgen Klopp, Harry Kane (episode 14), Joe Wicks, Bill Gates, Dominic Raab, and Gary Lineker Daniel Barker as Dominic Cummings, Prince William, and additional voices Jason Forbes as Idris Elba, Marcus Rashford, Lewis Hamilton, and additional voices (series 1) George Fouracres as Prince Harry (series 1) Clare Corbett as Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Anneliese Dodds, John Healey, Nick Thomas-Symonds, and additional voices (series 1) Eshaan Akbar as Rishi Sunak (series 2), Narendra Modi (series 2), and additional voices Dane Baptiste as Marcus Rashford (series 2), Trevor McDonald, Kanye West (series 2), Prince Harry (series 2), and Micah Richards (series 2) Tom Stourton Steve Nallon as The Spirit of Margaret Thatcher Esmonde Cole as Idris Elba (episode 16), Marcus Rashford (episode 16), Micah Richards (episode 16)
Puppeteers
Laura Bacon (series 2) Warrick Brownlow-Pike Dave Chapman Sheila Clark Philip Eason (series 1) Iestyn Evans Joe Greco Andy Heath Brian Herring Matt Hutchinson Mark Jefferis Steven Kynman (series 1) Rebecca Nagan Wim Oppenheimer Lynn Robertson Bruce (series 1) Neil Sterenberg Olly Taylor (series 1) Chris Thatcher
Directors
Steve Bendelack (series 2) Steve Connelly (series 1) Andy De Emmony (series 1) Adam Miller (series 2) David Sant (series 2)
Writers
Gemma Arrowsmith (series 1) David X. Cohen (series 1) Sophie Duker (series 1) Matt Forde Rich Fulcher (series 2) Jason Hazely Sarah Isaacson (series 2) Noah James (series 1) Travis Jay (series 1) George Jeffrie (deceased before premiere of show, writings released posthumously) Laura Major F. Maxwell (series 1) Jordan Maxwell (series 1) Karl Minns Al Murray Tom Neenan (series 1) Pierre Novellie (series 1) Bill Odenkirk Brona C. Titley Nico Tatarowicz Bert Tyler-Moore Patric M. Verrone Phil Wang (series 1) Jeff Westbrook Keisha Zollar