Arena (1975)

Whatever Happened to Spitting Image? (2014x1)

Air date: Mar 20, 2014

Reuniting the founding creative team, this documentary tells the vexed and frequently hilarious story of the genesis of the satirical puppet show 'Spitting Image', with exclusive contributions from caricaturists Peter Fluck and Roger Law and TV producer John Lloyd. Tracing its journey to our televisions screens through 12 years of huge audience figures and weekly controversy to its eventual demise, the film asks what 'Spitting Image' got right, where it went wrong, and whether its absence since 1996 has left a hole in the schedules that has yet to be filled by modern broadcasting.