Streaming service BritBox orders two new series

Spitting Image is to return to screens after 25 years.

Streaming service Britbox has ordered two series of the satirical puppet show, with original creator Roger Law leading its creative team.

He said in a statement: ‘Public Service Announcement. I've refused to resuscitate Spitting Image for years but when my pension ran out and my palm was crossed with silver what could an old man do? 

‘The new Spitting Image will be global through a uniquely British eye, it will be more outrageous, audacious and salacious than the previous incarnation. With scandalous scripts and A-List characters, it will be the people's programme.

‘We will take back control from the likes of BoJo, Trump, Harry & Meghan, Elon Musk, and Kim Kardashian. We will be dazzled and amazed by Jurgen Klopp & Beyonce, we will have regular weather updates from our roving reporter Greta Thunberg. 

‘The timing is right, the puppets are ready, the people have spoken. And the message for the doomsayers and gloomsters is, this autumn we will get BritBox done!’

Spitting Image ran on ITV for 18 series between 1984 and 1996.

The revival is being made by Avalon, with the first season due to air in the autumn followed by a second next year.

Published: 4 Mar 2020