A milestone in television comedy, Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level through the 1980s and '90s. No target was safe from its gunsights: politicians of all persuasions, even the Royal Family and the Pope could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given programme. BAFTA-nominated many times, Spitting Image won a Bronze medal at the Montreux TV festival in 1984, firmly establishing its success for over a decade. Packed with more wickedly witty sketches and spoof songs, this complete twelfth series employs the vocal talents of Rory Bremner, Steve Coogan, Jan Ravens, David Baddiel, Pamela Stephenson and Alistair McGowan among many others. In this series Maggie finally loses her sanity, Stephen Fry's house goes up in flames, Wogan has brain surgery, Hercule Poirot investigates a fight in a pub, and John Major gets home just in time to stop Norma reading his goodbye note...
Spitting Image: Series 8
A milestone in television comedy Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level through the 1980s and '90s. No target was safe from its gunsights: politicians of all persuasions even the Royal Family and the Pope could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given programme. BAFTA-nominated many times Spitting Image won a Bronze medal at the Montreux TV festival in 1984 firmly establishing its success for over a decade. Packed with more wickedly witty sketches and spoof songs this complete eleventh series employs the familiar vocal talents of Steve Coogan Hugh Dennis Kate Robbins and Alistair McGowan among others. In this series the entire Labour Party attends a drama workshop Prince Charles tries to rein in William's video-game addiction Jeffrey Archer tries to finish his novel and there's ongoing televised coverage as Boris Yeltsin introduces the first loaf of bread in Russia. A retired Alastair Burnet is still reading the news at ten every night and we share some intimate moments over dinner with John and Norma Major...
A milestone in television comedy Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level for over a decade through the 1980s and 90s. No target was safe from the series' gunsights: politicians of all persuasions Ronald Reagan the Pope and even the Royal Family could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given programme. Exceptionally topical the series was worked around that current weeks news stories to retain its biting edge and many famous impressionists honed their craft portraying the voices behind the wickedly accurate rubber puppets: Chris Barrie Rory Bremner Phil Cornwell Steve Coogan John Culshaw Harry Enfield and Kate Robbins (among many others).
As Italians go to the polls satirist Sabina Guzzanti banned from Italian state television reveals how Silvio Berlusconi and his government have controlled the media and suppressed criticism. What we get in the film is a highly entertaining voyage through the corrupt Italian broadcasting elite punctuated with many good gags about Berlusconi. You also get a memorable conversation between Rory Bremner dressed as Tony Blair and Sabina as Berlusconi. Guzzanti talks with colleagues from Italy France and Britain in her quest to understand what 'allowable' political satire is.
A groundbreaking comedy taking a biting, satirical look at the worlds of celebrity and politics as you've never seen them before. Featuring cutting edge 3-D CGI animation and the hottest writing and vocal talents in the comedy business, Headcases is cheeky, irreverent and contains plenty of laugh out loud moments.
Unbelievable cricket action with the game's master mimic. A second innings of the smash-hit compilation combining cricket's most hilarious moments with inspired commentary from Britain's top satirical impressionist. All new action featuring: Fielding - Malcolm v Mullally v Muralitharan Prince Philip meets the teams Geoffrey Boycott returns as Inzamam UI Haq The greatest Catches ever taken Plus a rapid-fire of run outs run ins collisions highlights and mad out-takes as seen by Benaud Boycott Gower Blofeld Trueman Lloyd Tarrant Mandela Nicholas and a host of top presenters.
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