‘Spitting Image’ creator says reboot will parody both right and left-wing figures

Spitting Image producers have claimed NBC backed out of airing the show in the US due to “too much nervousness”.Executive producer Jon Thoday, who also founded Avalon, told The Times that the US broadcaster was on board until just six weeks before the scheduled premiere date.“It’s basically quite a difficult show to do in the environment that exists, particularly if you’re attacking tall poppies,” Thoday explained.

Spitting Image reboot series has been renewed for a second season on BritBox.Roger Law’s satirical show returned to screens last week, satirising Boris Johnson, Kanye West, Elton John, Greta Thunberg, Donald Trump, Barack Obama and more in puppet form.The new series sparked a spike in subscribers on BritBox, and will air new episodes every Saturday for the next nine weeks.Per Radio Times, Reemah Sakaan, Group Director ITV SVOD and Chief Creative & Brand Officer BritBox, said of the show’s

Spitting Image, the infamous politician-lampooning satirical British puppet show rebooted by U.K. streaming service BritBox, is set to return for a second season in the fall of 2021.

Satirical comedy Spitting Image will be back for a second series in the autumn of 2021, it has been confirmed.

Naman Ramachandran “Spitting Image,” the iconic British satirical puppet show rebooted for streamer BritBox U.K., has been renewed for a second season while its executive producer has revealed why U.S. broadcaster NBC backed out of airing the show stateside.Speaking to the U.K.’s Times newspaper, Jon Thoday, executive producer at “Spitting Image” producer Avalon, said there was “too much nervousness” in the upper echelons of the NBC hierarchy about the show’s content.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBritBox’s reboot of British satirical puppet show Spitting Image has been renewed for a second season just days after it premiered the first episode of Season 1 online.The Avalon-produced caricature comedy will be back in fall 2021 after BritBox said its first series premiere helped boost new subscribers ten-fold compared to its average daily sign-up rate.Reemah Sakaan, group director of ITV SVOD and chief creative and brand officer of BritBox, said: “The

Jake Kanter International TV EditorJon Thoday, the executive producer of rebooted Brit comedy Spitting Image, has revealed that NBC pulled out of the show just weeks before its premiere because of “nervousness” around its satirical content.Deadline revealed over the weekend that the puppet show would premiere on Facebook in the U.S.

life for Nathan has been turned upside down since lockdown, and he spoke  frankly to Duffy about the toll that not being able to work has taken on his mental health.In December he bought a house in the country, in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, on Lough Erne where he could indulge in his love of water sports. But when lockdown happened the change of pace and isolation soon had an effect on Nathan who went from doing 200 gigs a year, to zero overnight.‘It was grand at the start.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: The reboot of classic British comedy series Spitting Image is set to premiere on Facebook – a day after its UK debut.The Avalon-produced puppet parody, which is headed up creatively by co-creator Roger Law and The Simpsons’ Jeff Westbrook as showrunner, will launch on Facebook Premiere at 9PM PT and will be available for 24 hours.

comedian who writes the gags and does the voices of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump in the new series of Spitting Image can’t wait to let his vocal chords loose imitating our First Minister.Matt Forde said satirising the PM and the American president is easy but Nicola Sturgeon is proving a bit tricky.It’s the first hint that the SNP leader may appear in the show, although TV bosses are keeping tight-lipped.Political stand-up Matt said: “With people like Boris and Trump, you don’t even have to

Spitting Image’s comeback episode sees the satirical puppet show take aim at public figures including Dominic Cummings, Greta Thunberg, Donald Trump and the Duke of Sussex.

Spitting Image” was rewritten at the last minute to include Thursday night’s news of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s coronavirus diagnoses.The show will bow on BBC Studios and ITV Studios’ streamer BritBox from Oct. 3.

Spitting Image have defended their depiction of Greta Thunberg following criticism on social media.The satirical comedy show confirmed 17-year-old climate activist Thunberg would be making an appearance on the show in puppet form, where she’s set to be portrayed as a weather presenter.Reemah Sakaan, group director of SVoD at ITV, said in a statement: “It’s a very straightforward joke and is nothing to do with her as an individual.”She added: “If the show isn’t stirring controversy, it’s probably

Piers Morgan has unveiled his Spitting Image puppet – saying it looks nothing like him.