Series 2 (1984)

Spitting Image Series 2 aired from 13 May to 17 June 1984.

EpisodesEdit

Episode 007 - 012 (6 episodes)

• Episode 007 -- 2nd series premiere, Lie on Earth, UHT Milk, SDP, Ming Dynasty
• Episode 008 -- It'll Be Alrite on The Night, The South Bank Show
• Episode 009 -- News at Benn, The Shadow Cabinet
• Episode 010 -- The Royals play Monopoly
• Episode 011
• Episode 012 -- Meet The Video Nasty Family, The Euro Phone-In Election, Every Bomb You Drop

CastEdit

Puppeteers

Anthony Asbury, Chris Barrie, Kevin Bradshaw, Alistair Fullarton, Louise Gold, Terry Lee, Steve Nallon, Richard Robinson

Additional Voices

Ade Edmondson, Chris Emmett, Fogwell Flax, Jon Glover, Elizabeth Lindsay, Jan Ravens

Special Guest Stars

Denis Healey, Sting, Stewart White

CrewEdit

• Puppets created by: Luck and Flaw
• Puppet Workshop Supervisor: Stephen Bendelack
• Puppet Workshop: David Bond, Moe Casey, Paul Duncan, Caroline Pitcher, Mavis Taylor, Malcolm Walker, Tim Watts
• Moulds: Stephen Haines, Peter Kidd, Terry New
• Special Mechanics: George Chamberlain
• Foams by: Spike
• Wigs: Angie Cobbin
• Costume Designer: Sue Gibson
• Programme Co-ordinator: Lucy Neal
• Producers' Assistant: Linda Glover
• Written by: Geoff Atkinson, Sean Carson, Richard Curtis, John Docherty, Ben Elton, Sean Hardie, Brian Highley, Moray Hunter, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman, Ian Pattison, Jeremy Smythe
• Script Editors: Rob Grant, Doug Naylor
• Music by: Phil Pope
• Cameras: Terry Gout
• Sound: Phil Sellman
• Dubbing: Bill Todd, Jim Tetlow
• Vision: Dave Pelegrine
• Vision Mixer: Judy Layner
• VT Editor: Al Pigden
• Graphics: Brian Becker
• Production Secretaries: Tracey Smirthwaite, Lisa Reoni
• Stage Manager: Claire Sandford
• Senior Floor Manager: Keith Lascelles
• Researcher: Simon Massey
• Production Assistant: Barbara Bradbury
• Associate Producer: Richard Holloway
• Lighting Director: Brian Harris
• Designers: Ken Ryan, Giovanni Guarino
• Produced by: Jon Blair, John Lloyd
• Directed by: Bob Cousins, Peter Harris

NotesEdit

• Last series to feature the puppetry of Richard Robinson.
• After this series, Chris Emmett does not vocalize for the program until Series 11 (1990).
• Only series to boast the vocals of Fogwell Flax and Elizabeth Lindsay.
• Ade Edmondson makes a guest appearance as Harold Angryperson in #007, while Sting sings a rewriting of "Every Breath You Take" ("Every Bomb You Make") for #012.
• Also in #012, Stewart White and Denis Healey make live-action appearances (White also appears, uncredited, in #011).

AvailablityEdit

Spitting Image - Complete Series 1 DVD - Network - 28 January 2008

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