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- The series was cancelled in 1996 after viewing figures declined. ITV had plans for a new series in 2006, but these were scrapped after a dispute over the Ant & Dec puppets used to host Best Ever Spitting Image, which were created against Roger Law's wishes.
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Oct 25, 2022 · Spitting Image, which was resurrected for BritBox after a 24-year hiatus, has not been renewed for a third series. The revived political satire was previously branded 'toothless' and 'too woke.'
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Nov 4, 2022 · Satirical puppet show Spitting Image has been cancelled after two years on BritBox but John Lloyd, the man who originally produced the series back in the Eighties, is not surprised.
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ITV had plans for a reboot in 2006, but these were scrapped after a dispute over the Ant & Dec puppets used to host Best Ever Spitting Image, which were created against Law's wishes. [2] In September 2019, Law announced the show would be returning with a new series. [3] It was confirmed in March 2020 that the show would return on BritBox. [4]
The series was cancelled in 1996 after viewing figures declined. ITV had plans for a new series in 2006, but these were scrapped after a dispute over the Ant & Dec puppets used to host Best Ever Spitting Image, which were created against Roger Law's wishes. [6]
Oct 24, 2022 · Spitting Image has been axed by ITV despite a national need for political satire, the show’s impressionist says. The broadcaster revived the comedy puppet show in 2020 after a 24-year absence...
Oct 25, 2022 · The comic and impressionist, who voiced Boris Johnson and Donald Trump on the comedy puppet show, which was revived by ITV as the flagship commission for streaming service BritBox in 2020 after a 24 year absence, told the i newspaper that the satire would not be returning for a third series.
Jul 9, 2022 · Spitting Image - the satirical puppet show - will not be returning for a new series this year, TV Zone understands. Earlier this year, it was confirmed that BritBox would stop commissioning original series, with most originals already production moving to ITVX - ITV's new streaming platform launching later this year.
