SPITTING IMAGE RETURNS TO SCREENS WITH VIDEO PODCAST SERIES THIS AUTUMN

It was announced today that Spitting Image will return to screens this autumn with a brand-new YouTube series, Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t, with an initial one-off teaser episode released today and now available to view now on the official Spitting Image YouTube channel. 

A brand-new era of Spitting Image begins with The Rest is Bulls*!t… specially created, original short-form vodcast episodes, for all those wanting to laugh in the face of these anxiety-inducing, squeaky-bum times of global conflict, unhinged world leaders and megalomaniac Fin Tech bosses.  The (latex) gloves are off and it’s not pulling any punches.

This isn’t just satire. It’s a no holds barred up-to-the-minute assault on the world of politics, pop culture and media control.  From The White House to Windsor, from Putin to Paddington via Silicon Valley - it’s fearless, it’s as disgusting as the real people and it’s as hard-hitting as you remember - ideal entertainment for anyone with a 21st century attention span.

The BAFTA and Emmy award-winning satirical Spitting Image television series originally ran for 18 series between 1984 and 1996 and was watched by over 15 million viewers.

In 2020 it made a return to TV to (since disbanded UK streaming service) BritBox, achieving critical praise across the political divide.  On official social media channels, Spitting Image content was massively popular with over 200 million views globally and three number 1 trending videos on YouTube. 

Three new one-off specials for ITV (alongside BritBox) also saw huge success on terrestrial television: with a 4.4 million audience in 2020 achieving ITV’s highest Saturday night ratings at that time in four years.

Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t is produced by Avalon, the producer and director is Matt Stronge, and it is executive produced by Richard Allen-Turner, Jon Thoday and Roger Law.  The new series is written by Al Murray and Matt Forde.