Spitting Image was one of my favourite comedy shows from the eighties, a clever series with grotesque puppets of politicians and celebs of the day being voiced by professional voice artists and often being very amusing. I switched on the main ITV channel( the current series is on Britbox) to see what the Halloween special would be like.
I wasn't very impressed. The puppets are excellent and the show is very topical as ever, it was just the voices and the hunour were a big let down. Spitting Image did have some really funny moments, such as Adele being trick or treated and Nicola Sturgeon headbutting her political opponents, just the rest seemed laboured and the f word was used too much( this was never used in the original). The whole Elton John celebrity mystery was completely drawn out and boring, the Ronaldo in the cage sketch was bizarre, and the Daniel Craig impersonation was terrible. ( He's not an American).
I can see why ITV has limited Spitting Image to Britbox, it's just not good enough for their main channel and while they have tried really hard with the puppets, it's not enough to watch a whole series.
I wasn't very impressed. The puppets are excellent and the show is very topical as ever, it was just the voices and the hunour were a big let down. Spitting Image did have some really funny moments, such as Adele being trick or treated and Nicola Sturgeon headbutting her political opponents, just the rest seemed laboured and the f word was used too much( this was never used in the original). The whole Elton John celebrity mystery was completely drawn out and boring, the Ronaldo in the cage sketch was bizarre, and the Daniel Craig impersonation was terrible. ( He's not an American).
I can see why ITV has limited Spitting Image to Britbox, it's just not good enough for their main channel and while they have tried really hard with the puppets, it's not enough to watch a whole series.