Spitting Image at 40: the story of the show is surprisingly influenced by Thatcher
Thatcher provided the show with its star turn, but her government’s policies were also influential in bringing the programme to air.
Source: theconversation.com
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Chief Miekelson: Surely Police Scotland can't take any offence?
Which was handy as, in the first episode, Miekelson applies for that very job. Said Docherty: “I see him [Rowley] walking about all the time and I…
Source: heraldscotland.com
'It's almost like karaoke': classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage – and thrill the superfans | TV comedy
Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools and Horses … the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia
Source: theguardian.com
Steve Brown, Spitting Image composer who also played Glen Ponder in Alan Partridge – obituary
Steve Brown, who has died aged 69, was a composer of comedy songs, notably for the satirical puppet show Spitting Image, eventually becoming its house composer; he also wrote several stage musicals, including Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera, in collaboration with his friend Harry Hill, and the Olivier-winning Spend Spend Spend, which chronicled the real-life rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Viv Nicholson, whose husband won a fortune in the football pools in the 1960s.
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'One-off talent': UK comedy composer Steve Brown dies aged 66 | Stage
Hit composer scored TV and radio as well as the stage shows X-Factor and TONY!
Source: theguardian.com