Fans of puppet based political satire can look forward to a Spitting Image Halloween special
The Spitting Image Halloween Special will broadcast on ITV in week 44: 30th Oct – 5th Nov (day TBC), and will premiere in advance to BritBox UK Subscribers as usual on Saturday 30th.
Following the successful return of the show last autumn, Spitting Image returns to ITV for a one-off Halloween Special shortly after the premiere on BritBox UK. Series two has already seen the introduction of new puppets of prominent figures including: Emma Raducanu, Olivia Colman, Sajid Javid, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Tom Cruise, Tom Daley, Jess Phillips, Ariana Grande, Gary Lineker, Bill Gates, Ellen DeGeneres, and Raheem Sterling, to name a few.
This adds to the existing cast of hundreds puppets of global figures including: Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Prince Andrew, Harry Kane, Vladimir Putin, Harry & Meghan, Beyoncé, Angela Merkel, Dwayne Johnson, Gareth Southgate, Ed Sheeran, Jürgen Klopp, Elon Musk, Adele, Covid-19, James Corden, Emmanuel Macron, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, and Dominic Cummings.
The show has delivered record subscribers for BritBox UK; across official social media channels, content has been hugely popular with over 200 million views globally and three No. 1 trending videos on YouTube. You can read more in the press release.