- published: 17 Sep 2013
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Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV network. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Television Awards, including one for editing in 1989 and two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category.
The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities prominent during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major and other politicians, US president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family; the series was the first to caricature Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
One of the most-watched shows of the 1980s and early 1990s, the series was a satire of politics, entertainment, sport and British culture of the era, and at its peak it was watched by 15 million people. 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 Ant & Dec puppets used to host Best Ever Spitting Image, which were created against Roger Law's wishes.
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I watched it flare up from the end
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Nocturnal glances were surrounded
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Our lights got sucked in and our bodies keep on lifting off the sheets
Our hands get tied to our minds and we keep on talking in our sleep
Caspian power moves within me
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My circulation thermohaline
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Our fingers swell up and our bodies keep lifting off the sheets
Our eyelids collapse and our limbs and hinges crashed into the sea
We all see to have big plans. We all seem to have...
Oh oh oh oh x4 (x2)
Our lights got sucked in and our bodies keep lifting off the sheets
Our eyelids collapse and our limbs and hinges rust into the sea
We all seem to have big plans x2