arista
24-10-2022, 10:23 PM
[Spitting Image
has been axed by ITV despite a national need
for political satire, the show’s impressionist says.
The broadcaster revived the comedy puppet
show in 2020 after a 24-year absence,
as the flagship commission for BritBox,
the new UK subscription streaming
rival to Netflix and Disney.
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump,
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Elon Musk
were among the famous figures lampooned
in the reboot, which ran for two seasons.
Special episodes were screened on ITV, BritBox’s
majority owner.]
Hidden away on BritBox
I am, not surprised. I say ,
Matt Forde, the comedian who voiced
Johnson and Trump for the reboot and
was part of the writing team, toldi:
“There is a huge public appetite for
Spitting Image in this country.
I just can’t believe it’s not on a mainstream
channel at a time like this.
“It got crazy numbers when the specials
were on ITV and the online figures
were going through the roof.”
He added: “I thought it was madness
not to have the whole series on mainstream ITV.
They spent all that money bringing back
this mega-brand only to hide it away on BritBox.
It should have been on ITV, Channel 4,
the BBC or Sky, where everyone could see it.”]
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/spitting-image-cancelled-itv-political-satire-matt-forde-1930379
has been axed by ITV despite a national need
for political satire, the show’s impressionist says.
The broadcaster revived the comedy puppet
show in 2020 after a 24-year absence,
as the flagship commission for BritBox,
the new UK subscription streaming
rival to Netflix and Disney.
Boris Johnson, Donald Trump,
the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Elon Musk
were among the famous figures lampooned
in the reboot, which ran for two seasons.
Special episodes were screened on ITV, BritBox’s
majority owner.]
Hidden away on BritBox
I am, not surprised. I say ,
Matt Forde, the comedian who voiced
Johnson and Trump for the reboot and
was part of the writing team, toldi:
“There is a huge public appetite for
Spitting Image in this country.
I just can’t believe it’s not on a mainstream
channel at a time like this.
“It got crazy numbers when the specials
were on ITV and the online figures
were going through the roof.”
He added: “I thought it was madness
not to have the whole series on mainstream ITV.
They spent all that money bringing back
this mega-brand only to hide it away on BritBox.
It should have been on ITV, Channel 4,
the BBC or Sky, where everyone could see it.”]
https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/spitting-image-cancelled-itv-political-satire-matt-forde-1930379