Spitting Image will return to screens this autumn with a new YouTube series, Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t, with an initial one-off teaser episode released today and now available to view now on the official Spitting Image YouTube channel.
The new era of Spitting Image begins with The Rest is Bulls*!t… specially created, original short-form vodcast episodes, for all those wanting to laugh in the face of these anxiety-inducing, squeaky-bum times of global conflict, unhinged world leaders and megalomaniac Fin Tech bosses. The (latex) gloves are off and it’s not pulling any punches. From The White House to Windsor, from Putin to Paddington via Silicon Valley - they claim it’s fearless, it’s as disgusting as the real people and it’s as hard-hitting as you remember - ideal entertainment for anyone with a 21st century attention span.
Watch today’s one-off teaser episode and get: exclusive insight into Prince Harry’s “truth” as he tries to “make a sh*t ton of money out of podcasting”; brace yourself for the real Paddington Bear and his penchant for something other than marmalade; find out what really went on when The Donald called President Putin yesterday; celebrate Sir Keir and all the global U-turners, and witness Zelensky’s musical appeal to the United States to keep supplying Ukraine this week… amongst much more.
The new series will be led creatively by two of the writers’ of the critically acclaimed stage show Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image The Musical, Al Murray and Matt Forde. The live show was praised by the Evening Standard for being “shockingly funny… I wasn’t expecting this to be so outrageously entertaining”, in a five-star review from the Daily Telegraph the show was applauded for being “a barrel-load of offence-giving fun and a salty dash of rebellion” with The Mail on Sunday celebrating the writer’s “healthy disrespect for the Establishment”.
The BAFTA and Emmy award-winning satirical Spitting Image television series originally ran for 18 series between 1984 and 1996 and was watched by over 15 million viewers. In 2020 it made a return to TV, achieving critical praise across the political divide. On official social media channels, Spitting Image content was massively popular with over 200 million views globally and three number 1 trending videos on YouTube. Three new one-off specials for ITV (alongside BritBox) also saw huge success on terrestrial television: with a 4.4 million audience in 2020 achieving ITV’s highest Saturday night ratings at that time in four years.
Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t is produced by Avalon, the producer and director is Matt Stronge, and it is executive produced by Richard Allen-Turner, Jon Thoday and Roger Law. The new series is written by Al Murray and Matt Forde.
The exact date for the new series is yet to be announced but fans are encouraged to sign up to the YouTube channel and follow the official Spitting Image social media accounts for further updates.
