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Spitting Image: Characters, History, Music & Art

Spitting Image is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. First broadcast in 1984, 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, including ten BAFTA…

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Spitting Image topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, History, Music and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Spitting Image. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
433
Source areas
13
Connected nodes
447
Extracted relationships
191
Concept neighborhoods
48
Bridge connections
447

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Characters · 188 topics
Staff · 74 topics
Songs · 44 topics
Revival · 27 topics
History · 24 topics
Overview · 24 topics
Reception · 19 topics
Repeats · 13 topics
Decline · 7 topics
Broadcast dates · 4 topics
Home releases · 4 topics
Media adaptations · 4 topics
Archive donated to Cambridge University · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Adult puppeteering · Political satire · Black comedy
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
Peter Fluck · Roger Law · Martin Lambie-Nairn
Network
ITV
No. of episodes
134
No. of series
18

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Reception

Characters

Songs

Staff

Decline

Archive donated to Cambridge University

Broadcast dates

Repeats

Revival

Home releases

Media adaptations

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Spitting Image connects Entity context

The extracted context around Spitting Image shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Spitting Image → Abraham Lincoln's, American, August, Carson, Central, David Frost, Down, During, Dustin Hoffman, Earth, Ed McMahon, Eventually, Famous Corporation, In, Introduced, Johnny Carson's, Mount Rushmore, NBC, Out, Presidential Another extracted example is Spitting Image → Architecture, Archived, Art, BFI's ScreenonlineSpitting Image, British Comedy GuideSpitting Image, Claw, December, Design, Faber, Glossary, HeadcasesEncyclopedia, Image, IMDbSpitting Image, ISBN, John, June, Lewis, Original Series, Radio4, South Africa Spits Back. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Spitting Image

Top relations

related to American version · 27
Spitting Image → Abraham Lincoln's, American, August, Carson, Central, David Frost, Down, During, Dustin Hoffman, Earth, Ed McMahon, Eventually, Famous Corporation, In, Introduced, Johnny Carson's, Mount Rushmore, NBC, Out, Presidential
related to External links · 27
Spitting Image → Architecture, Archived, Art, BFI's ScreenonlineSpitting Image, British Comedy GuideSpitting Image, Claw, December, Design, Faber, Glossary, HeadcasesEncyclopedia, Image, IMDbSpitting Image, ISBN, John, June, Lewis, Original Series, Radio4, South Africa Spits Back
related to Decline · 20
Spitting Image → During, February, Harry Enfield, ITV, January, John Lloyd, John O'Farrell, John Sessions, Labour, Laden, Mark Burton, Number, Osama, Pete Sinclair, Ray Harris, Rory Bremner, Sotheby's, Stuart Silver, The, The Last Prophecies
related to Songs · 20
Spitting Image → Central Television, Crystals, Da Do Run Ron, Da Doo Ron Ron, In, Joan Collins, Just, Linda McCartney, Mary Whitehouse, Nancy, Nancy Reagan, No, Prince Andrew, Prince Who Can't Say, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, The, The B-side, The Spitting Image, The TV
related to Broadcast dates · 19
Spitting Image → All, Austrian, Canada's CBC Television, English, France, French, Friday, German, German-speaking, It, M6, NBC, New Zealand, ORF, Sunday, The, The American, TV, TVNZ
related to Repeats · 16
Spitting Image → Comedy Central Extra, December, Edited, From, From November, Granada Plus, In February, It, ITV, ITV2, November, September, Series, Spitting Image Series, Tuesday, UK Gold
related to International politicians · 14
Spitting Image → All, Caspar Weinberger, Edwin Meese, His, In Russia, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev's, Nancy, Next, Nuke, Nurse, Russians, Soviet, US President Ronald Reagan
Voices of · 8
Spitting Image → and others, Chris Barrie, Harry Enfield, John Sessions, Jon Glover, Kate Robbins, Louise Gold, Steve Nallon
related to Archive donated to Cambridge University · 8
Spitting Image → Cambridge University, Dr Jessica Gardner, Great, In, It, Roger Law, She, The
related to Media adaptations · 8
Spitting Image → Cucumber, Hungarian, In Hungary, Prime Ministers Gyula Horn, The, This, Uborka, Viktor Orbán

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

series spitting image show also thatcher john television itv portrayed first puppet including law episode puppets video 1986 reagan broadcast

Spitting Image relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 191 structured relationships around Spitting Image. Examples in this analysis include Spitting Image → Country of origin → United Kingdom and Spitting Image → Created by → Peter Fluck. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Spitting ImageCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Spitting ImageCreated byPeter Fluck1.00infobox
Spitting ImageCreated byRoger Law1.00infobox
Spitting ImageCreated byMartin Lambie-Nairn1.00infobox
Spitting ImageGenreAdult puppeteering1.00infobox
Spitting ImageGenrePolitical satire1.00infobox
Spitting ImageGenreBlack comedy1.00infobox
Spitting ImageNetworkITV1.00infobox
Spitting ImageNo. of episodes1341.00infobox
Spitting ImageNo. of series181.00infobox
Spitting ImageOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
Spitting ImageProduction companySpitting Image Productions for Central1.00infobox
Spitting ImageProduction locationsCentral House (1984)1.00infobox
Spitting ImageProduction locationsTelevision House (1985–96)1.00infobox
Spitting ImageRelease26 February 1984 (1984-02-26) – 18 February 1996 (1996-02-18)1.00infobox
Spitting ImageRunning time30 to 60 minutes1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofChris Barrie1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofHarry Enfield1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofJon Glover1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofLouise Gold1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofSteve Nallon1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofKate Robbins1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofJohn Sessions1.00infobox
Spitting ImageVoices ofand others1.00infobox
Spitting Imageis aBritish satirical television puppet show0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Spitting Image bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Spitting, Puppets and Series. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Itv
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    • Song
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    • One
  • spitting image
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    • Puppets
    • Series
    • Itv
    • Central
    • Roger
    • Song
    • Show
    • Created
    • British
    • Broadcast
    • One
  • puppet show
    • Law
    • Including
    • Also
    • Spitting
    • Roger
    • Puppets
    • Thatcher
    • Television
    • Series
    • Version
    • Reagan
    • Show
  • roger law
    • Law
    • Roger
    • Itv
    • Puppets
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    • Television
    • Spitting
    • Figures
    • Show
    • Including
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    • Also
  • central independent television
    • Television
    • First
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    • Image
    • Released
    • Spitting
    • Episode
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    • Reagan
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  • spitting image video game
    • Spitting
    • Reagan
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    • Puppets
    • Series
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    • Song
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  • comedy central extra
    • Television
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    • Spitting
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  • broadcast dates
    • Central
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    • Episodes
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    • Episode
    • Version
    • Series
    • Image
    • Spitting
    • Created
    • Figures

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Spitting Image, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Spitting Image with Characters. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Spitting ImageCharacters · splits 259 ⟂ 189
Spitting ImageStaff · splits 373 ⟂ 75
Spitting ImageSongs · splits 403 ⟂ 45
Spitting ImageRevival · splits 420 ⟂ 28
Spitting ImageOverview · splits 423 ⟂ 25
Spitting ImageHistory · splits 423 ⟂ 25
Spitting ImageReception · splits 428 ⟂ 20
Spitting ImageRepeats · splits 434 ⟂ 14
Spitting ImageDecline · splits 440 ⟂ 8
Spitting ImageBroadcast dates · splits 443 ⟂ 5
Spitting ImageHome releases · splits 443 ⟂ 5
Spitting ImageMedia adaptations · splits 443 ⟂ 5
Spitting ImageArchive donated to Cambridge University · splits 445 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Spitting Image

Nodes448
Edges447
Triples191
Avg. degree2
Density0.004464
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Spitting Image to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, History, Music & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Spitting Image · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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