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A milestone in television comedy, Spitting Image lifted satire to a new level through the 1980s and '90s. No target was safe from its gunsights: politicians of all persuasions, even the Royal Family and the Pope could find themselves up for a ribbing on any given programme.

BAFTA-nominated many times, Spitting Image won a Bronze medal at the Montreux TV festival in 1984, firmly establishing its success for over a decade; among its luminary team of contributors were Steve Coogan, Ian Hislop, Hugh Dennis, David Baddiel, Alistair McGowan, Rory Bremner, Jan Ravens, Harry Enfield and Ben Elton.

This tenth series features the serialised story of John Major and the Adventures of Sad Man; Dimbleby reports from the Gulf, while George Bush asks Stormin' Norman to make the situation in Iraq more complicated and Saddam is too busy to turn up for his War Crimes trial. Mick Jagger offers Kylie sartorial advice, the BBC tries to employ Tony Hancock, and Robert Runcie meets the son of God - David of Icke...