The weekly puppet-based sketch show that skewers the politicians and celebrities who need it the most. With a cast of characters from Britain, America, and around the world, no one is safe from a satirical roasting.
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes · 2021
Season 1
10 episodes · 2020
Episode 1. Episode 1
2020-10-03 · 25 min
In the first episode, we find out how Donald Trump got coronavirus, deep dive into the presidential debate and see what Prince Andrew has to say for himself.
Episode 2. Episode 2
2020-10-10 · 25 min
Elon Musk reviews his latest projects and receives a message from his future self; Donald Trump beats coronavirus; and Greta Thunberg discovers football.
Episode 3. Episode 3
2020-10-17 · 25 min
Prince Harry meets his new neighbour, LeBron James; Dominic Cummings discovers the North; and Donald Trump learns of an escalating situation on the China-India border.
Episode 4. Episode 4
2020-10-24 · 25 min
This week Michael Gove visits Paris and Boris Johnson holidays in Scotland. Meanwhile, the American Presidential Election campaign is hotting up, despite Joe Biden's faux pas, and Ivanka Trump seeks to secure peace between India and China.
Episode 5. US Election Special (Part 1)
2020-10-31 · 25 min
President Donald Trump investigates mail-in vote fraud in an attempt to secure his re-election to office. Meanwhile, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos race each other to Mars, and Michael Gove joins forces with Dominic Cummings.
Episode 6. US Election Special (Part 2)
2020-10-31 · 25 min
Bezos and Musk are beaten to Mars by Richard Branson, and Greta Thunberg discovers the thrill of the Fast & Furious films. In the American election race, Donald Trump has to appoint a new judge, and Joe Biden visits a diner in Nebraska.
Episode 7. Episode 7
2020-11-07 · 25 min
Charles takes over the Firm, Donald Trump refuses to give up the Presidential race and Dominic Cummings learns of Bonfire Night.
Episode 8. Episode 8
2020-11-14 · 25 min
The Illuminati meets with Joe Biden while Kanye West starts a new business venture and James Corden hangs out with Tiger Woods.
Episode 9. Episode 9
2020-11-21 · 25 min
RuPaul helps the Pope choose his successor and Boris Johnson returns to his brainless self after Dominic Cummings removes the brilliant ideas that he planted.
Episode 10. Episode 10
2020-11-28 · 25 min
President Trump’s welcome for Joe Biden backfires, Taylor Swift tries to win the biggest Christmas tree competition and Boris Johnson confronts Priti Patel about bullying.
**SEASON ONE (2020) REVIEW:**
<br />Season Rating: 6/10
<br />Overall Rating: 6/10
Very hit-and-miss.
I've never seen episodes from the original 'Spitting Image' series from the 80s/90s so cannot comment on how it continues from that. This new series is alright, though not as funny as I think they want it to be. I never laughed out loud once, but there are a few chucklesome moments here-and-there. The episodes are so short, ~20 mins, that it's a fine show to fill a gap each evening.
The puppeteering is impressive, I will say that. The puppets themselves are, again, hit-and-miss. Good/amusing ones include Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Donald Trump. As for the bad/unfunny ones: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Brad Pitt, Kanye West... more fall under this category than the former, to be honest.
Some of the running jokes are boring, especially the ones involving Markle/Harry, Elon Musk & Co. and "Govey in Paris". It it wasn't for the goodness involving Johnson, Trump et al. - which is easy pickings, given the material those lot give - then it would be a very lame show. It's treading a fine line with the caricatures, too.
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