Spitting Image to return on BritBox

What was the actual music used?

For me that music is a bit dated and it’s not one of those iconic theme tunes, that everyone knows regardless of whether you watched the show at the time or not.

Not really sure it would work for much of the intended audience who wouldn’t be old enough to remember the original.

Yes definitely. It would've been so.easy to work in.

They could've also had other puppets walking past adding things (Trump spraying the undercoat, the queen spraying the name and Boris putting the tape up.

Amazed to hear you said that. It's a really iconic tune. Almost as iconic as the puppets themselves. Whenever Spitting Image is featured in retrospective documentaries, a clip of the theme is nearly always played.

The whole "kids today wouldn't recognise it anyway" argument doesn't really stand up too strong when you're bringing back a nostalgic brand.

I really enjoyed the episode today, it was a very strong start. I was quite surprised to see a number of American writers and voice artists on the credits also.

Agree - that theme tune is completely unfamiliar to me.

As long as the theme tune had those four distinctive notes somewhere in it, it would be fine.

Having finally watched it, I thought it was pretty good, a personal highlight being Dominic Cummings' wobbly eyes. I don't think it's quite enough to be a draw for new subscribers though, and I think it's a bit wasted not having it on a linear channel.

My biggest gripe is relying on existing tropes and stereotypes, especially Trump and Boris. The original series managed to create absurd characters for the people they targeted, rather than just "being" them. I felt they could've been a lot more creative with some of the characters, but it's early days after all.

It s***ts all over Newzoids, though.

Nice peas, Norma.

I'm surprised it's not the other way round.

Wonder how they'll deal with Trump from now on, especially if his condition deteriorates

Folks! I’m delighted to say that the new #SpittingImage is out, and I wrote the theme tune! I’ve also written some songs that will be along in the coming weeks. It’s all rather exciting, really. I hope you enjoy it. X pic.twitter.com/ZJC4xgqeW9

— Felix Hagan (@FelixHagan) October 4, 2020

So we know who wrote the theme then..

Needed more belly laughs for me. I found some of it quite bizarre and didn't entirely understand the joke in some of the sketches. Prince Harry's accent was very odd indeed. The voice behind Boris, Trump and Starmer (and doubtless some others) was on The BBC News-Show-With-No-Name the other day and did an excellent turn. He's got Boris down to a tee and his Trump is rather good too. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-54380644

But it was good to have merciless satire back in this form (it retained the schoolboy silliness that used to be one of the USPs of the original series). And I was delighted to see it end with a song and dance number.

Out of interest, what jokes did you not get?