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Spitting Image - in pictures

Spitting Image: Roger Law with caricatures of John Major and Margaret Thatcher
Spitting Image creator Roger Law with caricatures of John Major and Margaret Thatcher Photograph: Lynn Hilton/Rex Features
Spitting Image: Chris Barrie with a Michael Heseltine puppet
Chris Barrie, who did voice impressions on the show, with a Michael Heseltine puppet Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Mariella Frostrup with her Spitting Image puppet
Mariella Frostrup with her Spitting Image puppet Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Kenneth Baker, snail puppet
Kenneth Baker, snail puppet Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Various
Roy Hattersley with Spitting Image Labour party puppets, including Neil Kinnock, Denis Healey, Peter Shore, Eric Heffer and Arthur Scargill Photograph: Victor Watts/REX/Rex Features
Spitting Image: 'The Tube'
A Prince Philip puppet on an episode of The Tube with Leslie Ash Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Margaret Thatcher puppet
A late period Margaret Thatcher puppet Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Arnold Schwarzenegger puppet
Arnold Schwarzenegger Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Margaret Thatcher, husband Denis and son Mark puppets
Margaret Thatcher, husband Denis and son Mark Photograph: Sotheby's/PA
Spitting Image: Noel and Liam Gallagher
Noel and Liam Gallagher puppets Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Peter Fluck and Roger Law with various puppets
Peter Fluck and Roger Law with various puppets Photograph: Martyn Goddard/Rex Features
Spitting Image: Puppet Of a crying Paul Gascoigne
Puppet Of a crying Paul Gascoigne Photograph: Murray Sanders/Rex Features
Spitting Image: Puppets of David Owen and David Steel from 1985
Puppets of David Owen and David Steel from 1985 Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Queen Elizabeth II puppet with her puppet corgi
Queen Elizabeth II puppet with her puppet corgi Photograph: Rex Features
Spitting Image: Roger Law with a Tony Blair puppet
Roger Law with a Tony Blair puppet Photograph: John Voos/Rex Features
Spitting Image: Roger Law at his home in Norfolk
Roger Law at his home in Norfolk Photograph: Jay Brooks for the Observer
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