The phrase "spitting image" means "perfect likeness or counterpart".[1] It derives from a British slang expression dating back to at least 1859 as a phrase. The roots of this expression can be traced through British history as far back as the Middle Ages [2] and is shared with the French "C'est son père tout craché" or "He is his father's spit and image".

The puppets, caricaturing public figures often including British and American politicians and celebrities, were designed by the cartoonists Peter Fluck and Roger Law (who sometimes spoonerised their names as 'Luck and Flaw'). They were assisted by various young caricaturists including David Stoten, Steve Bendelack, Tim Watts, Pablo Bach, Christopher Sharrock (who coined the internal name for the show: "Splitting Headache") and Oscar da Costa and virtually every successful British impressionist of the time. Musical parodies were provided by Philip Pope (former member of Who Dares Wins and The Hee Bee Gee Bees) and later Steve Brown (who played the character of bandleader Glen Ponder in Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge).

• Comedy Guide - Spitting Image at bbc.co.uk
• Encyclopedia of Television
• British Film Institute Screen Online
• Spitting Image @ The BFI
• Spitting Image at Comedy Central

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