Spitting Image series 2 DVD

Back when satire on British television was more about edge than crudeness,Spitting Imagewas big.

So how does it hold up?

This second series started in 1985, and it soon becomes clear that time has done it few favours.

Too many of the jokes have lost their potency, removed from the social climate of the time.

But it is a problem.

The show itself was always hit and miss, but when it does hit, it hits very well.

There are some absolutely brilliant scenes and characters which induce laugh-out-loud moments.

Far and away the highlight of the show is the Margaret Thatcher puppet.

The removal of Thatcher, for many, marked the end ofSpitting Image.

What lets the DVD down is the special features, in that there arent any.