Katie Hopkins the 'media whore' gets Spitting Image treatment in first Newzoids pictures
Prince Charles, Beyonce, Barack Obama, Andy Murray and Russell Brand are among the famous figures set to be mocked on the satirical show
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Your support makes all the difference.Katie Hopkins, Ant and Dec and Boris Johnson have all been given a new look for ITV’s Spitting Image-inspired satirical show Newzoids.
Professional motor mouth Hopkins is pictured as a ‘media whore’, seen squatting on the kerbside in a leopard print dress holding a handful of ten pound notes.
She is joined by Boris Johnson swaying his Rastafarian-like blonde locks, Nigel Farage clutching a pint of real ale and Ant and Dec looking gormless in the Australian jungle.
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles' puppets take inspiration from Gogglebox’s Steph and Dom, who are pictured watching TV together with a bottle or two of champagne.
Newzoids promises a “biting look at the world of politics and celebrity” and will include impressions by Spitting Image veterans Jon Culshaw and Debra Stephenson.
The six part series will imagine a world where David Cameron and Nick Clegg battle it out on Jeremy Kyle, Ed Miliband joins Ant and Dec on I’m A Catastrophe! Get Me Out Of Here, and Professor Brian Coxs finds an extraordinary new planet in Kim Kardashian’s backside.
The show will mock a host of other famous faces including Wayne Rooney, Andy Murray, Harry Styles, Nick Clegg, Barack Obama, Russell Brand and Simon Cowell.
Spitting Image, which ran for more than a decade, was of the most-watched shows of the Eighties and Nineties.
Newzoids is co-produced by Citrus Television, which was set up by another Spitting Image alumnus Giles Pilbrow.
Elaine Bedell, director of entertainment at ITV, said: “ITV has a rich history of playing popular satirical comedy in peaktime on its main channel, and it seemed a good time to revive it this year.
“We are pleased to be adding to our growing comedy portfolio with this funny and biting look at the world of politics and celebrity.”
Newzoids begins on ITV on Wednesday 15 April.
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