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Spitting Image returns to TV - but this time with computer-generated caricatures
Last updated at 17:44pm on 07.04.08The latex has gone, but the lampooning is as merciless as ever.
This is Headcases, ITV's new version of Spitting Image.
The satirical show, which launches tomorrow, will once again see public figures dreading Sunday nights.
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Eyebrow entertainment: Alistair Darling will moan 'We're doomed' on the ITV's Headcases
Musclebound and busty: Madonna and Victoria Beckham
More than a decade after the original series ended, it is being brought back by Spitting Image head writer Henry Naylor, and the impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner.
Instead of being portrayed by puppets, the likes of Madonna, the Beckhams, Prince William and Prince Harry will be depicted by computer-generated animated figures.
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Victorian and the toff: Gordon Brown and David Cameron
Blonde ambition: Kate Winslet
The 64-strong cast has been drawn up from an initial list of 615 candidates. Also included are Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty, Robert Mugabe, Gordon Brown, Tony Blair, Alistair Darling and Nicolas Sarkozy.
Brown is portrayed as a Victorian penny-pincher, while Darling's catchphrase is a Dad's-Army-style "we're doomed".
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The Grey Man: The original Spitting Image poked fun at John Major's lack of charisma
Silver spoon toons: Prince Harry and William are both send-up targets
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is shown to have a massive bust which increases and decreases depending on the threat of terrorism.
David Cameron is an Etonian toff aided by his school-capped "squirt" George Osborne and William Hague, who knocks back 17 pints of bitter.
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Booze buddies: Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty tuck in to cans of ale on a night out
Red carpeting: Helen Mirren and Judi Dench will be mocked
But fellow-politicians Jack Straw and David Davis will not feature, having been deemed not recognisable enough by the public.
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