Roger Law is a British caricaturist, ceramist and one half of Luck and Flaw, creators of the popular satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image.
Law speaking at the TYPO Berlin conference in 2014
Spitting Image is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. First broadcast in 1984, the series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV network. The series was nominated and won numerous awards, including ten BAFTA Television Awards, and two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series features puppet caricatures of contemporary celebrities and public figures, including British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major and the British royal family. The series was the first to caricature Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Puppet of Margaret Thatcher on display in Grantham Museum (she was born in Grantham).
Puppet of Manchester United striker Eric Cantona
Roger Moore enjoyed his parody on the show.
Phil Collins on stage with Genesis. After he saw a caricatured version of himself on Spitting Image, he commissioned the show's creators, Peter Fluck and Roger Law, to create puppets of the band which appear in their music video "Land of Confusion"
