Spitting Image
The news that Spitting Image is to return is of course excellent for those of us who enjoyed (and on one occasion wrote for) the original. But I do detect a certain trend going on here, and one day there's going to be one too many. Think about it: Parkinson cancelled in the eighties, then comes back 16 years or so later. The Two Ronnies, back for a new series in January. Doctor Who, Captain Scarlet, all dusting themselves off and ready for a return.
I love all these things and I hope they come out well. But do we really want this decade remembered as the time of the revamps in which original programming died the death completely?
Am offline for a week after this - enjoy the break, people, I'll be redecorating and someone else will be standing in on this page.
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