Spitting Image

- Season 7

(1989)

In this episode; Bush, Gorbachev and Mitterand discuss German reunification, Imelda Marcos attempts to smuggle the body of her dead husband through customs and Fergie prepares for another skiing trip.

Rupert Murdoch attempts to flog a satellite dish to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Cabinet plot to make Thatcher resign and in his latest stunt, Richard Branson attempts a Pacific flight using nothing but his inflated ego.

Alastair Burnet presents the Royal Variety Show, Snow White receives a visit from the poll tax office and on the historic occasion of the first televised parliamentary debate, Her Majesty The Queen formally opens 'MPTV'.

In the aftermath of her leadership contest victory, an increasingly unhinged Mrs. Thatcher does some reshuffling at home, Peter Sissons fields some hostile questions about his competence for the job from a bitter Sir Robin Day on Question Time and we join war correspondent Kate Adie reporting live from her own kitchen.

In this episode; there is the latest Dennis Potter television drama, Frank Bruno takes on the most difficult challenge of his career so far - acting in a Christmas panto, and as the viewing figures for Parliament are so disappointing, the Speaker is told the 'show' is being axed.

In this special Christmas episode; there is a look at this year's must have children's toys (made in Taiwan) in My Little Injury, 'Dr' Kenneth Clarke is let loose in an NHS hospital and The Queen has a new trick to clear the table of her Christmas dinner guests.