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Luck & Flaw's Illustrated Guide To Caricature

Luck and Flaw, alias Roger Law and Peter Fluck, are the creators of the puppets which form the cast of the award-winning series, Spitting Image. Their style of 3-D caricature is unique, but in essence it is part of a tradition stretching back to James Gillray in the 1780s. Gerald Scarfe, Ralph Steadman, Trog, Steve Bell, and the octogenarian Ralph Sallon of the Mirror are contemporary caricatures whom Luck and Flaw Particularly admire. They talk about the practice and Principle of caricature today and Luck and Flaw also Present the work of some of the great names of caricature history - Low, Grosz, Daumier, Dantan, Cruikshank and Gillray himself, whom they have brought to life in the form of a new puppet.

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  • Originally Aired July 26, 1985
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Notes Is a season finale
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Name Type Role
Roger Law Guest Star Self
Peter Fluck Guest Star Self
Gerald Scarfe Guest Star Self
Ralph Steadman Guest Star Self
Mary Dickinson Director