Watch the teaser of the new short-form series

Spitting Image is to return – this time as a YouTube series called The Rest Is Bullshit.

An 11-minute teaser episode has been released today, hosted by Prince Harry – who admits he’s 'trying make a shit ton of money out of podcasting’ and the real Paddington Bear confessing to addictions beyond marmalade. Elon Musk is their guest while sketches include the team’s take on what really went on when Donald Trump called President Putin yesterday.

Comics Al Murray and Matt Forde write the new series, having previously helped create a musical stage show around the satirical puppets, Idiots Assemble.

Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bullshit is produced by Avalon, who also made the 2020 TV revival as well as the musical. One of the 1980s show’s original creators, Roger Law, is an executive producer on the podcasts alongside Avalon’s Richard Allen-Turner and Jon Thoday.

Avalon says of the new show: ‘This isn’t just satire. It’s a no holds barred up-to-the-minute assault on the world of politics, pop culture and media control.  From The White House to Windsor, from Putin to Paddington via Silicon Valley - it’s fearless, it’s as disgusting as the real people and it’s as hard-hitting as you remember - ideal entertainment for anyone with a 21st century attention span.’ 

Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bullshit will launch sometime in the autumn, though an exact date has not been released. The director of the short-form episodes is Matt Stronge.

The title parodies the family of podcasts launched by Gary Lineker’s Goalhanger production company, which includes The Rest Is History, The Rest Is Politics, The Rest Is Football.

Published: 4 Jul 2025