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1982, having spent five years with The Muppets, and that included working on The Muppet Show and The Dark Crystal, Louise Gold had come to be
regarded as one of the foremost British puppeteers. It is therefore perhaps not
too surprising to find that she has puppeteered on a
few non-Muppet productions. Most notably she was one of the founder members of
the team behind Spitting Image. Her non-Muppet
puppeteering credits are listed below, if anyone knows of any that are not
listed, do email the webmaster.
Ms
Gold has also worked on various television programs as an actress.
Spitting Image Pilot. - Puppeteering Consultant
Spitting Image. - Leading Puppeteer, also voice-artiste
Comic Relief - as a Spitting Image puppeteer,
performed at The Shaftsbury Theatre on 4 5 & 6 April 1986, broadcast on .
BBC3
Presents: Roland Rat The Series. -
Characters included: Roland's Mother Iris, and, Roxanne the Scouse Rat,
screened on BBC1 from Saturday 6th September to 29th
November 1986, with Series 2 in 1988.
French Tuna-Fish Advertisement - as the leading puppeteer performing one of
three all singing all dancing human sized tuna fish, for Spitting Image
Productions, filmed in Paris, probably summer (since it was in the middle of a
heat wave) most likely 1991 or 1992.
The
Spooks Of Bottle Bay - characters include Sally Spook, Series 1 only,
1992
The Wonderful World
Of Puppets - as
an "Expert" puppeteer. Talking about both The Muppet Show and Spitting
Image. Recorded 23 December
1999, Broadcast on BBC2 on 3 January 2000
Spitting Image Auction - one of
the Puppeteers demonstrating the lots, at Sotherby's
on 12 July 2000.
I Love The Eighties –
presumably as a Spitting Image puppeteer, compilation episode (presumably she
appeared somewhere in the series itself) recorded on 28 December 2001,
Broadcast on 31 December 2001.
Space Sprogs
– one of the
puppeteers on a pilot for a new puppet TV show, May 2002
Comedy Connections -
Episode 2 ‘Spitting Image’ - as herself, a Spitting
Image puppeteer, Broadcast on BBC 1 on Monday 31 February 2005
ITV’s
50 Greatest Shows - as ‘The Queen’ from Spitting
Image, and, as herself a Muppet Puppeteer on The Muppet Show, Broadcast on ITV 1,
from 19:00 to 22:15, on Saturday 10 September 2005
Spitting
Image: Must See TV - as ‘The Queen’ from Spitting Image, and, as
herself (uncredited) a Spitting Image
Puppeteer, Broadcast on ITV 1, from 22:00 to 22:30, on Thursday 15 December
2005.
Best Ever Spitting Image – as
herself a Spitting Image Puppeteer & Voice-Artiste, and, as ‘The Queen’ from
Spitting Image, Broadcast on ITV1, 10:00pm, Sunday 25 June 2006 (and repeated
about six months later).
The
Story Of Light Entertainment – Episode 6 ‘Impressionists’ - as herself a Spitting Image Puppeteer & Voice-Artiste,
and, as ‘The Queen’ from Spitting Image, Broadcast on BBC2 from 21:25 to 23:00,
on Saturday 26 August 2006.
That’s
What I Call Unique TV – as ‘The Queen’ from Spitting Image (co-performed
with Spitting Image colleague
Comedy
Map Of
Transmission: Impossible With
Ed And Oucho – as Babs (the female
termite), first broadcast May 2009. Definitely in Episode 5 broadcast on BBC 2
on 30 May 2009, Episode 8 first broadcast on
CBBC on 7 June 2009, Episode 10 first broadcast on CBBC on 14 June 2009,
Episode 12 first broadcast on CBBC
on 21 June 2009, Episode 14 first broadcast on CBBC on 28 June 2009, Episode 16
first broadcast on CBBC on 5 July 2009, and, Episode 24 first broadcast on CBBC
on 2 August 2009.
That
Puppet Game Show (as Amber O’Neal and Miss Jemima Taptackle,
Series 1 first screened on 10, 17, 24, & 31 August, & 7 & 14
September 2013 and episodes scheduled
for transmission on 29 December 2013 and 5 January 2014
The One Show (as herself a Spitting Image
Puppeteer, and puppeteering The Queen, to mark the 30th anniversary
of Spitting Image), episode broadcast 27 February 2014, BBC 1.
GLOP (Glorious Ladies of Puppetry) Season 1
- see http://glop.us/ - one of the glorious lady puppeteers, she
performs Ms Ladyfriend
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