In April 2017, it was reported that US broadcaster
HBO was set to revive the series in light of the
presidency of Donald Trump. However, no immediate official confirmation or announcement was made. In September 2019, the show was confirmed to be returning to screens twenty-three years after it originally ended, with the unveiling of the puppets of Trump,
Vladimir Putin,
Mark Zuckerberg,
Prince Harry and
Meghan Markle. Roger Law stated that the pilot for the new series had been filmed and that talks were in progress with US networks to take the show to a larger, global audience. The writers for the revival include
Jeff Westbrook,
Al Murray,
The Windsors creators Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie,
Bill Odenkirk,
David X. Cohen,
Jason Hazeley,
Keisha Zollar,
Patric Verrone,
Phil Wang, and
Sophie Duker. On 4 March 2020, the show was announced to be returning on the streaming service
BritBox, as its first official commission. Following the
death of Elizabeth II in September 2022, ITV made the decision to write off £9 million which had been spent on several remaining unaired episodes of
Spitting Image; they could not be effectively edited to remove reference to Elizabeth, and it was felt highly unlikely that they would now ever be broadcast.
Cancellation and revival In October 2022, it was announced that the revived series had been cancelled by ITV. However, in 2025, the show was revived under the title
Spitting Image Presents: The Rest is Bulls*!t (a parody of
The Rest Is series by
Goalhanger Podcasts), with the first episode releasing to
YouTube on 4 July 2025. The series is depicted as a
vodcast—presented by Prince Harry and a dishevelled,
South American-accented caricature of
Paddington Bear—as the hosts interview a variety of guests and commentate on short sketches, with the format designed to take advantage of
scrolling-based content platforms.
StudioCanal, who own the rights to the
Paddington movies, announced in October 2025 that they—alongside with the estate of creator
Michael Bond—have begun legal proceedings against Avalon for design infringement regarding the use of the character. ==Episodes==