Other Puppeteering

By 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

BBC3 Presents: Roland Rat The Series. - Characters included: Roland's Mother Iris, and, Roxanne the Scouse Rat, screened on BBC1 from Saturday 6^th September to 29^th 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.

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