Spitting Image is to make a special two-part US Election special to coincide with the forthcoming American Presidential election where Republican Donald Trump will take on Democrat Joe Biden.

The first part will air on ITV1 on October 31 at 10pm, while both parts will be avilable on BritBox where the revived satirical series usually airs at the moment. 

As well as a hit on BritBox, global social media stats by episode two have seen Spitting Image official content reach over 85 million people, with over 20 million views of content across official social media channels and three No. 1 trending video’s on YouTube.

Reemah Sakaan, Group Director ITV SVOD and Chief Creative & Brand Officer BritBox said: “'We've been excited about the timing of the US election for this series of Spitting Image for months... and it certainly doesn't seem to be letting us down in terms of material for satire, so we commissioned a bonus episode that we are excited to share with both ITV and BritBox audiences.”

Kevin Lygo, BritBox Originals Creative Chief and ITV’s Director of TV added: “This is a great chance to celebrate Spitting Image’s noisy return after 18 years and give ITV viewers a taste of the full series, available on BritBox.”

Jon Thoday, Executive Producer at Avalon, said: “We are excited to mark the USA election with a double special with ITV and BritBox.”

Spitting Image co-creator Roger Law added: “Spitting Image returns to ITV for a one-off special on the 31 October at 10pm. Halloween. How very appropriate.”

Picture: Avalon/BritBox