A new series of Spitting Image is reportedly set to be screened in the near future.

According to the Sun, the revived programme will be aimed at a US audience, but is likely to air in the UK on Sky.

“There has never been more material for political satirists," a source said.

The paper had claimed that HBO, the US network behind series including Game of Thrones, Veep and The Sopranos, was working on the series.

However, HBO has denied this, a spokesperson saying: "The Spitting Image project has no connection whatsoever to HBO."

The satirical sketch show, in which puppets made by Roger Law and Peter Fluck lampooned politicians and celebrities, originally ran from 1984 to 1996. Harry Enfield, Steve Coogan, John Culshaw and Chris Barrie were among the impressionists who provided the puppets' voices.