Spitting image for the 21st Century! There's a biting new TV satire without a latex puppet or boring politician in sight

For a moment, I think that the girl going off on one in front of me really is Adele. The face, the curves, the screech are all very familiar.  

And with the setting — an imposing mansion standing in landscaped grounds — the imagery is complete. After all, she pays £15,000 a month to rent a ten-bed grade II-listed pile, and this seems to fit the bill.

But then I remember this is actually Morgana Robinson, a waitress-turned-actress doing a very convincing impression of Adele for a 21st-century version of the Eighties satire show Spitting Image.

This time, though, there are no sculptured latex puppets controlled by wires and hidden hands. Adele comes to us courtesy of the real Morgana, who is somewhere deep beneath several layers of plaster filler, flesh-coloured paint, industrial-strength cosmetics and a specially designed wig.            More Read