HIT show Spitting Image is set to return to our screens 23 years after it first aired – and this time the audience will be global.

The series is preparing for a comeback with a grotesque looking Donald Trump, whose anus composes his tweets, and Vladimir Putin in the garb of a sadomasochist.

The US and Russian presidents will be joined by a Meghan Markle puppet resplendent in a “princess” t-shirt, accompanied by a doting Prince Harry.

They will replace the mannish caricature of former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher and the doddery image of erstwhile US President Ronald Regan as the stars of the show.

A pilot has already been made and talks are ongoing with networks over the new series, which was watched by 15 million people every week at the height of its popularity.

Co-creator Roger Law said the current state of the world had forced him out of semi-retirement to bring the much-loved programme back as a “public service satire”.

“It’s pretty chaotic out there. As far as I’m concerned, it’s better than shouting at the television set, isn’t it? So I thought, let’s give it a go,” he told the Guardian.

The Trump puppet, he added, was an “absolute monster”.

“I’ve heard other satirists say that he’s un-satirisable because he’s a satire in himself. Well, with puppets you can go much, much further, because actors won’t do that for you. And by Christ, we are going to give it a go.”

It’s likely that UK politicians who are less well known outside Britain could be spared the merciless lampooning, however.

“If you’re going to go after the bastards, you may as well go after the biggest bastards there are, hence America,” said Law.