For hundreds of years a small white dog in a red and white ruff and painted with black spots would always sit beside the Punch and Judy booths but sadly they seemed to have disappeared.

Now, Punch and Judy will hand out punishment to police offices, devils and crocodiles instead of one another - which previously sparked concerns around the show being likened to domestic violence.

Hancock plays a Punch and Judy man at a seaside resort which is ruled over by a snobbish mayor. Hancock’s marriage is foundering, since he fights the snobbery while his social climbing wife ...

Punch and Judy are alive! Returning from the puppets' graveyard, both Punch and Pretty Polly go in search of Judy. Once re-united, these former stars enact their tragi-comedy one last time.