Dulux was the first paint brand to advertise on television, and in 1961, the Old English Sheepdog “Dulux dog” made his debut. The first Dulux…
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They asked me how I knew It was Esso Blue I of course replied With lower grades one buys Smoke gets in your eyes. Joe,…
This classic series of 1970s TV advertisements featured a wealthy family enjoying a luxury bath on a plane, a train, and at their extravagant home.…
“Graded Grains Make Finer Flour”. Manufactured by a company called Spillers, Homepride flour began life in the Midlands. In the 1960s, the company was approached…
The famous Hovis advert featuring a little boy pushing a delivery bike loaded with bread up a steep cobbled hill – and scored by the…
William Franklyn, whose suavity of voice matched his appearance in the series of “Schhh . . . you know who” adverts by Ogilvy & Mather,…
This early 1980s TV advertising campaign for the British Meat Marketing Board (who were clearly worried about the encroaching trend towards vegetarianism) presented cheeky cockney…
The series of ten television commercials for Cinzano created an unlikely partnership between Rising Damp star Leonard Rossiter and actress Joan Collins. Viewers saw the…
One British television advertising campaign which flopped disastrously was the 1960 commercial for Strand cigarettes. Based on a Frank Sinatra film, the advert was directed…
The British Egg Marketing Board worked with PR firm Ogilvy and Mather to produce a long-running series of commercials extolling the health benefits of eggs…
For 18 years, we were captivated by a couple whose main interests seemed to be casseroles and gravy. For in 1958, married bliss Oxo-style appeared…
An ingenious commercial from Cadbury’s was launched in 1968, advertising Smash instant mashed potato. The first commercial showed the ordinary potato as a rival, but…
The Brooke Bond chimps have become British television legends, and the famous commercial with chimp removal men grappling with a piano has been screened thousands…
Joe the Gadget Man (real name, Joe Sandow) used to appear on Australian TV every Saturday morning after 11 am for Nock and Kirby: “and…
1 9 5 7 – 1 9 6 3 (UK) 300+ x 15 minute episodes One of the most famous of the Admag programmes of…
