There was always a reluctance in the UK to buy foreign cars – and, for some, especially cars made by the Germans. In 1984, Audi…
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“A million housewives every day pick up a tin of beans and say ‘Beanz Meanz Heinz'”. Surely both improbable and factually incorrect, this is still…
By 1989, British Airways had been through a period of losing £100 million a year. By 1993, the company was reported to be the world’s…
The Brooke Bond chimps have become British television legends, and the famous commercial with chimp removal men grappling with a piano – “Do you know…
Nobody of a certain age can visit Bedfordshire’s premier airport without thinking of this advert and star Lorraine Chase. Chase starred in a number of…
Paul Hogan and Foster’s had set the way for stereotypical Aussie lager ads in the 1980s – and Castlemaine took up the can and ran…
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…
“Funny glasses with a little piece of ice – gertcha! Anything that comes with lemon in a slice – gertcha! Fancy cocktails that are shaken…
“Double Diamond works wonders, works wonders, works wonders! Double Diamond works wonders, so drink one today!” Before turning to humour in the late 1960s, Double…
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…
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,…
The Fairy Liquid campaign (which debuted in 1961) showed Mum at the kitchen sink with her adoring daughter playing nearby. The soaring melody – once…
With the birth of ITV in 1955, came commercials – or ”natural breaks” as they were originally known. The very first TV commercial in Britain…
The British Egg Marketing Board worked with PR firm Mather and Crowther (later Ogilvy and Mather) to produce a long-running series of commercials extolling the…
Launching the slogan “Refreshes the parts that other beers cannot reach” in 1974, early Heineken adverts on British television were simple but effective – a…
Hofmeister had already used a bear to promote their beer before this advertising campaign, but the ad agency (BMP) considered that incarnation too frightening for…
“Graded Grains Make Finer Flour”. Manufactured by a company called Spillers, Homepride flour began life in the Midlands. Until 1965, the flour was advertised by real-life…
“T’was like taking bread to the top of the world – t’was a grand ride back though”. The famous Hovis advert featuring a little boy…
“Watch out . . . watch out, there’s a Humphrey about” was a slogan which first hit British televisions in 1974. The Humphrey’s (a product…
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.…