Adverts A-C
Abbey National - 1986
An Abbey National ad from the eighties... ooh remember those interest rates though! Clip thanks to Iam Burn.
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Action for Jobs - 1987
Allinson Bread - 1992
Its bread wi' nowt taken 'owt... (and they dont make Brown!)
Ambrosia Devon Custard - 1992
Amstrad PC 1512 - 1987
Anchor Butter - 1993
The anchor cows sing, as they do battle against the evil lawnmower taking all of their grass.
Anchor Butter - 1994
1994, and the cows sing a different song. In my opinion, much poorer than the '93 version above!
Argos - 1987
An Argos ad from the late 80s... with a song telling us how 'it's so easy' to shop with them. Thanks to Iam Burn for this.
Babycham - 1984
A jolly little animation, advertising the drink Babycham in the 1980's, with the character, whom I assume to be a baby cham (whatever one of those is!!)
Baby Shampoo - 1989
An advert for Johnson's Baby Shampoo, advertising it as 'for the whole family'. Come to think oif it, they've always promoted the shampoo this way! Why didn't they just call it 'Family Shampoo' in the first place!
Baby Shampoo - 1997
A later advert for the same shampoo!
Barclays - 1991
An old advert for Barclays Bank in 1991, featuring the Ghost of the Headless Baron(Well, sort of!)
Barclaycard - 1995
Throughout the nineties, to promote their credit card, Barclays paid for several adverts starring Rowan Atkinson, as an agent for MI7. This was one of the later ones made, and was not the funniest, but its still good. The idea behind this was recently turned into the spoof spy-film Johnny English.
Barclaycard - 1997
The daily routine of a man who's house is falling to bits is shown in this Barclaycard ad, with the slogan 'Dont put it off, put it on!'.
Barclaycard - 2001
Another advert for Barclaycard, this time in 2001. By now, its now Angus Deayton at the helm!
Best Scotch - 1990
The States - Nice Place, shame aboot the beer! One of several similar-style ads for McEwans Best Scotch from 1990. There's a hilarious song, which makes much more sense to those in the North East. Thanks to Iam Burn for this.
Bisto - 1997
Bisto Chicken - 1997
Boddingtons - 1997
In a spoof of all those stylish trainer ads, some guy runs through the desert to catch up with an Ice Cream truck driven by Melanie Sykes. Clip thanks to Iam Burn.
Boddingtons - 2001
A 2001 Boddingtons where that cow who's supposedly male(with an udder?) teaches us pint survival during parachute failure. Thanks again to Iam.
BT Share Offer - 1993
Carling - 2001
An advert for Carling, where a bloke just walks home through a pretty normal world, with naked receptionists, talking dogs, and people herding animals on stairs. The tagline for this advert, one of several different words between 2000 and present is 'Amazing'. I know I also have an ad for 'Carling Black Label' from 1990 on tape somewhere, I just cant find it.
Churchill Insurance - 1996
The original and well known nodding dog advert for Churchill, voiced by Reeves and Mortimer. Clip courtesy of Iam Burn.
Churchill Insurance - 2002
Are you eating a sweet? Yep, Still with the same voices, a 2002 Churchill ad now. Once again thanks to Iam.
Churchill Insurance - 2004
A new ad for Churchill, appearing in 2004, whereby we find out Churchill is no good at saving the Earth from an alien invasion... but is quite good at saving money on car insurance. How exactly we could still use our cars if the human race had been overthrown by aliens is another story! Clip thanks to Iam.
Classic Cigars - 1990
Advertising cigarettes on television has been banned for a few decades now, however Cigar advertising was only stopped within the last 10 years. Here's one of those adverts prior to the banning, featuring Russ Abbot Clay Pigeon shooting. (There's also another famous face at the end, if you watch closely)
Club - 1984
A club advert from 1984. A nice little song talks about people 'who've found a club, they really love', and invites everyone to 'come and be a member of the Club fanclub'.
Club - 1987
Club - 1994
A later, and much more well known advert for Club. Most people can probably remember this one!! (Hint: "If you like alot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our...")
Colgate - 1994
Tom and Jerry feature in this Colgate Toothpaste advert from 1994. Courtesy of Iam Burn.
Copperhead Cider - 1986
A warped advert from 1986 for Copperhead Cider. Featuring the slogan 'knock it on the head', it has one of those songs you'll either love or hate! Another one thanks to Iam.
Cornetto - 1992
Another advert that you can probably all remember. This was shown on TV in 1992, and remained in use in cinemas for several years afterwards!
Corn Flakes - 1997
'Oh what a beautiful mooooorrrrrnnnniing....' -as the Sunshine choir would say. This advert was adapted slightly for use on Channel 5, when it first launched, showing the Corn Flakes ads for when ITV and C4 launched, then this one!
Creme Egg - 1993
A 1993 ad for Cadbury's Creme Egg, with people from different starsigns telling others how they do it! (no inuendo intended!!)
Creme Egg - 1997
Matt Lucas (aka George Dawes) stars in this ad, asking people 'How will you eat yours?'. Clip courtesy of Iam Burn.
Crime (Together We'll Crack It) - 1991
An ad from 1990 encouraging people to secure their houses against criminals. Thanks again to Iam for this.
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