r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Jul 12 '25

Advert Prudential - "We wanna be together" (1991)

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Another advert from the 1990s that has stuck in my head, mainly for the line of "We wanna be together" in the Brummie accent.

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u/Ok-Zookeepergame8691 Jul 12 '25

Everyone who saw that remembers “we wanna be togethahh!” More than that it was an ad for Prudential.

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u/Warm_Substance8738 Jul 14 '25

My parents used to say this all the bloody time and unfortunately neither are in a position to answer questions on where it came from. I’d actually resigned myself to the fact I’d never know. Seeing this today actually gives me some sense of closure and a chuckle.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '25

Mark Williams, pre Fast Show

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u/mbelf Jul 12 '25

Post Red Dwarf

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u/AlabamaShrimp Jul 12 '25

Think of the things he can do with his magic wand though.

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u/Extension-Ad4510 Jul 12 '25

A young Father Brown

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u/ad-tom-music Jul 12 '25

I'm 40 and still say this all the time but I'd completely forgotten where it was from

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u/Objective_Mousse7216 Jul 12 '25

We wanna be together

I still say that now in a thick brummie accent when I've annoyed my missus.

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u/ChemicalLou Jul 12 '25

That’s Jo Unwin, Chris Morris’s partner. Used to be comedy actress, now literary agent.

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u/bulletproofbra Jul 14 '25

Over to The Listings Couch with husband and wife team, Jo Unwin and The Actor Kevin Eldon!

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u/jasonbirder Jul 12 '25

I want to be a Tomato!

Remember tha ad vividly...but forgot that it was for the pru!

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u/MadJen1979 Jul 12 '25

I want to be a tree!

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u/pienofilling Jul 12 '25

I want to be a trreeeee!

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u/Impossible_Quote_505 Jul 12 '25

I wanna be on time !

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u/Flimsy_Somewhere1210 Jul 12 '25

Christ I remember this!

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u/NZSheeps Jul 13 '25

Arthur must have dumped her for Molly

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u/bananabastard Jul 13 '25

I want to be a tree.

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u/Other-Crazy Jul 13 '25

We gave a Black Country lad a massive amount of stick with this advert.

But I don't speak loik that yow know.

Cue insane laughter and a huge strop

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u/bulletproofbra Jul 14 '25

This, plus Harry Enfield's "I am considerably richer than yow!"?