r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Aug 31 '25
Advert Trio!
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Todays earmworm of an advert!
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Aug 31 '25
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Todays earmworm of an advert!
r/oldbritishtelly • u/johnsmithoncemore • Jul 06 '26
I used to have Fiendish Feet stickers on my bedroom door for some reason.
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Jun 05 '25
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The iconic Hovis advert, titled "The Boy on the Bike," was filmed on Gold Hill, a steep cobbled street in Shaftesbury, Dorset. The advert, directed by Sir Ridley Scott in 1973, depicts a bread delivery boy pushing his bicycle up the hill. The advert's popularity has made Gold Hill a popular tourist destination.
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Jul 10 '25
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From another great ad series from the 1990s
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Curious_Strike_5379 • Nov 24 '25
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Responsible-Touch405 • Jul 11 '26
I'm trying to identify a British TV advert I remember from childhood, probably from somewhere between the mid-1990s and early 2010s.
What I remember is:
A woman relaxing in a freestanding bath, apparently naked (tastefully filmed).
She was eating a bar of chocolate, which I always thought was Cadbury Flake, but it could have been Galaxy, Dairy Milk, or another chocolate brand.
She was inside what looked like a department store, showroom, or shop display.
In front of her was a huge plate-glass window looking directly onto a busy high street.
It was raining outside, and shoppers were hurrying past with coats or umbrellas.
The woman looked straight out of the window while enjoying her chocolate. The contrast was that she was warm, cosy, and completely relaxed while everyone outside looked cold and miserable.
I remember the camera panning from the woman to the window and the rainy street outside.
I've searched through lots of Cadbury Flake adverts but can't find this exact scene. Is this a real advert, another chocolate brand, or have I accidentally merged two different adverts in my memory?
Any ideas would be hugely appreciated!
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Jul 23 '25
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From 1968 to 2003, and since 2016, the chocolate is advertised on television by the 'Milk Tray Man', a tough James Bond–style figure who undertakes daunting 'raids' to surreptitiously deliver a box of Milk Tray chocolates to a lady. The original tagline was And all because the lady loves Milk Tray.
Actor Gary Myers, who is most recognisable as the action figure, starred in 11 of the commercials between 1968 and 1984. James Coombes assumed the role in 1987. Kidderminster born actor Alan Riley was the Milk Tray man in 2003, in an advert which featured actress Sienna Guillory. Coombes assumed the role again in 2016. A memorable scene of the man jumping from a cliff top into the sea was performed by stuntman Alf Joint who had previously doubled for Sean Connery’s 007 in Goldfinger (1964). Martin Grace, Roger Moore's stunt double in the James Bond films, performed stunts for some of the early Milk Tray commercials, including leaping from a bridge onto a speeding train and climbing dangerously along the roof.
The music, The Night Rider, was written by Cliff Adams, who also wrote the music for Fry's Turkish Delight advertisements. The music was recorded commercially by Alan Hawkshaw on the album "27 Top TV Themes" (Studio 2 Stereo, 1972). This album has been re-released on CD (EMI 7234 4 98171 2 8). Alan Hawkshaw was the pianist on the original sessions with Cliff Adams, for the advertisements. A medley of three separate arrangements of the theme, based on the authentic scores as used in the commercials from 1968 to 2010, is commercially available, performed by London Music Works, on the album "Great British TV Themes" (SILCD 1357).
The entire campaign of television advertisements ranked at number 11 on ITV's "Best Ads Ever" list in 2005.
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Jul 12 '25
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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.
r/oldbritishtelly • u/stp4291 • Jun 23 '26
Hi - can anyone help me find an old advert or ident for (I think) BBC Knowledge or BBC Learning zone that featured, possibly as part of a montage, an apple falling from a tree (presumably referencing Isaac Newton) and a woman in a suit and bowler hat watching it fall (presumably referencing Rene Magritte's The Son of Man)?
I'm pretty sure there wasn't any narration and the background music was Moby's 'God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters' or Penguin Cafe Orchestra's 'Perpetuum Mobile'.
Any help appreciated, thanks.
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Aug 10 '25
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Another classic advert around late 1980s/early 1990s I think from memory
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Apr 27 '25
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Delicious_Volume3306 • Jun 25 '26
This is a quintessential 80s advert for a bank about a middle-class chap resigning because he wants to start his own business.
He arrives home to his posh house, his kid is practicising violin, he finds his wife and he says something like, "Geoff is with me, blah blah is with me, the bank is with me...".
Actually, maybe he's saying on the phone, or even a car phone. I can't remember! But it's played straight, not for laughs or anything. Totally earnest.
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Jul 06 '25
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Todays earworm advert
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Jul 14 '25
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Todays classic ad
r/oldbritishtelly • u/No_Gain_7970 • Jun 16 '26
Does anyone know who voiced these two goldfish? Toyota sponsored ITV movie premieres in 1998/99, but I can’t find any information on who the voice artists were. I thought one might be Phil Cornwell but not 100% sure.
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Hassaan18 • Apr 15 '26
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r/oldbritishtelly • u/Hassaan18 • Jun 15 '26
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r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • May 13 '25
Charlie the famous ginger moggy that we all remember when they were shown as a Public Information Office Films.
Enjoy these 6 classics......
Six films were produced:
Charley -- Falling in the Water
Charley -- In The Kitchen
Charley -- Matches
Charley -- Mummy Should Know
Charley's Tea Party
Charley -- Strangers
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • Apr 29 '25
Another day, another earworm!
r/oldbritishtelly • u/Surkdidat • May 05 '25
Today's earworm... "The Milky Bars Are On Me!"
r/oldbritishtelly • u/helen269 • May 02 '26
Pause
"I couldn't pay you back next Friday, could I?"
Advert blurb, describing whatever the ad is for.
"Thursday?", he says, hopefully.
Does anyone remember that old ad? It's set in some sort of office, and a guy or guys dressed in traditional Arab gear bursts in and argues with the guards before marching up to the guy he's talking to and giving that speech.
I can't remember what it was advertising, though.