1985 BBC Commercial with John Cleese

[safeashouses211]

16p a day. It's 40p a day now!

[JoseTwitterFan]

BBC kicked ass in the 80s!

[xandy1959]

if ther were fewer bbc channels we might get the variety of shows we got back then 

[RetroGamePortal]

Sir Patrick Moore playing Space Invaders...this is brilliant!

[houndtang]

Patrick Moore looks the same now

[gculloty87]

Please can somebody upload the brilliantly funny Spitting Image sketch that spoofed this ad.

[Darkstar1484]

This is good, though I also do like the rebuttal to it that I saw on Spitting Image.

[gculloty87]

Is the bloke in the toilet the late Ken Campbell?

[kraalomega]

It is Ken Campbell. I wasn't aware he was dead.

[daavedave]

what have the romans given us? classic...

[tsangari]

Oh, sharrap Wogan!

[fraserkatie]

That part's funny!

[tsangari]

I remember when this played out!!!!! I was aged 5. I bet THIS is why I was fascinated by the BBC as a child.

[Meanmanmartin2007]

Excellent clip

[flatslab3000]

Thanks for that, wow. Where was John Peel eh

Michael Horden is ace

[mrslmathers]

Some true A-listers there. I agree, what kind of 'stars' would the Beeb be able to come up with to remake such an ad nowadays?

[agfagaevart]

Cat Deeley? (Ugh!) Myleen Klass perhaps? (Aarrgghh!)

"I wonder what a similar commercial made today would look like." Well the Beeb has given us John Barrowman exposing himself on radio.

[spittingimage4005]

spitting image spoofed this type in bbc advert spitting image and you might finf it

[JOEDEAN2008]

what a dafty lol. the BBC has done all them points, that everyone was pointin out lol. hordern was right, excellent drama

[jaychristie909]

They should remake this advert

[haku8645]

I'd almost prefer to see it re-broadcast exactly as it is

[tabletschool]

Wow, every face a legend.

[q43iluk]

I love this

[DolceVita]

GREAT ad!!

[georock15]

wonderful - this is how I remember the BBC