Childrens ITV adverts and continuity - 26th June 1989 pt.1

[tokutom]

That Kia-ora advert was just weird!

[pcmarriotthk]

oooh..I have that Weetabix history book, too!! It's BRILLIANT.

[coventrydavid]

We still have the Weetabix history book in our house. They did a geography book as well which we have also still got.

[jifkitchen]

i love this ident for citv

[uhegbu]

What supposed to be the name of the song used in the Kia-Ora one? It was also used in the Jordans cereal ad during the 1990s as well.

[Mancunian1001]

@uhegbu It is 'Judge Dread'. The original version was sung by Prince Buster.

[Vermintide]

I'm actually surprised that Chealsea Building Society advert isn't on here, that ad has been on every channel, regardless of the time or content, for longer than I can remember.

[reedywomble97]

The don't make great TV anymore, nowadays children's TV is just crap, that Jerry Foulkes tried to be like Andy Crane and Crane was a CBBC presenter! I remember when Neil Buchanan from Art Attack and the Australian Rolf Harris used to be presenters. This takes me back, I loved the Kia-Ora adverts, it wouldn't be shown nowadays because the PC-brigade would deem the black characters as racist as the gollywog.

[nomeconocen]

Priceless clips. Keep em coming!!! THX

[Applemask]

I half expected Steven Mackintosh to say "Mum! I'm unemployed!", this being the eighties and all. Hey, that Ghostbusters was broadcast on my birthday!

[DJFairborne77]

That "Persil" advert stars a very young Steven Mackintosh (from "Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels") & Barbara Marten (from "Casualty" & "Goldplated").

[RobinCarmody]

1989 was the last series of Dramarama - sadly missed.

[JayFirestorm]

I think it marked the gradual start of the period where Childrens ITV started catering more towards the very young end of the market (and then wondering why they weren't getting the upper end of the young audience!)

[RobinCarmody]

Indeed. Their situation was worsened by having to end at 5.10 pm, with the end of the CBBC period being taken up by Home and Away and Blockbusters - programmes like Press Gang would be up against CBBC series aimed at viewers about half the age of their target audience.

[retrostudent]

Anti-Crowism.

[DJFairborne77]

The male presenter in this clip is called Jerry Foulkes, who presented CITV back in 1989, with Scally the dog (who in this clip was voiced by John Eccleston, who was one of the presenters of CITV's Sunday morning programme, "The Disney Club").