British Gas - If You Smell Gas - UK Advert

[Ashes2Ashes1981]

he was lucky not to light that cigarette

[jj0772000]

Used to scare the crap out of me as well - whenever it came on, I couldn't get to the bloody remote fast enough!

[SirSathington]

@jj0772000 I hear ya. As soon as I heard that creepy piano music, i'd fumble for the remote to change the channel

[InfiniteIllusions]

Why was he about to smoke when he could smell Gas?

[sbarnes2011]

That last unexpected "NO!" was hilarious to me, an American who never experienced this as a child, but I can see how it and the slow piano music could be super creepy for a kid!

[connoisseurnic]

British Gas over charging customers whilst corrupt OFGEM personal stand by and watch.

Welcome to corrupt "rip off" Britain.

[captainpanic08]

@connoisseurnic ...3.Turn off gas.

4. Phone British Gas.

5. Get what you pay for?

'NO!'

[CelticPowerRanger]

Don't you just love being in control?  Thumb flick and small flame....ooops.

[TheShepster80]

this ad used to scare the shit out of me too as a kid! especially when he says NO! still a bit unconfortable now watchin this!

[velocet1976]

Yea, remember this being creepy too....!!!

[Lloydgo]

Goddamn this is still creepy even now, add me to the list of people who were scared shitless of this advert as a kid

[mjgriff74]

This advert used to scare the crap out of me too and I'd scream at my mum to turn it over whenever it came on, to the point I used to dread watching ITV. It still sends shivers down my spine today.

[backflipnhazza]

play untill 0.10 then skip to 0.13 it is funny

[scorpionatthepc]

Why was she turning the light on in daylight?

[mcpoker]

im 29 now... this advert shit the life out of me... my mum would scream at me to look away from this ad lol

[LIVERNIL723]

lol, I know what you mean, I still live with my parents and I to this day get this de ja vu (age 31) :-)

[Jodamu]

The NO!!! used to scare me. Nowadays they would tell you not to use a mobile phone either, because we still hold this bizarre notion that mobiles can cause explosions

[lilcoffeebandit]

I remember in a commentary for the comedy programme Spaced Simon Pegg talked about how they referenced that "NO!" bit randomly in one of their eps haha

[CelticPowerRanger]

"Ere Brian, I can smell Gas". NO!! i mean YESS!

[CelticPowerRanger]

This advert seriously scared the shit out of me, but i still used to watch it and secretly hope she would flick the switch. When my dad told me why he shouted NO I wanted to see the woman blow themselves up but sadly reality TV hadn't been heard of back then. I think they should re-enact this advert in the Big Brother house giving the viewer control of what happens next! YES!!!!

[keiko909]

@CelticPowerRanger hahaha! yea, and we'll make it a celebrity big brother too so we can put jedward, souja boy, and anybody associated with x-factor in there as well...YES! lol :P

[David315842]

This advert is rather scary, but i guess that saved a lot of homes from being blown up!

[hally0008]

i couldnt go to bed after watching this advert when i was little!! i hated it!!

brought back chilling memories watching it after all these years! i remembered the mans name to!! amazing! think i was 9 at the time. dont know what made me type gas advert into youtube but im wishing i hadnt now!! haha

[arrivayorkshire]

my god! that used to scare me to hell when i was little! its awful isnt it lol :-S

[darrowby1972]

Dont use the telephone inside the house either. They run at 110v and still cause a spark risk

[bloke33]

I think it would of had more shock value if you'd of actually seen the switch move and ended the adevert with a white screen

[Striplight1980]

Yeah!! then the camera pans to a scene outside the house with ambulances and the red blanket over the bodies. Yeah I remember this one!! It was around 1989...If I remember rightly.

[landybob]

this advert used to scare the shit out of me

couldnt even watch it

[Unicysis]

Isn't that Terry from EastEnders?

[NinaOPerez]

It is. He also did an advert for Kit Kat - the one where a wannabe pop group demo their tape.

[Lauraloos1981]

yep it is

[darrowby1972]

He was in allo allo as the itallian colonel and the posh bits husband in Duty Free