UK TV Ad Break 1989

A UK TV commercial break Circa 1989

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Entertainment

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• uk
• tv
• ads
• adverts
• commercials
• 80's
• 1989

[FabFM]

@NCTurbulence Indeed they have, considering that would be over £4,000 in today's money. Then again it was considered the top of the range technology at the time.

[SushiSunshine2000]

Blimey!! The Alton Towers ad is not like it is today!!

[tindrum]

I dated the curly haired Blonde in the Miller lite commercial, Miranda, I wonder where she is these days...

[NCTurbulence]

lmao £2,650 for an Amstrad office computer they've come down abit in price over the years.

[salonalchemy]

I'm pretty sure that the music from that "Guardian" advert is from the "Drowning By Numbers" soundtrack by Michael Nyman...

[uhegbu]

Great adverts including Miller Lite, Cadbury and ADT that sponsored the London Marathon at the time in 1989. Who was the announcer in the Guardian advert? Was he the one that also did this in a memorable 1986 advert titled 'The Whole Picture' filmed in black and white?

[ZoahLord]

The Cadbury's advert was catchy...forgotten all about it

[mrslmathers]

Being nosy - anyone remember what the 'This Week' special was? I assumed it was Death on the Rock - though Robin's post below talks about this being 'post-Death on the Rock' so I'm not sure.

That Guardian 'people are like the papers they read' ad was quite funny - hadn't seen that one before.

And I remember finding the Miller Lite one really touching - I rememer the Hollies re-releasing 'He Ain't Heavy' shortly after.

[RobinCarmody]

I would say that was Thames showing their nerves post-Death on the Rock, except I think that's a Central font on the trailer ...

[col2006ie]

Central were, without doubt, the innovators when it came to promoting their channel in the late 1980s. Great CGI, clever scripting and Paul Vasey (spelling?) on fine vocal form.