UK TV Adverts - 1979, 1981 and 1983

Channel 4 (TVS region) -- 30 December 1983
Del Monte Pure Orange Juice
New Rowenta Tapmaster Iron (Leaves The Rest Behind)
Silkience Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
Oracle (Page The Oracle)

ITV Granada - probably 15 January 1979
Kerrygold Butter (One Of The Simple Pleasures In Life)
Milk (Put Milk 1st / James Bolam)
Shredded Wheat (Growing Up)
English Cheddar (The Better Bit Of Cheddar)
Bovril Cubes (The Good Food Cubes)

ITV Granada -- 6 October 1981
McVitie's Homewheat (You Know You're Home /
Home Movies)
Walkers Crisps (Richard Briers / When You Fancy
Something Really ...)
Crown Finesse Wallpaper (Add A Little To Your Life)
Halifax Building Society (Get A Little Xtra Help)
Hitachi CV160 Vacuum cleaner
Wilmslow Motors / Renault Fuego (Redvers Kyle)
John Bull Home Brew Kit
Castrol GTX (Liquid Engineering)
Woolwich Building Society (The One To Be With)
Yellow Pages (Kenny Everett / Richard Briers)
Pye Teletext (Paul Eddington - TV That Answers You Back)
TV Times -- Griff Rhys Jones / Richard Briers

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[Sres1]

The Halifax advert lol,

the only thing that they insist on is that you take out more than you put in. 

They did that all right :)

[caxtonman]

Have you noticed how many adverts there were for banks or insurance in this sequence compared to what they brainwash you with now?

[DidaDragan]

@myquiter

I think it was actually Colin Jeavons (the actor in the commercial) but he was speaking in Alan Bennet's style

[kerensasdad]

Ah the days when Walkers Crisps had more than 5 crisps in a bag!

[TheRazorbladesmile]

VERY young Gryff Rhys Jones in the last Ad

[TheRazorbladesmile]

Dunno how good that John Bull stuff was but it looked like a proper pint, pity you don't see the mugs anymore, would hate to get clattered with one I know that!

[vania1013]

@themachman19691

i looked it up he died protesting he waqs not a guard but aworker guess we will never know

[themachman19691]

@vania1013 must be true if it was in the sun.....not.

[vania1013]

the orignal del monte man was an ex gestapo sun did an expose in the early 80's

[plasticspastic201]

@cultcheese not todd carty but its mrs friggen mcklusky in the cheese ad at 3 minutes in