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Commercial television was launched in Britain on the 22nd of September 1955
in the London area, and spread right across the UK during the following 7 years.
The last area to get commercial television was the Channel Islands in 1962.

Television quickly became a very powerful advertising medium.
Some famous film producers / directors started their careers making tv advertisments.
Many well known actors and actresses have appeared in or voiced over them.

I've added lots of new ads to this section and I hope you enjoy them.

Click on the screen shots to view the ads in MPEG 1 format.

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Gibbs SR Toothpaste
The first ad ever shown on ITV
at 20:12 on the 22nd of September 1955
Filesize 1.94Mb


Bison Adhesive
This ad was shown on satellite tv,
I suspect that it isn't possible to replace all your tools
with a tub of glue as the ad suggests
Filesize 695k


Bass Public Houses
This ad has a real strong 'feel good' factor
Filesize 973k


McDonald's Restaurants
Filesize 1.88Mb


Sarongster Girdles
Filesize 545k


Pepsodent Toothpaste
1950s animated ad
Filesize 1Mb


Flash Cleaner
starring (a very young) Valerie Singleton
Filesize 1.54Mb


Shell
sung by Bing Crosby
Filesize 1.57Mb

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