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[@anitaherbert1037]

Now you have PTSD we didn't have to watch these back to back. Now you should watch UK Christmas adverts as a nice antidepressant.

[@taiwanscottie]

yes, they should do this

[@gregc2467]

Or the 1980's Flake advert, with the lady in a field of flowers - only the crumbliest etc.

[@Gamegodz76]

😂😂

[@Alys-may]

Kevin the carrot is class

[@thedingo8833]

That sex traffic one…………… wish I could unseee that.

[@dgse83]

The actress in the Traffiking advert is the incredible Dame Emma Thompson, she is the president of the charity.

[@AutoAlligator]

We need more of these public information ads more than ever I would suggest.

[@victr2098]

At first I thought they would recognise her, but I think they were just more shocked by what they were seeing. That advert was probably only shown after the watershed, so about 9pm and onwards…. I have to say though ALL of those adverts really do hit you hard. 🥺🤦🏻‍♀️

[@redset11]

Incredibly woke and annoying luvvie

[@terrydavodson6105]

O believe I seen her in a tony Robinson documentary about religion and witchcraft?

[@TheLadyniebur]

I love her❤❤❤

[@rickybuhl3176]

Ma dude's spot on with the kid falling and woman running to get her clothes - same time, different places and 'she can't always be there' - 'so don't rely on others to save your children.'

[@MikaIsDead]

Another small detail is that the dad instantly picks him up and shakes him to try and wake him up. If he was first aid trained, he'd know not to do that

[@syroryro8523]

I mean if he hadn't paused it half way through to distract her and chat, right at the moment of the "twist"....

[@gary1642]

It's the same house same family, just different times.

[@Welcometotherox]

​@@gary1642Nope, unrelated, that's literally the whole point of the advert.

[@Caden-fe6lm]

The one that really sticks with me is one that started with a cartoon kid being beaten up, then it ends with the cartoon boy turning into a real one and said something like 'real kids don't bounce back.'

[@Bugsy-dq2en]

We grew up with these. If you say the phrase "If you hit me at 30" to any British Millenial or older, we all know what it means. I have to say, these ad's scared and unnerved me as a kid, but I grew up knowing that I would never drink and drive, smoke, speed, forget to check the smoke alarm, play with fire, cross the road without checking it was safe, swim in deep and cold bodies of water or in strong currents, go near power lines, not wear my seat belt in the car, go near the railway track, sneak into construction sites etc. They have certainly kept me safe and aware.

[@ThatPersonK]

I could have lived but if you hit me at 40 il die by the side of the road…….

[@BipoIarbear]

Robbie?😢

[@MalibuandMilk]

I can still hear the bones cracking

[@thepanpiper7715]

Julie knew her killer…

[@Bugsy-dq2en]

@@thepanpiper7715 Oof, chills... that one always got to me

[@Lunabracco]

You should see the drink driving adverts!

[@ttrublu79]

They're brutal. The fact we grew up with these ads is what probably has made me so cautious. With crossing the road, stranger danger, fires, etc, we had it ALL... we don't see them anymore, which would give the kids nowadays a bit of a reality check! I have shown all my kids the ads we used to watch so they're more aware

[@DeenaSuzanne]

The Irish drink driving ads don't mess about!

[@jojox5136]

Oh yes those ads were most likely what made me TT

[@sandie321]

Was just thinking that. I always remember the one of a speeder down a country lane whilst further up a young child is... well, you know the rest.

[@RavenEsc]

@@ttrublu79 I grew up on those ads, and I can't help it now; my instinct is to check left and right, even if it's a single-lane road. I see so many people these days just dash across the road into oncoming traffic so they can be at their destination a minute earlier... need to bring those ads back

[@jimreid4367]

The differrence between UK & US adverts is simple . Here in the UK because health care is free then advertising hard hitting preventions is mainly because we care but also preventing a crisis keeps the costs down . But in the US this method would be harmful to the pharmaceutical industry & Insurance companies as they want to sell you drugs & insurance after the crisis has already happened .

[@EdDueim]

Agreed. But also adverts warning about the dangers of obesity or guns etc would affect too many corporations' profits.

[@whoseturnisit9733]

Over the last few years talking to Americans I have come to the conclusion that half or more are very different to us. Selfishness is not something they look down upon. Ask them about healthcare and compare it to Europe etc. They seem to reject the idea of cheap healthcare because they don’t want the man down the street who they see less than them getting equal treatment. They actually said ‘why should a single parent, unemployed or coloured person get the same as them’ I’m putting together thousands of viewpoints from all over…. It sickens me. Perhaps we are spoiled because we are relieved that the old lady next door,without family can ring an ambulance or call for help and we know despite her circumstances we can help. I’ve seen Americans in UK here for college, stand deliberating about ringing for their friend incase they are charged etc. there is definitely a difference in the way we think.

[@ravenmasters2467]

i had similar thoughts when watching and you expressed it very well. i really do think its a major factor.

[@Ron-Ayres]

Excellent point, well made.

[@glenn20081965]

When I was last in the States I was shocked at how many adverts were pushing pharmaceutical drugs.

[@glenn20081965]

@Xanthumb_Gum No, I have a brain, unlike gullible people like you. 🥳

[@martindunstan8043]

​@Xanthumb_Gumwhat's the matter with you,guy's just making an observation!🤡

[@lesley4085]

@Xanthumb_Gum 🤣 you really are just out there trolling 👍😊

[@shauncraigparkinson8165]

And cars!

[@lesley4085]

@Xanthumb_Gum ‘guy’? 🤣🤣🤣 bloody hell, I need a makeover or you need better glasses ❤️

[@KC-gy5xw]

These adverts are probably why the UK is one of the most generous countries for giving to causes, even though we are going through a cost of living crisis.

[@richardhltrp1791]

what .... lol

[@AutoAlligator]

@@richardhltrp1791 Is your question out of ignorance or stupidity? I honestly despair at the comments of young people.

[@richardhltrp1791]

@@AutoAlligator 1971 . KID !

[@MarkPentler]

@@KC-gy5xw charity is a failure of society and institutions, of course.

[@MarkPentler]

@@richardhltrp1791 use your words and tell us what you want to tell us

[@steddie4514]

Brutal? Yes! Effective? Most definitely! 🇬🇧👍

[@Duck_Goose1]

correct mate

[@soccxcross]

We don't get as many of these types of adverts anymore, and they're mainly shown after the watershed - 9PM Onwards.

[@clairefoster1880]

We do get them, but we mainly just skip them lol

[@Bramfly]

Shocked by honest advertising but not by horrific gun violence. Typical

[@FullersDuck]

Excellent point.

[@wojathome]

Hmmmm.... I'm not convinced. Americans are also humans. Gun Culture is a different subject.

[@georgeelliota2aa]

how tf you know they're not shocked by gun violence? Bit of assuming going on here

[@FullersDuck]

@@georgeelliota2aa I’m assuming you’re American, but I may be wrong. It’s because you’re inured to it. That’s why you have over thirty thousand gun deaths every year. That’s why you keep burying dead kids by the dumpster load.

[@CrypticHowl]

​@@georgeelliota2aaI think they're referring to the general population of America, not these two people specifically. A lot of Americans listen to songs glorifying violence, drugs and other corrupt topics, and they don't bat an eye.

[@gfimadcat]

The UK, Australia, and New Zealand all have some seriously hard hitting PSA's - their traffic ones are... well, if you consider these brutal, the traffic ones are absolutely vicious.

[@crystalk98]

Omg yes, there was a driving one in Australia with "Everybody Hurts" by REM as the soundtrack....they really need to show it in all schools right at the age kids get their driving license...it def shook me up.

[@gfimadcat]

@@crystalk98 I know exactly which one you're talking about, I just can't remember the title.

[@crystalk98]

@@gfimadcat "Australia's Most Effective Drunk Driving Advert"

[@gfimadcat]

@@crystalk98 cheers! Found it - still hits like a fucking truck.

[@crystalk98]

@gfimadcat lol pun intended? But yes it does, I can only watch about half before bailing :(

[@clivenewman4810]

The public information films we had 50 years ago were terrifying.

[@fivelefttoes]

You aren’t kidding!! They stopped me playing on train lines, electricity sub stations and building sites. They definitely did their job.

[@paulinewinchester7317]

They stopped me playing with fireworks. My mother used to make me watch them!

[@Siocx7]

Yes I remember watching all sorts in primary school - genuinely traumatising

[@user-zt4mw1ei3i]

"Women know your limits"

[@xander8559]

This channel randomly appeared and glad I wastched. These are hard-hitting. I tear up at the first one when he says, "You did promise, didn't you," and the barnardos one going backwards, when he says "I'm scared" thats me...gone. It just gets you when a child says those words. We have hard-hitting adverts to hammer home the message, and I'm glad I live in a country that isn't afraid to tell it how it is.

[@barrysteven5964]

Many years ago, I mean decades ago, there was an advert with a little boy in his classroom talking about his friend who had been killed by a drunk driver. There was an empty desk. At the end of it he just looked at the camera and said 'he was my best friend'. It shook me up so much I STILL remember it and it still affects me. Incidentally, I've checked the statistics on the incidents of drink driving, and they are dramatically lower in the UK than in the USA. The percentage of fatal road accidents involving drunk drivers in 2015 was 35% in the USA and 16% in the UK.

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

Imagine the difference an advertisement advocating gun safety could make. Not gun prohibition or gun restrictions but simple gun safety. Correct storage, correct training, correct maintenance nothing controversial just gun safety

[@OneCatShortOfCrazy]

If turning on the news every day and seeing another school shooting and kids running in fear, dead small bodies lying in pools of blood, schoolkids of all ages having active shooter drills as if it was normal doesn't do the trick for the american people I am afraid no commercial could do it either!

[@andyleeds202]

For America yeh the uk it wouldn’t work but what the uk did wouldn’t work for America either guns are literally built in to your society take that out and your basically taking a brick out of the wall keeping society up the uk wasn’t like that but we didn’t need guns as much as America we don’t have nearly as much threatening us

[@mervinmannas7671]

your lovely wifes face spoke volumes during this as she was visably shocked especialy by the ones involving kids and the traffiking one. The actress in that one is Oscar winner Emma Thompson and did it for free. Many of these would only have been shown after 9pm which is our watershed for graphic stuff as most kids should be in bed by then. I remember the smoke alarm one as their were reports of DIY stores running out of smoke alarms after that was shown. Our Dont Drink and Drive commercials and Quit Smoking ones can be pretty nasty too.

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

I don't generally cry, was raised to keep it inside, but the way it hits through to the depths of your soul when you see the children suffering, asking for help, brings me to tears.

[@EoinWalsh]

Stupid how some people are raised not to cry. Everyone cries, and those who choose not to are the weakest

[@LittleBallOfPurr]

@@EoinWalsh Thanks for sharing your differing opinion, hopefully insulting people brightened your day a little. Have yourself a nice day.

[@OneCatShortOfCrazy]

@@LittleBallOfPurr I don't think they meant to insult you. I think they were trying to say that it's the parents who raise kids to not cry that are the weakest of them all and that it is a natural thing to cry, we all do and should cry and let things out. - # End the generational nonsense!

[@idontsignin]

Remember the ice bucket challenge from a few years back. It was called ALS, but in the UK it's called Motor Neuron Disease. People where doing this ice bucket challenge and they didn't know anything about ALS.

[@kirstygunn9149]

One of our family friends was one of the people who appeared on the charity posters around the UK for MND. he sadly passed away from it a few years ago, and he will be missed every day .RIP Michael ❤

[@user-yu9uw8wo9o]

Motor Neurone Disease is known as ALS in the US

[@stephenhodgson3506]

or more commonly Lou Gehrig disease.

[@leeknott2171]

The UK Ad’s used to care about the ppl, now the UK Ad’s only care about what they are told to care about and it isn’t the ppl.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

I get a lot of food adverts whilst I'm trying to lose weight.. Like, I don't want to see McDonalds. 😂

[@adolfocabarcas5795]

the number 9 lessons is that if the father should do the training that the woman has, he could save his child by doing the right thing to do instead of scream for help, sorry my bad english

[@charlieblaine7999]

Very True. Made the guy completely helpless to prove a point. # emasculation

[@warailawildrunner5300]

@@charlieblaine7999 There was a follow up to this advert - once a certain amount of people did the training that cited the advert they released a vid showing the man had taken the training and was able to save the boy.

[@tomaskennedy]

4:04 She was running to get her clothes in off the washing line before the rain started. She probably wasn’t even that kid's mother.

[@reeeyou]

She definitely isnt. It’s raining where she was, but it wasnt raining where the dad and son is, which is how they are showing it’s two different places.

[@tomaskennedy]

@@reeeyou She’s at home and the father and son are playing in the park.

[@Lana-cj2jw]

😮​@@tomaskennedyNo. They aren't related. The woman gets her laundry in when it starts to rain..The voice-over mentions she is trained in emergency situations. A man is in park not paying attention to his son. Son falls out of tree and his father is clueless so panics. It was an ad to alert people to get first aid training as help isn't always right there at the time.

[@tomaskennedy]

@@Lana-cj2jw Thank you for man-splaining exactly what happened in the video. That still doesn’t prove that she’s not related to the man and kid.

[@doubledispatch6620]

@@tomaskennedy Thank you for using sexist language like a dipshit instead of actually responding to what was said.

[@seans_shed]

I remember all the “Charlie says…” adverts in particular, but we had some great public service announcements adverts, I’m glad there’s more awareness around these things but the internet has also made us vulnerable to new terrors that can destroy your life without even leaving your seat

[@mashy6126]

One that I'll always remember seeing on the TV was an advert that got a lot of backlash in Northern Ireland back in, I think around 2008-2009? It was an anti-speeding advert that starts off with children getting ready to go on a nature watching school trip and a guy getting ready to go to work and rushing out of the house. The advert ends with all the kids sitting behind an old stone wall (which are fairly common in the countryside here) in a small field having a picnic when a car tumbles through the wall crushing all of the kids.

[@emmahowells8334]

If you make ads to soft to shield from shock, what you actually do is desensitize yourself and don't pay attention to the warning and thats when things go wrong and catch you off guard. But if you shock to the point where you don't forget these ads, then you stop and think and possibly prevent it from happening before rather than deal with the later consequences.

[@rachaelfilby9486]

God forbid a bit of harsh reality interrupts your football game.

[@kolemoore-rn2ee]

My thoughts as well.

[@wrghty]

Yeah, some of these are tame to others you saw in the UK in the 90s and 00s. There was a few that really stood out to me back then that didn't feature on here. First was "real children don't bounce back" then "ventriloquist" then "sunday lunch" i think thats what it was called and the think "live with it" ad. Also, there was this messed up, heartbreaking abuse ad back in the 90s and it went through all the different stages of abuse but i cant remember the title. It was like a fifa poster, a spice girls mag, a baby rattle etc... these ads needed to be in this video tbh

[@MarkPentler]

Why don't people EVER understand Tree? They're are in different places! Look at the screen!

[@jasoncallow860]

He paused it at precisely the wrong moment

[@rogergill1969]

They do, Americans don’t.

[@bobanob1967]

He wondered why these are not shown in the US, she answered the question.

[@MarkPentler]

@@rogergill1969 actually yes - that's my experience with all of these. Always the Americans. Folks, I don't know what it is about American culture that means your advertising is about being smacked in the head by a brick rather than subtly led into things by analogy and metaphors, but do please fix it. Our advertisements are more like actual films sometimes. We don't treat the viewer like an idiot

[@Steve0272.]

" WHY dont people EVER understand " ....His pause was accidentally bad timing and the fact they just watched a child fall and hit the ground fills the brain emotionally which is a main point of the advert , it's easy for details to be missed and several other obvious factors

[@emileriksson76]

Well, F***. Lessons need to be taught, but damn. This should probably be mandatory viewing for all adults around the world. This one hurt, not going to lie.

[@Kat-mu8wq]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qarSZZebmLh3oa8si=GiS_ERVeaMIuY6IB That's a good drink driving one.

[@AdamMPick]

"Someone do CPR!" That is literally what that advert was about. He needed a simple Heimlich manoeuvre, not CPR. People need to freshen up on their first aid skills.

[@cblynn485]

The tagline was about first aid, I think it was the same campaign as the boy falling from the tree. CPR is technically first aid, but so is the Heimlich maneuver. Long time Texans tend to pick up a lot of basic first aid by necessity. Much my local emergency traffic is still by helicopter just because the drives are too long. Knowing how to slow bleeding, clear the breathing and immobilize the spine are all essential to get people as far as a doctor's care. When seconds count, these skills can buy you hours. I adore the fact that the are advocating first aid. CPR is a desperately important Hail Mary that does save lives. I can think of a lot more that can save lives and less severe cases make a hospital visit unnecessary. Often getting a Texan into the hospital is the hardest part.

[@JayPea-zu7ue]

One of the hardest-hitting ads was for the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children). There was a cartoon boy being thrown around and falling down the stairs. It ended with the cartoon turning into a real boy. Harrowing but it got the point across. I believe it was so shocking they had to take it off.

[@matwatson7947]

Just remember that in the video there is a nice little caption essentially telling you whats coming up... As far as I can recall we dont get those in the UK. You just get one of these out of nowhere with no prep. Its far more hard hitting

[@cynthiafisher3392]

I love that the UK is forcing you to think about it. We also have to consider that we are watching them all back to back, but I’m fairly certain that is not how they would actually play out.

[@Seal0626]

I was expecting to see "If you hit me at 30..." and on the one hand I'm surprised it wasn't there, but on the other, wow. This selection was a lot.

[@mooowl]

I'll never forget an American friend of mine pointing out the difference between speeding PSAs in the UK and the USA. In the UK, don't speed, you may kill somone. In the US, don't speed, you may get a fined and lose your licence. If I hear a US PSA on a podcast, its always about the impact it has on you and not other people

[@ronnimonkcom8452]

Guys, I love you picked up on the uniquely British information videos we have. We even had specially graphic ones we’d watch in school about like playing in railways or hiding in fridges! Scare em young 😂😂 great video!

[@Firestorm381]

You don’t need to keep playing these because after seeing them you remember them, these adverts came out over a few years, they were after 9pm watershed so children didn’t see them. You are seeing them all at once, we got the shock factor over years so it’s more impactful when you don’t see adverts like this all the time, once seen the message isn’t forgotten.

[@angelawalker8615]

I remember the ad for the smoke alarms, because it made me check mine and still do on a regular basis. So it got the message through.

[@EricCPOP]

There's a TV advert about indirect smoking where a group of young children are seen talking with smoke coming out of their mouths. Can't remember when it came out but that sent a powerful message.

[@Kamille-lb7jo]

Nspcc: a wall, a fist Road safety: dont let friendship died on the road Drunk batman: drinking, know your limits

[@user-es2ju9np9s]

Motor Neurone Disease (often known as MND in the UK) is very nearly always fatal. In the USA it is also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Henry Lou Gehrig played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball from 1923 ~ 1939. The full medical term of the condition is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which is abbreviated to ALS.

[@sazmullium]

As a fellow English gal, just so you know, these ads are not allowed to be shown until after watershed which is 9pm. I’m also surprised the car ad isn’t on here… it’s a bunch of little kids on a school trip to the woods… with a young guy speeding and rolls his car over a small stone wall and it rolls and kills the kids on the trip…

[@petrmilota6398]

It's 6AM in my country and this made me cry.. what a start of the day.. but at the same time.. I feel so blessed and my "problems" seems so little now..

[@BeezleSpiritCommunicator]

I cried too and Im British. It makes you think and prepare . The British may be harsh but we saves lives . We care ❤ as a nation . That's why we did live aid . We show the world how it's done . Yet the world call us British colonists lately. Just imagine the world without Britain. It would be a very different place . 😂❤

[@crystalk98]

Watch the Aussie driving one with "Everybody Hurts" by REM as the soundtrack.....now THATS an ad that will stick with you for a while

[@spacefanatic]

They are public service announcements rather than the usual advertisements. I think the one with Emma Thompson (Nanny McPhee) 'Torture By Any Other Name' is one of the best as it is still going on today with sex trafficking practically all over the world.

[@hellypoppy5739]

St John’s Ambulance advert: mum at home (she’s a trained with St.John’s Ambulance). Dad & child went to the park, Dad isn’t a trained paramedic). Mum looks out the window and sees it’s raining so she goes dashing out to bring in the washing. In the park child falls off tree and dad runs over to him. Reality is she isn’t there with them so it’s telling the viewer to go & get trained to help because you’re not always going to be with people who can help.

[@lilskipper4683]

I genuinely don't think CPR is going to help you if you've got internal bleeding or a concussion due to a negligent parent not paying attention to their child. The message was to keep an eye on them for safety reasons, not learn CPR (though learning CPR and the heimlich are very handy)

[@kreeg2932]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@lilskipper4683its not about learning cpr its about learning first aid if you are in the situation where someone needs serious help youre able to do something about it instead of just sitting there twiddling your thumbs in hope someone else will be able to do something.

[@Uniraptir]

Forever disturbed by the car one where the boy kills his mum because he’s not wearing a seatbelt.

[@Squashylemon]

This reminds me of those commercials about either starving kids in Africa where you could see their rib cages and they would be sitting in sewer water or those commercials about abandoned pets that were dying of diseases and they would zoom in on their faces. Then at the end of the commercials they would guilt trip you into donating money when in reality your money wasn't going anywhere near helping any animals or kids.

[@franbozillahc8900]

you should watch the old driving ones. hitting a child at over 30 mph crossing a road and the dead child coming to life uncracking bones and shit was messed up

[@jackabalas]

Yes you need earth shattering realistic advertising to remind you of your own mortality, the USA could definitely cope with that and not at all descend into rhetorical chaos

[@Ron-Ayres]

6:15 -I think you call *Motor Neurone Disease* _ALS_ in the States. Remember the 'Ice Bucket Challenge' a few years back? That was to raise funds for MND research.

[@oshifish2]

My husband told me about these ads he grew up with and even over here the sinage is hardcore. We have so many areas near high speed trains ( better public transportation than the US by far!) so they warn kids at a really young age with the stick men on the stickers being electrocuted if they touch the levers and such they are not supposed to! Its drilled into every kids head! They really need more of this in the US for sure ( I grew up in the US now live in the UK) x Toooooo many pharmaceutical adverts in the US! They are outlawed here!

[@raddragonfire8337]

My mum has just died 2 days ago from MND i can honestly tell you it has been awful watching her suffer these past 9 months. She went from slurred speech to not being able to eat, drink, talk or even move within a few months all i can say is atleast shes no longer suffering from that horrible disease

[@stevetokeley6542]

I grew up watching safety commercials. About some lad getting electrocuted for getting his frisbee from an electric pylon. Another getting run over by a car because his ball ran into the road. And let's not forget the mysterious stranger...More graphic today,but no less compelling. "Charlie always says tell your mommy if you go off somewhere". Things have not changed,we are just more aware.

[@airspeed_alive]

That house fire advert should be #1, I still test my fire alarm every year, on clock change day. I'm 37.

[@BeezleSpiritCommunicator]

Ive seen these adverts and they still make me cry . It does what its suppose to do . Make you think . Be prepared . ❤

[@beccatee66]

I live in Australia. I can confirm that Americans don’t get told the truth. Everything is censored for you.

[@Kamille-lb7jo]

These ads have inspired me to survive

[@Klingon2468]

This is my first video of yours, and boy I picked a doozie. I am English I remember these ads, and yes they effected us as much as you. As I watched all the same emotions returned that I had the first few times I watched them, you must remember we saw them more than once and even today I teared up. You will have to watch the anti smoking ones and the drink driving ones and the speeding ones, but get a big box of tissues you will need them.

[@EKEastlake]

As someone who has grown up with these adverts, some of them were put on after the watershed, but some were available for children to see too. They always impact and they always make you think of others. A reality check for many and a voice for others.

[@triezameinkai2735]

Soneone once told me "if it makes you feel uncomfortable then its doing its job at raising awareness"

[@lesley4085]

Great reaction, it is quite heavy watching all these back to back.

[@CoconutJones_]

Watching that last ad about the little girls life changing like that over the course of a year and then looking up to see the "it is what it is" sign is just top tier accidental comedy.

[@anitaherbert1037]

St John's ambulance is a volunteer organisation you will often see them at public events like football matches. Ordinairy prople can go and learn first aid.

[@minimeme020]

I live in the UK 1. You don't ever get "used to these", the are infrequent but I feel beneficial. 2. We don't have adverts for presecrition medication (which seemed to be every other advert when I was in the US), and I would take these over adverts for medication any day of the week. 3. We don't get adverts during sports (except during breaks such as half time) - so for a 2 hour grand prix there are no adverts. 4. Please, please, please follow this up with a christmas adverts special.

[@katharinemason1768]

For people outside the UK, St John Ambulance is a charity that runs out of several commonwealth countries, that provide not only emergency care and emergency transport to hospital free of charge, but also offer courses in first aid that you can go on, its staffed by volunteers. Their a good bunch.

[@JoanSmith297]

Just to give a little bit of context. Yes the adverts and others like them are shown on TV but it's not the norm. Our regular adverts are just like everyone else's (except maybe Tango and Irn Bru lol go look them up!) These are more awareness campaigns and charity appeals... not on TV all the time. Its been years since I've seen a really powerful one like these

[@larubialocatattoo8430]

When it hurts and it gets you in the heart, you are more likely to become more empathetic to strangers and remember what to do to prevent and cope with different situations. I remember that I saw similar educational short movies in school in Sweden. Many was about drugs, sex, alcohol and domestic violence.

[@Chris-dm1je]

In the 70s we had Joe and Petunia, a cartoon couple who were used to show us how to know when we should call the coastguard and what not to do in the countryside. They were gormless and useless, but still lovable and became very popular. Then in their final advert. They got killed when driving on bald tyres.

[@katherinearter6843]

I have never seen any of these adverts on tv. Lived in England since birth in 1948.

[@gavinmurrell3415]

Do you go to the cinema?

[@juneharper7363]

Didn't you have a TV? Or maybe you were in bed by 9

[@robertvien5693]

Dudes, i don't mean to scare anyone but once, i inhaled like one drop of water and i couldn't breath. Honestly. I was driving and was moving along with everyone at 35mph. I was suffocating. Terrifying. I made it off the road before i could finally breath in, little by little. I've had the wind knocked out of me a few times. X it by ten. When i was a kid, mom always said that you can drown in a teaspoon of water

[@boombap2380]

Yeah i once almost drowned after inhaling water while showering

[@adolfocabarcas5795]

don't worry the worst can happen is that you pass out but eventually you will breath again, it's just a defence mechanism to avoid more liquid go to your lungs

[@kezmet5998]

@@adolfocabarcas5795 I'm guessing you've never heard of Dry Drowning - it CAN be fatal

[@katyhughes6740]

Oh my! Im 43, and you think these are brutal! The ones we watched about stranger danger and road safety as a kid were nightmare inducing! 😅

[@Summer-fb7gb]

The trafficking advert is the one that made me break down.

[@NinjaGirl1989]

I'm in tears after the 1st advert.

[@cyrus2728]

the best reactions are when the face says it all, no talk needed, we just all understand . 15.44 prime example.

[@ivowalvis9228]

When you got comlex PTSD as a child, no one can understand you. Things like this can make your friends and family understand a little bit better. Good thing, for if you have PTSD, hardly anyone can understand you, and thus you feel very alone. Many kill themselves, I tried too, didn't work, glad now, realistic things like this make you feel less alone, good thing actually

[@riley6740]

Please remember that these adverts were done a decade or more ago. Back when the streets looked like those pictured. Nowadays, not safe for 90% of the population.

[@peterd788]

In the UK we used to watch in the 1970s children dying and cancer patients with nearly transparent skin dying because they smoked. Kids would be seen electruted in fron of their little sister because they played by an electricity substation. Whole families would die because parents didn't stop their children playing with matches. A teenage boy would kill his mother because his head would drive through his mother's head because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt. These were unbelievably brutal but they worked.

[@Cam.YtOfficial]

I'm from the UK and I've never seen any of these since birth 💀

[@caseyh8386]

One that really sticks in my mind is the "Julie knew her killer". It was an advert in England when I was a kid, and showed the danger of not wearing your seat belt, not just to yourself but to others. And there has never been a single time since that I've not worn my seat belt, coz I was petrified that I'd kill my mum 🙈

[@saffysaffy3239]

THANK YOU SO.MUCH FOR THESE❤ We shld have ads like these. Im subcribing

[@clairefoster1880]

First Americans online that actually compliment the UK, not make fun of us

[@michelletaylorlloyd]

I live in the UK and I loved your reaction to are most effective adverts. On your child's life - Fire kills and Sarah's story - MND always gets me. Had a friend who passed away having MND, I was absolutely heartbroken when she had gone and still think about she to this day. You should watch the Irish driving adverts involving speeding or drinking, they are absolutely brutal to watch. Sending love to you guys ❤🇬🇧

[@Flutterbi]

There are so many more of these adverts, old and new they always hit home the point.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Second one give the impression she was looking out the window, it got me first few time i watched it

[@Alexandria1]

At about 7 minuets I could see you guys prepping yourself for the rest, Yeahhh our adverts don't mess around. We're not shy about suffering and death.

[@DimentionalBeing]

A lot of these commercials, but not all will be shown here after something called the watershed which means basically they cant be shown until after 9:00 pm in the evening. We find the shock value works best here in UK.

[@inkedthoughts7020]

Most of these PSAs were show after the 9pm watershed, but the fire one with the boy asking you to promise to check your smoke alarm was shown at 4 to 6pm ask families sat down together. The reaction was huge, parents complaining about having to deal with traumatised children. Some of whom had removed the battery in their smoke alarm for reasons. This was back between the 1990s to early 2010s. Smoke detectors are now required to be mains powered with a battery backup that will outlast the unit.

[@dannydean84]

The drink driving adverts need to be seen to be believed.

[@PrettyBlueFlowers]

I donated what I could spare to a few of these charities as soon as I saw these adverts. Very effective.

[@RedLimeVideo]

In order to make people aware of a Charity or Awareness, here in the UK the approach is to use the best Ad Agencies to come up with something so powerful you cannot ignore it, you talk about it and you remember. We are pretty good at adverts on the whole (think Christmas adverts for example), but our PSA and these Ads are certainly something we have made really powerful for decades now.

[@Dermacrosis]

Our PSA, as you call them over there, were always dark as they were more about scaring children from doing things and the same applied for adults for the antidrink driving campaigns, and people need to remember that was not always frowned on as pubs from the 60s were built with car parks, and anti smoking campaigns yet smoking is still legal. She wasn't there, 3.48 did you miss them being alone and a brick wall in the way. It was another of our dark PSAs promoting learning CPA. You really need to so the "dark water" ads, those were horrific.

[@sufferable]

Children don't usually get to see these graphic adverts because they are usually on late at night (live TV). Barnardo's is a charity that runs foster homes. St. John's is a charity that provides training in first aid and also supplies trained first aid support at places like festivals and football matches.

[@becca84100]

Don't forget the power likes one with the Frisbees

[@TheGeekiestOne]

the Stand Up 2 Cancer ones always get me

[@50sRockChick]

True.

[@andrewf3746]

Please bare in mind that some of these adverts were shown after 9pm and night which is the time programming gets more adult in content.as kids should be in bed asleep by then. So kids don't often see these until they mature enough to understand the context. Us brits are used to a shock advert lol

[@allanfitz3535]

Australia has some hard-hitting PSA's

[@craigflower13]

Motor Neuron's Disease is a group of neurological diseases. In the US it is more likely to be called ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's Disease.