A Trip Down Memory Lane To 1985 British TV Ads

[@Kobra31677]

Bloody hell, still have the game 'Knock Your Block Off'! Remember getting that at Christmas 1988. Great to go down memory lane!

[@Llyander]

God, I remember so many of these. Thanks for the blast from the past.

[@ChantingInTheDark]

23:33 - I’d actually listen to this track, ad jingles back in the 80’s were some of the best!

[@robmortimer4150]

Finally found an old ad I remember from when I was very little in this collection, thanks for uploading - even if the years vary a bit!

[@clairemcmahon9392]

I remember some of these ads as I was born in 1976… Definetley better days back then.

[@saippuakivikuappias]

Same here. Amazing how many I do remember.

[@AR-dn6kh]

John shrapnel and joss Ackland have the best voices for voice-overs ever , takes you back to the 80s when I hear their voices.

[@bartlemy]

I just spend the last 3 hrs watching these old adverts...must ..stop....NOW!

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

Pls bring back some tv what we used to watch on a sat night in 1980s

[@maarg1]

The funny thing is when they read the phone number on the British gas ad, i recognised it as though I was back in 1985.

[@AndreiTupolev]

God that Wisk advert went on didn't it. Anyone would think it was a trailer for some Hollywood epic

[@Mitch-Hendren]

The product itself was groundbreaking at the time the first non powder or bar soap for laundry . Lever forced to introduce it here by public pressure as USA had been able to use tide liquid for years by then .

[@Liam_Graer]

Those were the days Didn't appreciate how good they were at the time but suffering through these last twenty years made the previous twenty years seem so much better

[@michaellupton335]

Still waiting for my order of firepower issue 2 to arrive.

[@sd750]

Nice to see ads with no bullshit propaganda.

[@edwardconnolly572]

23 quid for that block game in 85 madness

[@jrgboy]

I was working shifts throughout the 70/80's with lots of overtime so I missed a lot of TV..

[@johndickson76]

Mr Dog. What imaginative geniuses came up with that name for a dog food. They must’ve been up all night.

[@pinkyn0se]

Even so, today they'd have been forced to call it "Gender Netutral Mammal"

[@StormsongK]

"Try Mr. Dog for small yapper-type dogs, and maybe they'll shut the f___ up." ---Eddie Izzard

[@anthonybailey1966]

Probably why they changed the name to Cesar later!

[@anthonybailey1966]

@@StormsongK Lol! I remember that Izzard routine....he wondered why they changed the name to Cesar. ....then did the Roman leader called Mr.Dog routine....comic genius!

[@jamescoburn6789]

£28 a week on a YTS. How did I survive?

[@johnburden3671]

If I remember, it went up to 32 quid a week the following year?

[@neilchapman5145]

£26.25 in 1984 I speak through experience

[@nickpink25]

£27 first year for me then year 2 £35

[@ayupmeduck5708]

£23.50 and my dad wanted a tenner board. 1981.

[@john111257]

Whens the film come back on?????????...bloody adverts

[@russellford5597]

4:03 Oh my! The first time I realised a beautiful woman... I would have been 6 years old! 😂 First time I've seen this ad again since then.

[@bobbydorou8438]

At 20mins lovely to see Arthur Daley (George Cole) once more.

[@OofusTwillip]

01:59 - Voiceover by Hugh Laurie, sounding just like his Prince George character from "Blackadder III". 05:45 - Voiceover by Burt Kwouk.

[@bartoszjanprzybyszewski1891]

I’m born in 1998 outside Britain but I miss living in 80s London. Is it weird?

[@lisaparis684]

Not at all...i was born outside the UK and I've watched these compilations multiple times.

[@makara80]

Ah, a timely reminder that those _Bounty_ (as in the chocolate bar _not_ the bog roll!) adverts were sexy as hell!

[@gcooper642]

The Whisk advert special effects are pretty impressive for the 80s. That must have cost a bomb to make.

[@thefog7067]

Lol Kellie Bright before she started collecting spoons . . She can knock my block off anytime !

[@seltaeb9691]

Adverts last century covered household shopping too cars, now its gambling & charity ads wanting your savings with BLM saturating every advert & programmes. Its pretty racist to be frank.

[@russellford5597]

Yep.

[@noka79]

I was 6 and would have been glued to the TV in 85

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Walker's Bitza Pizza, used to love them as a kid!

[@pinkyn0se]

Remember puking after trying just one Bitza Pizza. Never tried them again afterwards. Can still remember that awful taste...

[@simonlloyd7557]

They were very nutricious, especially when eaten with food.

[@minislayer2010]

Me. Installs ad block Also me. Spends 1:45.00 watching adverts

[@forresg500]

When British airways was good Now it just rude version of Ryanair

[@ChantingInTheDark]

Lol, we gave Campbell’s Meatballs to the dog! I’d totally forgotten about them!

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

A rare animated trailer for Disney's 1940 classic "Pinocchio" , followed by a featurette with the popular Gummi Bears is shown. The Gummis (Sunni,Tummi,Zummi,Cubbi,Grammi and Gruffi) starred in a very successful television series in the U.S. of A.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

@j smithIn 1985, Disney aired "The Adventures of the Gummi Bears" and was a hit series for six seasons. The Gummis (Sunni,Tummi,Zummi, Grammi,Cubbi and Gruffi) lived in a secret place called Gummi Glen in Dunwyn. Occasionally, they are visited by a Gummi named Gusto, who lived near the ocean and loved to do deco art.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Some of these ads showing the beginning of the end,....the end of reliable public transport, a publicly owned post office (Royal Mail) & selling off our energy services to overcharge us for them and get less of a service.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

And a publicly owned phone service. 🤔

[@cazt766]

Excellent fav year thanku👍👍👍❤

[@hilarybarnes1319]

Knock your block off - 2nd advert in. Thats Kellie Bright from The Queen Vic!!!!!!

[@binderyadulbdrakh168]

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[@simoncook1885]

0:03 fun fact. They had to scrap the giant chewing gum prop as it crushed an actor during the creation of the next ad.

[@camore5422]

Crushed and killed? :o

[@markbarker6739]

Christopher Ryan (Mike in the young ones) voice over for autumn gold who else spotted it

[@ChantingInTheDark]

50:55 - OMG I bought that exact issue of that magazine series.

[@RIXRADvidz]

goodness, the Gila Copper Mine pr. - (hee-la), mythological smelting, super secret secure transport, to finish the stitching on a pair of dungeries with a copper knob. oops, to Secure the Stitching of THEE American Brand, Levi. Levi Jeans. LOL !!!

[@mistofoles]

@3:26 - He used to play DI Chris Deakin in "THE BILL".

[@anthonybailey1966]

Nice collection .....however if this is from 1985 how come it featured an ad for the sticker album called "Soccer 88".....?!!!

[@dominewimbury9120]

Year I was born lol. Great!

[@KarmasAbutch]

Had the biggest teenage girl crush on that Persil lad! 🤣💘

[@rehan2118]

How old are you now?

[@invade81]

Board games were pricey back then

[@gaggymott9159]

Wisk liquid in the bright orange bottle!! Used to buy it in our local 'Co-'

[@simonlloyd7557]

0:29 the barmaid from Eastenders as a child

[@nicolepowell5470]

Wow knock your block off was £23.00 jeez and funny to see Kelly Bright in it.

[@johnbailey5616]

Yes it is she used to be in the upper hand as well

[@ChantingInTheDark]

1:13:36 - Always thought this was well acted for an ad, still holds up!

[@salus1231]

#4 rule There's always someone trying to flog you something, getting you to spend that £ in your pocket, and they don't care if it's your last one.👍

[@stevegoddard363]

That's kellie bright from Eastenders Linda Carter iam sure.

[@abingleyboy]

Yep was just gonna say the knock your block off ad girl is Kellie Bright from Eastenders, The Upper Hand & that Only Fools and Horses prequal Rock and Chips. Her brother Simon played either Boz or Baz on Live And Kicking on saturday morning kids tv along with Andi Peters playing the other character they used to give out the prizes in long brown coats. He seems to have disappeared from tv, now but she still on our screens.

[@Koala.Prepz.13]

abingleyboy And the boy from the same advert played the young lad Jason in the Only Fools & Horses episode “Thicker than water”

[@GEricG]

@@Koala.Prepz.13 Good spot - actually I think that he was in a couple of episodes.

[@chrisrowl5001]

I assure you all after 2 bottles of martini extra dry you’re not hearing pan pipes

[@collinhunter9792]

GEEES!!!!! Presto supermarket... i used to be asst manager in our one. no one seems to remember Presto. Did they get changed to Tesco or wat?....."You'll be impressed with Presto" lol

[@davidsumner4335]

Presto was the new larger branches of Liptons. The name came from the first store at Preston Grange, North Shields. They where mainly in the North East of England. In the early nineties they were bought out by Safeway. All gone now. I was a rep for Van den Berghs (oils and fats) and called on about 10 of their branches on Tyneside.

[@invade81]

@@davidsumner4335 Then Morrisons eventually bought Safeway. So that would make Presto a Morrisons. Kinda.

[@ChantingInTheDark]

“Awwwwwwww Mum”

[@donroberts2126]

Commercial Union ad at the end: you're telling me that in the Highlands, nobody moved. No tractors, no Land Rovers? Nope. But a Morris Marina - apparently - COULD! Yeah right!

[@pershorefoodbanktrusselltr3632]

Wow @ 15:48 Anthony Hopkins still having to earn a crust by narrating the British Gas advert, just shows he didn’t really become a household name and star until - Silence of the Lambs, in 1990.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

A fantastic trip down memory lane. No not from 1985 though. This is from 1986 or 1987. The Pedigree chum advert states it was the 1986 winner. Also the ZX Spectrum +2 came out in 1986. Thoroughly enjoyable to watch all the same!

[@tovip5661]

yes - those segments are clearly from pre Christmas 1986. But there are a range of dates here - British Airways new Club World 1:10:49 for instance, would be no earlier than January 1988 (when the Club World brand was launched)

[@purplehaze689]

Yep and First Among Equals was on TV in late 86.

[@marcrosser8556]

❤️The lurpac add

[@gremlinuk1968]

ever ready torch 1 , they were crap ,, but only was the only 1 we could get back then ,was 17 back then and working as a milkman,!Northern Ireland,

[@agl1138]

Did Robert Powell do every advert voiceover in the 1980's?

[@OlagGan]

It must have been a miracle. Well he was Christ after all. He must have got family assisstance 😃

[@bryemycaz]

I think some of these are from 1988, Peter Howitt quit playing Joey Boswell in Bread during that year.

[@makara80]

I think you must be right because a Currys ad here features the ZX Spectrum +2 computer of which was Amastrad's first model after the company purchased (original makers) Sinclair.....in _1986_ !

[@Sheffield_Steve]

McVities Fruit Jaspers, what ever happened to them?

[@bastardtubeuser]

1:07:11 an unusually cheery Gorge Harrison appearance.

[@waynerafferty1048]

Linda from EastEnders going to knock your block off

[@Clara-ph7my]

Pepsi had some big stars advertising. Tina Turner I can't recall but always remember Michael Jackson.

[@agfagaevart]

That advert is from 1988, not 1985.

[@jcanyiam8309]

thank you

[@S7EVE_P]

41:45 IS That a Young Robert Carlyle?!

[@daverose8082]

Trying to find a particular ad - I think it was in the 80s. Can't remember what it sold. It featured a piece of film of individuals repeating the same sequence of movements that were recorded at different times so they sort of laced their actions into a single clip. Anyone know it or know where I can find it?

[@ChantingInTheDark]

1:19:37 - Such a great ad!

[@rupert-j8f]

hahaha paul daniels must have been skint to advertise yorkshire buses plus how many 85p bus tickets whould you need for that walkman ?? my guess is 1504.

[@fionamessenger7660]

2:01. Ha. Hugh Laurie.

[@beckyl1450]

I love the music on the Taunton Cider advert... Anybody know what it is? Obviously the lyrics are about the cider, but I'm just wondering if its a sample from a real song

[@stevenspx6226]

So they had a big thing about butter back in the day? Drinking on the other hand 😂

[@deepee1988]

Edam? Haha! That's not cheese . It's candle wax

[@OofusTwillip]

1:13:20 - Varta - with Philip Pope.

[@slobodanreka1088]

30:59 Elliott Schwartz before he stiffed Walter White over Gray Matter

[@RIXRADvidz]

1:06:13, ...Balls to you Dear. the drop in the octave gives it away.

[@geegod9122]

£23 for this knock yr block off game????? That's pricey now in 2021

[@BritishComedyUK69]

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[@sdeee3842]

0:45 she’s was in east Enders and whose the boss uk version l just realised Cafe Hag is decaf! 😂🤣😂. Buy that next time 2021 never too old to learn 🤣. Kiplings cake are not exceedingly good anymore! My pension is with aviva it’s shit! Did anyone cook real food! Pack this tin that and a lot of boxed food!😂

[@mgthestrange9098]

Pot casserole? WTF is that? Bet it was bloody disgusting.

[@davequinn5122]

A cassete tape with your kfc 😂😂😂

[@mirabellamcgarry8269]

Omg 2018 anyone

[@klisher]

according to the Heinz website it started in 1869 not 1885.

[@MS-rr1re]

4:33

[@knight-pg8gk]

Ewww🤢🤢 Campbell's meat balls I remember those. And they were and probably still are disscusting 🤮🤮 there could have been any type of meat in them most probably horse meat lol

[@plebjames]

11:33 is that Joanna Lumley?

[@ivornappinion9406]

TSB speedbank card

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

How did we survive with 3 channels

[@rehan2118]

there was channel 4 in 1985

[@yandan7010]

58:14 woops!

[@leaturk11]

The days before the politically correct Nazis got hold of TV adds.

[@GryphLane]

Not really. Inclusion is a thing, get over it 😂

[@TibetanFox68]

​@@GryphLane Inclusion is fine, deliberate over-representation is something else. I think adverts kept improving until the early 2000s, but nowadays they have to have 50 people on every advert so that every type of person is represented, and political correctness rules. The quality of the adverts have suffered as a result - the originality and humour has gone, and pushing social/political agendas seems to be more important than actually advertising products.

[@nickpink25]

Import 3rd world become 3rd world

[@lister_of_smeg6545]

3:22 Peter Wingfield?

[@simonwells247]

58:12 oops 😍😂😉

[@abingleyboy]

St Ivel Gold was vile!!!!

[@Juliukas101]

Yeah it was pretty horrible! I remember the adverts with the very aggressive voice-overs and weird visuals. Sometimes they would scrape a knife over the margarine and an image would appear!

[@DoubleGauss]

This was before the UK turned into the Islamic Republic of the United Kingdom.

[@nutshell74]

The way things are going we'll soon be watching tv in 'letterbox' mode again. Cleverly marketed as widescreen!

[@tracycree9886]

Gammon Bantz.

[@spencerhardy8667]

You could go months without a single street stabbing back then. How impoverished we were without such exciting vibrancy. Acid was a recreational hallucinogen rather than a popular assault weapon. Kids these days don't know how lucky they are.

[@MrMaxwood]

D-Gauss, good to see racism is alive and well in 2018, I guess that's progress 😒

[@McSeahorse]

D-Gauss you're a fucking dick.

[@simonellis878]

theres no way a bare arsed kid could appear in a coke or any other ad these days...128:10 ish

[@beanbison]

Powdered rubbish to eat remember it well

[@agfagaevart]

1:22:02 1985?

[@maser525]

1:16:01 German Parody

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Far too many ads on this channel, I'm writing to the IBA to complain about the lack of programmes on 'ere! 😉 Ahhh.....the IBA & ITV, something else that "The Milk Snatcher" f**ked over.