UK TV Adverts from Xmas 1983 ITV (TSW Region)

TV adverts I found on an old tape from Christmas 1983. Many of these are on YT already,but some are not because they were only shown in the TSW region.
In this block are the following ads:
Moben fitted kitchens
Rowenta Irons
Yellow Pages (The Classic Fly Fishing by JR Hartley)
OSL Holidays
Heineken (At the Ascot horse racing)
MFI Sale
South Western Carpets of Torquay
Roberts of Truro Furnishings
Hayle Car Centre
Haze Air Freshener (The dungeon one)
Cadbury's Chocolate Fingers (Harry the spiders coming out party)
Sanyo Hifi
John Smiths Lager (The Rugby one: "Get yourself a mate called Smith")
Anchor Butter
Wings Holidays
Courts Sale
Renault 9
Baileys Irish Cream
Weetabix (You make it neat wheat mate)
Barclays Super Saver Account
Fosters Lager (With Paul Hogan)
Buswell of Torquay (Heating,Air conditioning etc)
Bernard Matthews Norfolk Turkeys
Setlers Indigestion Tablets (Express Relief)
Nescafe
Cadbury's Flake (The Classic one with the girl in the boat under the waterfall)
Fairway Furniture Sale
John Smiths Yorkshire Bitter
Halifax Building Society
Butlins Holidays
Texas Furniture Sale
Homeworld Sale Camborne
Persil British Rail Tickets Offer
Volkswagen Polo (The one where Geoff Capes lifts up the car)
Input Software Magazine
Weetabix (Hunger Pangs Bats)
Budget Electric
MFI Sale
Anglia Building Society
Cadbury's Creme Eggs (The classic one!)

[@robertheath1246]

This helps me sleep, takes me back to going to bed as a kid and listening to the telly downstairs

[@robertwilliams9234]

JR Hartley will never be forgotten

[@NOTODIVERSITY]

One of my favourite ads ever .so peaceful quiet and mellow ... lovely times

[@davidboyce8683]

Lovely, that was .

[@sanchoodell6789]

I love watching TV commercials from this era. They are soft, well spoken, not rushed, not in your face, relaxing, warm and comforting adverts. They seem less *cold* than adverts today which are hard, common (some times more ghetto sounding announcers due to diversity quotas) fast paced, slap bang wallop editing, in your face, tense, rushed and as a result just so so so *cold* just like today's world. So I switch these on for some comfort and reassurance.

[@ggagg123]

Wow I was 8 at the time but I remember so many of these. Happy care free days of childhood.

[@person.X.]

That Yellow Pages JR Hartley ad is by far the ad that I best remember. It is on a different emotive level than the rest of the ad crap.

[@paulbennell3313]

Disturbing fact, after 36 years I still remember some of these word for word...

[@dududu5189]

There was only *ITV* and from mid 80s *Channel 4* showing adverts

[@CNash85]

These days you don't tend to see ads for individual home appliances, like Rowenta irons. It's all folded into the retailers' ads, like Argos or Currys's instead. It gives these older ads a real sense of age.

[@anne123480]

that old guy JR Hartley if he was around today and had internet access hed get his book for shure off Ebay or Amazon without leaving his armchair

[@MATTYHOUGH100]

1983 Ads of these highlights. Weetabix, Creme eggs, MFI Crappy furniture sale!.JR Hartley and his fly fishing book.And the stylish VW Polo

[@harrycallahan3391]

Those Hofmeister ads were class. Follow the bear.. LOL..

[@MancstaSam]

I was 5 yrs old when these ads were being aired ..good times 😀

[@waynester71]

Fosters ads with Paul Hogan.. still funny!

[@carpincrackers4395]

1.03,,, fly fishing by J,R,Hartley, This is the advertisement that I remember most from my childhood, it was on a hell of a lot back then..happy memories, Thanks for the upload.

[@markgenner5743]

The Old Adverts 😊 📺😊📺

[@mattw8332]

Wow, the Weetabix adverts bring back memories! I bet that VW Polo manhandled by Geoff Capes didn't have an engine in it!

[@NOTODIVERSITY]

Weetabix.... OKAY.....lol

[@lenniebruce]

Nothing's changed the world over, only newer technology. It's great we all have remote controls now or the button would be broken quickly on the TV, especially with these James Corden ads!

[@herbert9241]

TSW (formerly Westward Television) was used as a testing site for advertising campaigns before they were either deployed nationwide or scrapped.

[@kcat80]

geoff capes, what a legend! anyone notice the wingmirror was made of rubber?

[@Daized2009]

Congratulations to Harry The Spider for coming out in the 80’s. Times were hard, people were judgemental, well done young spider.

[@paulgriffiths6344]

Yes and that was before we all had the webb.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@@paulgriffiths6344 Get outta here, our Paul! :)

[@cymaz100]

How old is the owner of Harry now? What’s he doing?

[@fst-timer7107]

Before social justice was even a thing.

[@NOTODIVERSITY]

​@@cymaz100 Probably a crack head on some council estate on p.i.p...

[@muttley9520]

Can't believe I'm watching the adverts :).

[@paulgriffiths6344]

Yes and i'm doing it 4 years on.

[@ronaldcustard4636]

Paul Griffiths Iam too brings back many memories

[@pauloliver6813]

Nostalgia + the hyper nice world the advertisers created = a powerful combination. You can get lost into thinking 1983 was a much better place than it was... wonderful entertainment and social history!

[@MancstaSam]

Paul Oliver T there's no getting lost here..IT WAS A BETTER PLACE &that's a fact ..

[@cameronbeattie3087]

BrexitCub 38 are you sure mr brexit? Surely it was impossible to be good when we were part of the EU? (Although it wasn’t called EU back then)

[@gpo746]

@@cameronbeattie3087 Yes, it was a MUCH better , simpler, less PC'ed time and yes, it wasn't called the EU ...it wasnt such a Frankenstiens monster as it is now.

[@williamrobinson8151]

Why are they all southerners?

[@williamrobinson8151]

Its outstanding tho. Well put togethet

[@craiggilchrist4223]

Input was wicked, used to love programing in Basic on my Atari 800XL.

[@dududu5189]

I had an MSX before getting a C64. The Konami carts on the Japanese system were graphically superior to Commodore!

[@jasoncox2052]

When life was more like LIFE !!!

[@whatshisname3304]

strange, but i think i know what you mean. i m in my 50s, and something has changed, perhaps its my age.

[@marcse7en]

For many people, since 1983, LIFE is now like DEATH! .👍💀😂

[@dududu5189]

What comes after 1983..? *1984* Thank you, George Orwell.

[@jasecox3912]

Love seeing these ,thank god for you tube and for you kind people sharing these gems ❤️

[@DarenPage]

Awesome trip down memory lane, cheers!

[@djpeekay25]

I remember as a kid I was more into watching the ads than the programme! Now thanks to Sky I hardly watch an ad.

[@Tomi_janet15]

🤣😂

[@robferguson8696]

Haven't seen most of these since 1983, lots of memories, and yes I had the Barclays Supersaver account as well :)

[@mrsmoothivpositive2178]

Did your super saver account work? How was the 2008 depression for a super saver?

[@evonne_]

My foster mum had a Polo when I started to stay with her in 1989 😀😀😀😀😀😀😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@georgiamurphy5799]

Whoa! She's really enjoying that Bailey's a little too much for television ha ha! I miss living in the U.K. ..

[@Scripture-Man]

8:15 11:39 :-) :-)

[@RobertTheDodger654]

Whenever Cadbury's Creme Eggs weren't available, a Walnut Whip was the next best thing.

[@Fifury161]

Is it me or did the creme egg get much smaller (especially after seeing this ad!). Walnut whips seem to be about the same size though - although I reckon they got a reduction somewhere...

[@dududu5189]

@@Fifury161 I get a 3 pack of "Whips" from Poundland. They don't have a walnut on top.

[@davidbull7210]

Ads were quality in the 80s...except they were bloody awful of course, but in a well thought-out and professional way. That Yellow Pages ad ran from 1983-91. Can you imagine an ad running that long these days?

[@tomkent4656]

They'd never get away with that Cadbury's Flake commercial today!

[@originaldw]

I was exactly 4 weeks old . Wish my family was still here 😪

[@dmh872]

Those of you doubting the year, play from 3:33 . This is definitely just after Xmas 1983.

[@caxtonman]

Regional adverts are always worth a good laugh!

[@evieblessed]

Proof, if we needed it, that Cadbury's Creme Eggs were much bigger back then.

[@dududu5189]

They were bigger, the women were much smaller. I'd gladly swap our British land Whales for a bigger Cadbury's creme egg!

[@evieblessed]

@@dududu5189 , maybe that's exactly the reason they're reducing portion sizes!

[@preachercaine]

I had one of those Barclays super savers packs.

[@clare7535]

preachercaine me to takes me back to the good old days

[@dududu5189]

Me too

[@loulou7963]

Wow. Is it me or did that crime egg look huge compared to today?! And isn’t it lovely no constant sale adverts and buy buy buy now!

[@AtheistOrphan]

Lou Lou - ‘Crime egg’ - Love it!

[@fraserkatie]

Love the mickey take of Jona Lewies Stop the Cavalry on the Smiths advert!

[@1970sthrowback]

Fella in the Courts ad was the killer in the the first story in the anthology horror The House That Dripped Blood

[@dududu5189]

He was not a killer... It was the step daughter

[@andrewdaley3081]

Yellow pages advert brings back memories things are so different now . Andy England

[@paulgriffiths6344]

Yellow pages just stopped being printed last month.

[@dududu5189]

They're doing a remake with JR Hartley recast as a 300lb black lesbian...

[@wasalwaysarcades798]

The yellow pges ad "J.R Heartly" bloody depressed me as kid.

[@MrRorySteel]

Why does Mr Heartly have to buy his own book? Has he lost the manuscript, or is he craving that recognition when he orders it.. hmm

[@marcse7en]

Hartley!

[@dududu5189]

@@MrRorySteel I always thought he wanted it for nostalgic reasons.

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

Good ol' J.R. Hartley! He'd be about 115 now.I wonder if he's still casting his rod?

[@dududu5189]

Not even with Viagra...

[@carlesq.]

I think they actually published a book fly fishing by jr hartley after so many people were asking for it thinking it was a real book

[@dududu5189]

Yes, I had a copy. It was a witty "spoof" of his adventures more than a fisherman's guide.

[@carlesq.]

@@dududu5189 good stuff

[@JAS6193]

And the MFI sale STILL hasn't ended

[@clark5401]

Lol @ the Sanyo HiFi with its window shattering bass of 20w per channel :D

[@Fifury161]

RMS or PMPO?

[@TheBigfow1975]

Should make a television series about old adverts.

[@uhegbu]

+Scott Fowler Channel 4 did the 100 Greatest Adverts and also another similar programme from 2005. ITV did an adverts programme as part of its 50th birthday.

[@holydiver73]

I met the Hoffmeister bear when he came to the Childrens club at Chesil Beach Holiday camp in Weymouth in 1985. Come to think of it, Children and a bear that advertised alcohol wasn't exactly a great tie in.

[@karenfewkes5282]

Love these 1980's adds😊

[@raspberrymojitogirldec]

Dam Butlins holidays went on alot of them as a kid good times go that polo car lol

[@stuartwebster4955]

Not a sunlife advert to be seen anywhere! Ahhhhhh the halcyon days of the eighties

[@Daracdor]

This train don`t stop at Camborne !

[@uhegbu]

Good collection of adverts including the 1983 classic Yellow Pages one that ran for eight years. It was brought back to life recently in the same format when a man asked for a record called Dave-V-Lately. Is that Lynda Bellingham in the Baileys advert? Caught a glimpse of Mark Arden in the Budget Electric advert, one of two guys from the old Carling Black Label adverts between 1986 and 1992.

[@davidbull7210]

A nice mix of professional nationwide ads and local Westcountry crappy ads for combine arvesters

[@anne123480]

yep so true and its still going on today 31 years later the ad was on like 10 mins ago lol

[@garylumley7610]

14:08 13% VAT? Those were the days!

[@fst-timer7107]

'Get this kitchen for £89' Can't even get someone to come and give you a quote for that these days!

[@jacktorrance2633]

"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be"

[@spaced9999]

the geoff capes ad!

[@horrortackleharry]

FYI: Multiply by about 3.2 to get 2018 equivalent price.

[@dududu5189]

Multiply women's weight by 3.2 to get 2022 equivalent weight...

[@GeorgeASFTHM]

The first Superman film (the ad break bumper that we can see at 3:45) was the post-Queen's Christmas Message film on ITV on Christmas Day 1983. Possible date for Superman II ad breaks are Friday 4th January 1985, although I cannot see any 1983 or 1984 transmissions. Ironic that the John Smiths lager advert used the tune of Stop the Cavalary - a Christmas song - in a Christmas Day break at the 5:22 (not the one at 12:40). They used that tune in their adverts all year round back then.

[@MjoEm32]

I'd forgotten the Hofmeister bear for 30 years - freaky experience...

[@Keepingitrespectfulmostly.]

Flake add was very provocative.. 15:25 wow a car with rubber wing mirrors.. whatever next?

[@Fifury161]

Yes, the flake ad was soft porn - along with the 1985 Timotei shampoo ad - kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2jFkp6pqZeUqc0

[@fraserkatie]

This was also the year of the holiday we had when I was little which actually was an OSL holiday!

[@noodle409]

i love that Hi Fi !!!

[@stevegordon5689]

8:21 Skin heads pushing weetabix love it !!!!

[@whatshisname3304]

Bob Hoskins, not just any skinhead.

[@mattw8332]

I never knew that there was a John Smiths lager!

[@brickbat246]

An independent furniture retailers still trades in Lucius Street - it's now called Charltons Buswells is now H&P Buswell

[@caxtonman]

A time when we all had money to spend - now we are all skint!

[@0ceanicify]

The guard was Arthur Mullard.

[@fraserkatie]

My mother worked for Wings holidays once.

[@RobinCarmody]

that was why the IBA forced them to get rid of the ads.

[@superbob6563]

17.15 Systematic kitchen under 90 quid. Wonder if there's any left

[@AR-dn6kh]

Sanyo at currys, Dixons and rumbelowes. only one left nowadays, shame!

[@TheKonga88]

Lucario Gamer3000 And Tandy's 😃😃😃😃😃

[@atoach]

Roberts of Truro ... Waterstone's bookshop now.

[@emmah491]

04.54. £279 for a stereo in 1983!!??!! You could tell it was the 80's Lots of rich bankers to buy them :-)

[@dominicharkin1637]

I like the Hofmeister advert

[@mrsmoothivpositive2178]

Follow the bear. Has a rather gay slang ring to it.

[@pigknickers2975]

Strange to see adverts that don't ridicule men in some way.

[@anythingbootneck]

pigknickers So very true! It' s just getting worse,.......Feminazi's 😫

[@MancstaSam]

before government mandated political correctness infected and destroyed the UK

[@blazer666del]

Please get back in your cave...

[@jusb1066]

they do, they just insult the intelligence of everybody

[@MyCharlesgreen]

@@MancstaSam weirdo alert

[@christopherhulse8385]

TSW, greatly missed.

[@davidjones6470]

Bloody brilliant

[@gnarlygnarlington]

thanks for those amazing some i forgot until just now: have you got 'if you think you know spain, think again?'

[@captainnemo190]

Robert Powell (Jesus) had a good gig with voiceover work 😊

[@photohunter71]

J,R Hartley,,classic!! OSL holidays,That's Mr Spooner from Are you being served?! Anchor butter when it was from New Zealand and not Denmark like it is now!! hahaha!! Weetabix ad,jeez I remember the crew Bixie,Dunk,Brains,Crunch and Brian! Christmas Turkey,,,you can stuff it! The Nescafe shuffle before it became common parlance for a similar sign! Get a little extra help,to knacker the UK finances in 2008! Texas diy,that'll be homebase now! Was that Doyle from the Professionals in the persil ad? VW Polo with squishy wing mirrors! Fast forward to 2015 and your electric bill is way too expensive and confusing with all those tarrifs. great to see the network ads again though!

[@mollyowens5862]

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[@uhegbu]

You are correct that Anchor, a famous brand of butter originated from New Zealand. You mentioned Denmark with Lurpak leading the way. There was a brand called Krona.

[@basterpolevaldoonican7496]

Harry the Spider's coming out party? :D

[@bethel1019]

What strikes me most is all the posh accents. The regional ones only seem to be used in the funny ads.

[@BlytheWorld1972]

great book ,

[@Scripture-Man]

Ah, I remember all these. I don't remember them looking so old-fashioned though! LOL I always used to love the Hoffmeister and Weetabix ones, and would sing along to that "OK" jingle :) I don't watch adverts any more. I stopped watching in 2004. Modern adverts are vile!

[@barbarakirk7964]

Harry the Spider's coming out party!

[@DarenPage]

"INPUT"

[@gary1961]

... all those adverts and not a web site in sight. Marvellous.

[@Fifury161]

I remember when they started promoting Ceefax or Teletext at the end of an ad (something like "for further information visit page 191 on Teletext")

[@PhilStopford11]

Foster's Ad at around 10 minutes. Check it out against the"new" ones currently on the tellybox. Hmmm

[@ggagg123]

Weetabix like a bunch of skin heads, genius! :D

[@TheKonga88]

Ben G OK 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@craiggilchrist4223]

I was suffering with Cancer treatment in 83 and I lost my hair due to the treatment and I used to get called the Weetabix kid. I was 7 then, im 44 now.

[@LeoHodges]

If you know what's good for you, you do! OK!

[@anthonydaniels1365]

I'd forgot about the wheetabix men and the wheetabix lady lol I don't remember any of these adverts as I was only four lol

[@Hellwyck]

+anthony daniels They were WEETABIX, not WHEETABIX

[@barbarakirk7964]

Was that David Troughton (Bob Buzzard in A Very Peculiar Practice and the headmaster in Outnumbered) in the Haze ad?

[@doncristobalaspee5925]

Learn to program for fun and the future!

[@differentname8051]

I remember that very magazine, I had the Dragon32. Hours of typing in a program only to never get it to run, Syntax error message appearing on the screen. I was convinced that there was printing error in the magazine, never did get it to work. Wow 31 years later and I can still recognise the pages from a crumby mag.

[@GEricG]

+wayne murphy The Dragon 32: wow there were so many home computer options in the early 80s: Dragon, Acorn Electron, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum etc.

[@carpincrackers4395]

I used to get the same magazine,, I had a Commodore 64 as a kid and remember well the syntax errors that were a constant pain in the back side, the main thing this magazine taught me was the use of “ poke “ commands that I used to activate cheat codes etc, Happy memories.

[@dududu5189]

I had an MSX. Same errors. Bought a C64 2 years later. Couldn't give a fig about BASIC by then and just played games on tapes.

[@gremlinuk1968]

was 15 , back then,, northern ireland,, but dont know all them,,!

[@markgenner3391]

Starts Ten AM Boxing Day

[@ianmerkin6488]

TSW remember all these ads,lol

[@inregionecaecorum]

Cadburys flake, pornography for the masses, I remember those ads along with the manakin ones, hot hot hot.

[@wackosimon]

good old Geoff Capes @14:52

[@Pete4000uk]

And here we are in 2020. Isn't the future great??