Links
Adverts: Viewable online
RealPlayer or similar is required to view these adverts
Whirligig (Commercials section)
A selection of popular UK adverts from the 1950s
TV Ark
Adverts from the 1950s to the 1990s
Dave The Wave’s Classic and Cheesy Adverts
Dave dates his selection at 1988, 1990, and 1992, but some were shown earlier
Visit4Info “Cool Ads “
A great place to find more recent television commercials
TV Whirl
Starts where this site finishes
Cereals commercials
Nearly all unheard of in the UK, but a few you may recognize
Adverts: Lists only
Winspiration and Wickiquote
Lamentably dominated by US advertising slogans
The Free Dictionary: Advertising slogans
Again too many of them are American, but there are some useful dates
The hundred greatest TV adverts
A matter of opinion, but at least they are all from the UK
Quiz about UK TV adverts
Lists 140 slogans, with answers
Advertising slogan Hall of Fame
The best of UK adverts
University of Toronto Chinese Undergraduate Assn: Advertising slogans
An impressive list, but mostly too recent and not from the UK
Sixties advertising
Interesting article from Sixtiescity
Music and actors in UK adverts
Music in TV
Lists numerous resources to help you find a UK jingle or theme-tune
Commercial Breaks and Beats UK
This calls itself the “UK Television Adverts Music Database “, but they are only interested in recent adverts: you won’t find old classics here
UK TV adverts
Excellent site if you want to identify the actors who appear in or do voice-overs for UK commercials, or to listen to the music used
Articles and studies
A short history of British TV advertising (PDF)
Nigel Slater describes his book “Toast “
Museums, libraries, and archives
The Museum of Brands, Packaging, and Advertising
Museum in Notting Hill, London
History of Advertising Trust
Conserving the UK’s advertising heritage
Science & Society Picture Library
Images of household management
History of Advertising Trust
Largest archive of UK advertising in the world
Television programmes from the 1950s
Whirligig
British television and radio nostalgia from the 1950s
Screen Online
British television by decade from the 1950s to the present
Fifties Web
See especially the “Classics TV” link
Histories of some firms that advertised
Cadbury (including Trebor, Bassett, Fry’s)
Nestle’s including histories of Nescafé, Rowntree, and much more
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