Episode 11 – For Sale. Correction Fluid. Barely Used. (June 1986 Yorkshire Television – Alliance & Leicester, Total Yoghurt, Volkswagen, Nurofen, Walkers Crisps, Xerox, Frontier Nightclub)

So, double figures reached, once more unto the breach.And brace ourselves we must as we venture into the wilds of God’s Own County. Luckily, southern softy Martin has Yorkshire Television native Jon to be his guide. At first, it’s hard to see anything different, the ads are as reassuringly national and branded as always. First, we learn that when two great building societies meet, it is a humbling experience.“Let me hear your bo-bozouki’s ringing out, honey disconnect the fridge” we then cry as we expand our culinary horizons with strained yoghurt presented to the strains of Greek music.We then go back to something rarefied and soothing and debate what sort of car denotes how recently you earned your fortune, all the to backdrop of the retelling of a close encounter of the voice-over artist kind. Next we reminiscence on headache-induced first encounters with a magnum opus, and then learn a surprising amount about neolithic history from a neophyte crisp brand. We watch and re-watch an ad for Xerox, yet still do not copy, before finally getting deep down and dirty in the deep dales. We appraise the most local ad we’re ever likely to encounter, and then one of us gets misty eyed at a glimpse of the type of 80s club culture soon to be lost to a tsunami of MDMA and lax door policies. Oh, and there’s a few trailers to hitch our wagon to as well.  You can find the ad break in question here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6S84hCyFhk&list=PLgz-lhXv5NMneIqCYzyCl-LylXrsS1DV6&index=2We mention friend of the show Nik’s great broadcaster logo t-shirts in this episode – here’s a link to his store: https://beebthings.redbubble.com Many thanks to studio2television for releasing this clip into the world. If you remember any of these ads and want to comment on them, or the show in general, you can find us here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568524318900 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.