Our second episode takes a short hop back to the late 80s. It’s the first Saturday night of 1988, and our New Year’s Resolutions are marked by intellectual aspiration. So we’re settling down to a night of Channel 4. But will the ads be in keeping with this loftiness?

Well, despite watching commercial television, we’re not beyond the reach of Auntie, and she’s gone nuclear. Save & Prosper implore us to erm, invest and, possibly, prosper.

Carlsberg rise to the occasion by rolling out the good stuff. Simpsons of Piccadilly hound us with their shouty sales message. Thomas Cook are cleverer than they seem. Excell Communcations essay a pocket-sized symphony of 80s go-getterdom, and Abbey National reassure us we’re in safe financial hands by injecting some real peril, right at the death.

Contains the correct amount of swearing.

You can find the ad break in question here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lilerSSqR50

Many thanks to VintageLynx for releasing this clip into the world.

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