What Newspaper Giveaways Would You Suggest?

[Mr Cosmo]

The Daily Mail and The Sun and others have plundered the "Carry On" series, and some of the Ealing back catalogue - but if you had to think of other things for newspapers to give away -what would you choose. (Who knows - someone may read this and get the idea.)

My thoughts
Great British TV comedies - mostly from the 1970s and include...
Man About The House, Please Sir, Love Thy Neighbour, For Love Of Ada, On The Buses (and its sequels), - any more?

"Till Death Us Do part" and "Up Pompeii" have already been released as freebies so I didn't include them.

Great British Films Of The 60s- include
The Family Way, Accident, Just Like A Woman, The Servant, I'm All Right Jack, Heavens Above, Take A Girl Like You, The Fast Lady, King And Country, etc

I thought about Hammer films but of course too many of them are 15 and 18 certificates which would make them difficult to give away and the same goes for an idea about "The Great British Sex Comedy".

Any other ideas?

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by Mr Cosmo The Daily Mail and The Sun and others have plundered the "Carry On" series, and some of the Ealing back catalogue - but if you had to think of other things for newspapers to give away -what would you choose. (Who knows - someone may read this and get the idea.) My thoughts Great British TV comedies - mostly from the 1970s and include... Man About The House, Please Sir, Love Thy Neighbour, For Love Of Ada, On The Buses (and its sequels), - any more? "Till Death Us Do part" and "Up Pompeii" have already been released as freebies so I didn't include them. Great British Films Of The 60s- include The Family Way, Accident, Just Like A Woman, The Servant, I'm All Right Jack, Heavens Above, Take A Girl Like You, The Fast Lady, King And Country, etc I thought about Hammer films but of course too many of them are 15 and 18 certificates which would make them difficult to give away and the same goes for an idea about "The Great British Sex Comedy". Any other ideas?

a selection of Basil Dearden films, a very good director

[faginsgirl]

Classic espisodes of corri (Ena Sharples etc b&w).

Episodes of when the boat comes in and Monty Pythons flying circus.

The films of Diana Dors

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[faginsgirl]

Also, upstairs downstairs, but I have a feeling that has been done.

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[julian_craster]

For newspaper freebie DVDs there are several factors:

Sales of the existing commercial DVD have to be stagnant......

The DVD has to have already been rated by the BBFC, to avoid this additional fee [of well over £1000].....

The film has to be of sufficicient interest (stars/director/themes) to persude casual buyers to purchase the paper - this is the whole point of the exercise...

Different papers require different types of films based on their readership....

No 18 certificate films, or lower rated films with excessive bad language/sex/violence....

Daily Mail and DT have more 'over 60' readers for whom the old stars like Dirk Bogarde have appeal .....

the film must niot have been previously issued as a freebie......

US studios do not generally do deals for freebies........

Only Guardian and Independent readers can read quickly, so sub-titles are out....

[Edward G]

Julian, I just love that line about sub-titles.
Maybe they should actually include sub-titles that explain the plot as it goes along, to help the non-Guardian "thickies"!

Originally Posted by julian_craster For newspaper freebie DVDs there are several factors: Only Guardian and Independent readers can read quickly, so sub-titles are out....

[Harleybloke]

Ryan's Daughter?

[lordtednfs]

Toilet Paper! Going on comments made, that's all newspapers are fit for.

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[stevie boy]

I would imagine ,in time, that the Norman Wisdom films will be given away.

[batman]

Originally Posted by stevie boy I would imagine ,in time, that the Norman Wisdom films will be given away.

That's because no one will want to buy them!

[stevie boy]

Originally Posted by batman That's because no one will want to buy them!

I got the Norman box set a matter of taste I know, but good clean knockabout fun

[julian_craster]

A British thriller/noir collection.......

[Edward G]

Norman Wisdom's name should simply not appear in this thread.
These movies stand up very well and are WAY above the level of the trash that usually accompanes DVD giveaways.... I bought the box set and have to say Wisdom's films in the main are still packed with great laughs. How can you not like the support as well, with the likes of Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde, Hattie Jacques, Thora Hird, leslie Phillips etc?
Talent and quality never go out of fashion.....

Originally Posted by stevie boy I got the Norman box set a matter of taste I know, but good clean knockabout fun

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by Edward G Norman Wisdom's name should simply not appear in this thread. These movies stand up very well and are WAY above the level of the trash that usually accompanes DVD giveaways.... I bought the box set and have to say Wisdom's films in the main are still packed with great laughs. How can you not like the support as well, with the likes of Margaret Rutherford, Jerry Desmonde, Hattie Jacques, Thora Hird, leslie Phillips etc? Talent and quality never go out of fashion.....

Norman Wisdon is like Marmite. People seem to either love him or hate him.

Me, I love him as well

Steve

[smiffy]

Originally Posted by Steve Crook Norman Wisdon is like Marmite. People seem to either love him or hate him. Me, I love him as well Steve

He can't do any wrong for me , True comedy classics IMHO ,and on the subject of Marmite it is something that I wanted to like but never could , My loss ?