Washes Whiter - Britmovie

tellingbone · 16-05-2008, 01:38 AM

I don't suppose anyone has this series on DVD? I had saved it on my PVR but it went t*ts up this morning and I've lost all my recordings.

Cheers

tellingbone.

ShirlGirl · 16-05-2008, 04:56 AM

Never heard of it! Sounds like a commercial for Omo!

smudge · 16-05-2008, 06:03 AM

I am already up for doing another member a set of these and it will be easy enough to do another one at the same time. I hope to get chance to do this on Sunday, so drop me a PM.

It's actually a fascinating series about British advertising, with lots of retro ads - albeit some of them overdubbed with documentary speak, but interesting nonetheless.

The Hard Sell was a similarly interesting series on BBC 4 just prior to the Washes Whiter repeat. It was strange to see the same people in HS (a new series) some years after they had contributed to WW in about 1990...

Smudge

Steve Crook · 16-05-2008, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShirlGirl

Never heard of it! Sounds like a commercial for Omo!

It's a BBC documentary series on the history of commercials on UK TV
There are some episodes on the BBC site

Steve

Joe Fraguela · 16-05-2008, 07:45 AM

I thoroughly enjoyed the 5 part Washes Whiter series on BBC4. Very entertaining and nostalgic. Great to see some long forgotten TV ads.

tellingbone · 17-05-2008, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Crook

It's a BBC documentary series on the history of commercials on UK TV
There are some episodes on the BBC site

Steve

Sadly they are no longer available to view.

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16-05-2008, 04:56 AM	#2
ShirlGirl is Den Mother Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: FollowTheYellowBrickRd Posts: 397 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	Never heard of it! Sounds like a commercial for Omo!

16-05-2008, 07:45 AM	#5
Joe Fraguela is A british b-movie fanatic Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: London Posts: 567 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	I thoroughly enjoyed the 5 part Washes Whiter series on BBC4. Very entertaining and nostalgic. Great to see some long forgotten TV ads.