• 15 hours ago
These are the adverts that appeared during the broadcast of the film Fiddler on the Roof during Xmas 2001 (or possibly January 2002). There are a couple of familiar faces, including Ricky Tomlinson in his guise as Jim Royle from The Royle Family, a number of celebs playing themselves (such as Patsy Palmer and Linda Robson), plus a young screen appearance by Holby City's Phoebe Thomas in the Patsy Palmer ad for Police recruits (good luck there). There are 5 ad breaks and the commercials that appeared are as follows:
1st break: Fiat Spirito di Punto car (Don't You Want Me garage couple); Going Places travel agents (Ricky Tomlinson on holiday); Smoke alarms (As I went down to the valley to pray song); Clover butter (Pass it here please kid); Finish dishwasher tablets; DFS furniture sale (Boom boom party), then added repeats of Fiat car and Going Places ads (Ricky does in for a dip).
2nd break: Woolworths (Black woman - Lunch box!); Nicorette smoking patch (woman kickboxes cigarette); Police advert (Patsy Palmer, with a young Phoebe Thomas playing a schoolgirl with a drug dealer boyfriend); CentreParcs (What is this life...); Centrum (Traffic warden - Feelgood factor); Currys (camcorder sale); Norwich Union; Strepsils extra tablets; Johnson's baby wipes; Woolworths (Girl waxing - Velcro), then National Lottery double rollover (cartoon dog).
3rd break: Woolworths (Lunchbox); Anti smoking advert; NiQuitin CQ clear smoking patch; Beechams (flu sufferers jumping - I'm still standing); Nokia phone radio player (Girl singing at train station); Woolworths (Velcro), and BT phone (old couple in bath).
4th break: Toyota Corolla car (Kid gets in wrong car at schhool); MFI furniture sale (cartoon); CentreParcs holiday park; BT Cellnet phone offer; FreeServe.com (tree hugging hippies); Woolworths (Video game sale); Homebase sale (ironing boards); Larkwood furniture winter sale; NHS Smoking helpline (Girl from EastEnders), and MFI sale.
5th break: Chrysler car; Give Blood (celebrities such as William Roache, Linda Robson, etc); Flora proactive butter; NiQuitin CQ clear; Gaviscon tablets (Fire eater with heartburn); Lea & Perrins (dinner do with friends); Woolworths video games sale; Sudafed cold tablets; Star Wars magazine; Nurofen headache pills, then TV ad for Britain's Brainiest Teachers quiz show.

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