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Texaco - Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise and James Hunt part two (1977) :60 (UK)

"Mister James, we changed the engine the suspension, and the transmission. We even changed the chassis!"

Yellow Pages - Bill Webster / Sitting on a razor blade (1977) :60 (UK)

Yellow Pages: Bill Webster Sitting on a razor blade

Texaco - Eric and Ernie / James Hunt (1977) :45 (UK)

"You weren't going very far, were you?"

Supersoft Shampoo and conditioners - Coming Attractions (1977) 1:16 (UK)

Set up like a parody of a movie trailer

Senior Service - Tailor-made (1977) :60 (UK)

A man visits a tailor, of sorts, that designs his perfect cigarette for him. "It suits you, sir"

Rawlings - Trade Secret (1977) :45 (UK)

Queen Victoria calls mister Rawlings

Heineken - Sally the musical Seal - (1977) 0:45 (UK)

The maestro has a solution at his fingertips. Because Heineken reaches the parts that other beers can not reach.

Hamlet - Robot Factory (1977) :30 (UK)

At the robot factory, a robot gets his head put on backward. But that's okay because happiness is a cigar called Hamlet.

Daily Express - Ulrike Meinhoff - (1977) :30 (UK)

Twin girls assemble and load guns, as the voiceover tells us about Ulrike Meinhoff, and says: Get the Daily Express, and read about why ordinary women

Olympus - Wedding Photographer / David Bailey (1977) :45 (UK)

So simple, anyone can use it.

EMI - Frank Sinatra / Bees do it / Animals - (1977) :60 (UK)

Animated turtles, octopuses, and rhinos sing Frank Sinatra songs.

EMI - Three Little Girls / Diana Ross and The Supremes - (1977) :45 (UK)

The little babies clapping to "Baby love" is really quite brilliant.

Milk Marketing Board - Milk Race - (1977) :30 (UK)

Ogilvy ad from 1977 - Milk Marketing Board Milk Race

Parker Pens - Finishing School - (1976) 0:30 (UK)

"No no no Felicity, you can't possibly go shopping in Knightsbridge with one of these."

Guinness - Streebe-Greebling Fishing (1976) :30 (UK)

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore do a funny skit about fishing with Guinness

Guinness - Black Pot (1976) :30 (UK)

This Guinness advert won Grand Prix for television advertising in 1976.

Daily Express - Tissue Trail / Howard Hughes (1976) :60 (UK)

"If there was anything Howard Hughes trusted less than people, it was floors. He thought they were contaminated.

Heineken - Nero - (1976) :60 (UK)

Christopher Biggins plays Nero, just like the classic TV show I Claudius where he also starred.

Benson & Hedges - Two weeks / Desert Island (1976) :30 (UK)

"How I survived, I'll never know" he then tells us the pitch that it takes two weeks to get used to Silk Cut.

Parker Pens / Lady Pen - Finishing School - (1976) :30 (UK)

"No no no, Felicitym you couldn't possibly go shopping in Knightsbridge with one of those"

Green Cross Code road safety - Parked Cars (1975) :30 (UK)

Green Cross Code road safety ad Parked Cars from the 1970s by Ogilvy designed to educate kids on road safety.

The Green Cross code - Headquarters (1975) :30 (UK)

The Green Cross code headquarters! 

The Green cross code - "Green cross man - lesson in crossing" (1975) :50 (UK)

Yes, that's Dave Prowse best known for portraying "Darth Vader", here being the good guy helping children cross the street safely. 

Whitbread Gold Label - Pygmies (1975) :60 (UK)

Whitbread Gold Label - Pygmies - 1975

Texaco - Emerson Fittipaldi Interview (1975) :60 (UK)

"He says, Texaco avoline is the best motor oil money can buy"

Supersoft Shampoo - Vikings / Madeline Smith - (1975) :45 (UK)

There go those Vikings again. Rummaging. Pillaging.

Hamlet - Tennis match - (1975) :30 (UK)

Trying to keep up with the tennis match while wearing a neckbrace is a pain.  But happiness is a cigar called Hamlet.

Hamlet - Venus de Milo - (1975) :30 (UK)

Finally, we learn why Venus doesn't have an arm.

Dunn & Co. - Mavis and George - (1975) :45 (UK)

Mavis doesn't like anything that George tries on.

Kinder Surprise - Humpty Dumpty Egg man - (1975) :30 (UK)

I think this was a success, I remember that they showed it to us in adschool and we were all gobsmacked. Still freaks me right the hell out.

Smedley's Sausage Rolls - Sneaky Granny (1975) :30 (UK)

Smedley's Sausage Rolls - Sneaky Granny ad by Ogilvy (1975) Sausage rolls... in a can?
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Benson & Hedges - Istanbul -(1975) 0:60 (UK)

Another spy story from Benson and Hedges.

Ford - Added Values / They ask (1975) :30 (UK)

Ford Added Values TV ad from 1975 by Ogilvy & Mather "They have the knack of producing the right car, at the right time"

Guinness - No Question (1974) :30 (UK)

At the pub a woman keeps asking questions about her husband's Guinness. Why does it look like that? 

Heineken - Policeman (1974) :40 (UK)

To prove that "Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach" they do a lab test on tired policemen's feet.

Nescafe - Married Couple (1974) 0:45 (UK)

It tastes horrid.

Benson & Hedges Special Panatellas - Hat - (1974) :30 (UK)

A man shops for a hat because he doesn't want to get his cigar wet.

Benson & Hedges Mellow Virginia - Boyfriend - (1974) :30 (UK)

A young lady brings home her boyfriend, and much to the mother's disapproval, he lights up a pipe!
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ICI Fibers - The New Way to Dress - (1974) :30

"The new way to dress" in Crimplene for men and Terylene, the new way to dress is in ICI fibers....
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Epicure HP Pickles - "Alouette" (1973) :30 (UK)

They have pickles with the taste that tickles!

Birds Eye Peas - Pod went Pop - Patsy Kensit (1973) :15 (UK)

Birds eye peas, sweet as the moment, sweet as the moment when the pod went "pop"!

Birds Eye Peas - Pod went Pop / Patsy Kensit (1973) :30 (UK)

Birds eye peas, sweet as the moment, sweet as the moment when the pod went "pop"

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Bank Clerk (1973) :30 (UK)

Husband comes home from his last day at the bank, and he's robbed it.

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Dan & Ben (1973) :30 (UK)

My name is Ben, and this here is my brother Dan.

Nescafe Fine Blend - Café - "I know what you want" (1973) :45 (UK)

A man orders a coffee at a café.

Harvey's Bristol Cream - Western Brothers - (1973) 0:45 (UK)

The Western Brothers were an English music hall and radio act, who were popular from the 1930s to the late 1950s, performing self-written topical song

Hovis - Northern life - (1973) :45 (UK)

We walked off to shop after the war my mum and me.

Birds Eye Pies - Ambassador's Wife (1973) :30 (UK)

"The Bolivian ambassador is coming to dinner and the chef's gone off so I sent out for some Bird's Eye."

Benson & Hedges - Underground - (1973) ;30 (UK)

A robbery gone wrong as the gold bars on the other side of that wall are all Benson & Hedges gold cigarettes.

Benson & Hedges - Bullion (1973) :30 (UK)

Three clumsy robbers set out to steal gold bars from the bullion storage space which is only equipped with a ringing alarm that can be silenced with a

Cockburn's Special Reserve - Shipwrecked, and we only saved the port (1973) :30 (UK)

"Davis only had time to bring the port. While it's my after-dinner tipple, what about the rest of you?"
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Cockburn's Special Reserve - Rescued by the Russians (1973) :30 (UK)

"Rescued by the Russians" starring Robin Bailey and Richard Marner. 

Milk Marketing Board - "Pick Up A Pinta" James Bond Live & Let Die (1973) :60 (UK)

Ogilvy ad from 1973 for the NDC - James Bond Live & Let Die

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Dan & Ben - (1973) :30 (UK)

"He'll never be a poor starving artist."

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Bank Clerk's last day (1973) :30 (UK)

It's his last day of work, and his wife wants to cook him a dinner.

Hovis bread - Uphill - (1973) 0:35 (UK)

A young lad works hard for his Hovis.

HP sauce - "Hp sauce is a great British Sauce" / Vacation (1973) :30 (UK)

HP Sauce ad from 1973 - by Ogilvy & Mather

Farley's Rusks "Once a Farleyman, always a Farleyman" (1973) :30 (UK)

Farleys Rusks TV ad by Ogilvy from 1973 Mum Says

Pepsi - The kind of girl I could talk to - (1972) :30 (UK)

Tagline: Lip smackin - thirst quenchin - ace tastin - motivatin - good buzzin - cool talkin - high walkin - fast livin - ever givin - cool fizzin PEPS

Comfort - Big rough world (1972) :30 (UK)

The only thing between your family and the big rough world outside is their clothes, and you. 

Drink the Clean drink - Cossack Vodka - office party, Saturday, Countryside - print 1972

"I never realized that nice Mr. Smithers had such pretty green eyes"

Younger's Tartan Special Ale - Bonfire Party (1972) :30 (UK)

Now you can be miles away from your favorite bar and still enjoy your favorite beer.

Birds Eye Beefburgers - Gangster - (1972) :30 (UK)

The ditzy blond who is the gangster's girlfriend doesn't quite understand the dire situation and suggests ordering Birds Eye Beefburgers

Birds Eye Desserts - Oliver Twist / More - (1972) :30 (UK)

The classic scene from Oliver Twist has Oliver wanting more - because he's been served Birds Eye dessert like peach and cream flavor, raspberry r

Lucozade - One up, One still in bed - (1972) :30 (UK)

One up, one still in bed.

Benson and Hedges - Border exchange - (1972) 0:55 (UK)

The dramatic exchange. What's in the case? What a thrilling spy story,

Parent's Leaflet PSA - Under your feet is better than under a car. (1972) :30 (UK)

This ad warns of the dangers of letting your kids play outside with the most brutal endline. Under your feet is better than under a car.

Lucozade - One Up, One Still in Bed (1972) :30 (UK)

O&M Lucozade ad from 1972 One Up, One Still in Bed

Schweppes - Schhhh / Speech (1972) :30 (UK)

O&M Schweppes Tonic Water ad Speech from 1972

Unigate Milkman - Now delivers bread - Television 1971, UK

In 1971 I’d just started at BMP as a junior copywriter. Unigate wanted to tell housewives that their milkmen now delivered bread.

Guinness - Beach / Guinness Cold (1971) :30 (UK)

Cold Guinness was a new idea, so in this ad, a clever pub landlord walks out on the beach to pour himself an ice-cold Guinness, which causes a stamped

Guinness - First taste (1971) :30 (UK)

A man tricks his mate into trying a Guinness, by telling him to keep his eyes closed.

Guinness - The Foreigners (1971) :30 (UK)

The foreigners have no idea how to pronounce Guinness.

Schweppes Tonic Water - Parrot (1971) :30 (UK)

Schweppes Tonic Water TV advert by O&M Parrot 1971

British Chicken - Margaret Powell / Luxury food we can all afford (1971) :15 /UK)

O&M British Chicken ad from 1971 - starring Margaret Powell

Schweppes Slimline - Party - less than one calorie (1970) :30 (UK)

Schweppes Party TV ad from 1970 by Ogilvy & Mather

Lucozade - "a day at the Zoo" (1970) :30 (UK)

1970 - Lucozade Zoo

The Observer - The Mind Of A Child (1970) :30 (UK)

Between the ages of naught and five, your child will develop characteristics that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Guinness - The ages of man (1970) :50 (UK)

This is possibly the last black and white Guinness ad, and it is the first one created by ad agency J. Walter Thompson.

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