Barclays Bank got to use both the actors from Dad’s Army, AND the character names. That’s unusual for sitcom based adverts, and setting it in a bank is a good touch too.
Why do I find that voice over so ominously terrifying?
They even get a catchphrase in … shame they didn’t get any comedy in.
I’m not showing you the Rawlings advert he did for Tonic Water, but you will be able to find it easily enough.
And these sound absolutely disgusting.
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For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…
Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…
