Egg Marketing Board: Sheila No. 2
Sparkling TV ad, as British cinema's New Wave reaches TV advertising via theatre director Joan Littlewood.
Kitchen sink drama and advertising might not seem natural bedfellows, but this ad series billed itself as the first that 'dares to present human beings as human beings'. It was directed by the 'Mother of Modern Theatre' Joan Littlewood, and starred Avis Bunnage, one of her Theatre Workshop regulars. Realist or not, the resulting ads are immensely charming.
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Go to Work on an Egg
A cracking collection of adverts from the heyday of the Egg Marketing Board, when the likes of comic giant Tony Hancock and football legend George Best persuaded viewers to go to work on an egg.
Confused? Let Tony explain why happiness is egg-shaped. Lift the lid and dip into this selection and we promise you’ll be eggstatic.
25 videos in this collection
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Egg Marketing Board: Dilys Laye
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Eggs for the Market
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Egg Marketing Board: Sheila: No. 2
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Egg Marketing Board: Sheila: No. 1
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Egg Marketing Board: Aunt Et'll Get you
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Egg Marketing Board: Avis Bunnage
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Egg Marketing Board: George Best (Footballer)
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Egg Marketing Board: Go to School on an Egg
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Egg Marketing Board: Have a Smashing Time (Beryl Reid)
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Egg Marketing Board: Jack Hulbert
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Egg Marketing Board: Majorie Proops
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Egg Marketing Board: Bargain (Beryl Reid)
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Egg Marketing Board: Omelettes: Patricia Hayes
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Egg Marketing Board: Teenage Bride (Cheap Eggs)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Average Englishman)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Carpenter)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Continental Breakfast )
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Crossword)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Posters)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Professional Jealousy)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Soldiers)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Violinist)
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Egg Marketing Board: Tony Hancock (Wolf Cub)
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