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Commercial Breakdown (1989)

Commercial Breakdown poster
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
3 seasons, 26 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series shows funny television commercials from different countries. It collects international ads that were not meant for British audiences and presents them for laughs.

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What happens

Commercial Breakdown is a light entertainment show that shows humorous television advertisements from around the world and ran from 29 December 1989 to 3 August 2008 and aired on BBC One. British adverts were initially not allowed because of the BBC's Royal Charter (advertising is completely forbidden on the BBC), but were later permitted provided they were not currently being broadcast. Many of the adverts were international, which means they were not selling items on the British market. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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