I can’t think of any examples of Nicholas Lyndhurst channelling Rodney for adverts, but he did some weird ones for WH Smith in the 90s.
And some dull ones for British Gas.
Although I still like that thumb effect at the end. Then there’s this one.
And one for a company no-one remembers.
More than once, amazingly.
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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…
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