Simon Dunn

Scriptwriter and Comedian

Ads Of A Feather

Let’s continue our journey into the curious parallel world of sitcom based adverts. Today, we’ll look at a long running campaign featuring Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson, which began at the peak of Birds Of Feather‘s first run on the BBC. It was for Surf.

https://youtu.be/tqnsmxqfkCI
https://youtu.be/xtZIYEX4QO0
https://youtu.be/DHJ2GeaCFlU

Then it just got dirty.

Meanwhile, Lesley Joseph was channelling Dorien for the now defunct supermarket chain Somerfield.

This supermarket makes your willy bigger.

She’s right. They should have gone with BBC Quirke.

This 70s one, featuring Linda Robson, for Sony, has a really nice conceit.

https://youtu.be/pWjMA22q9tk
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