2002 adverts - The Quest (TV drama)

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I wouldn't normally upload adverts from the noughties, as I believe adverts were not as interesting when it got to the year 2000. However, the tape this is on has become affected with mould, so I uploaded them before the tape becomes completely lost. The adverts are from David Jason's autobiographical drama The Quest on April 1st 2002, which was the day after the death of the Queen Mother. The picture quality is fuzzy, the sound is in Mono (sorry), and the adverts aren't particularly memorable (save for the Think! Don't Drive Tired ad and the Prunella Scales Tesco ad), but some may find them of interest. There were 4 ad breaks in total, and the adverts were as follows:
1st break: Vauxhaul Zafira GSi Turbo car; BT Business (Beanbags); Total service station (Patted worker); Direct Line (Breakdown - Rosie Cavaliero); Daily Mail Queen Mum tribute rose offer; FreeServe (Hippies); Rennies tablets (Playboy party); and Vauxhall car, before TV ad for new drama The Forsythe Saga.
2nd break: BMW 7 car (woman swimmer); Palmolive Aromatherapy shower gel; Orange phones (Hello businessman); Public Info ad (Think! Don't Drive Tired); Tesco (Jane Horrocks, Prunella Scales & John Gordon Sinclair - Restaurant ad); Warner Holidays (woman in pool), and HSBC Bank (Different cultures).
3rd break: A6 Sports Quattro car (waterski); Norwich Union (Yoga mum); Daily Mail Queen Mum Rose offer; Heart fm radio (woman pranks sleeping hubby); Crown odourless paint (Nice music); Cancer Research UK (Wedding couples); BT (Wife dumps baby on lazy hubby); and TV ad for Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Newlyweds Special.
4th break: Brita kettle (Woman hides shopping from hubby); Woman watches microwave (don't ask), Aviva water (Babies); McCain wedges (Brothers stuck in doorway); Domestos Ox toilet cleaner; Carole Nash vehicle insurance; Abbey National Bank (laughably claiming this is Serena Williams); PC World; Man listening to music on sofa dancing (another odd ad just entitled "Get Out More") and BT Business (Scream therapy), then a TV ad for The Bill.

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