Name: Matey advertisement by Transdiffusion in Advertisements
Duration: 30 s
Description: Early 1970s advertisement for Matey bubble bath.

Episode 37: Apple TV loses $1 billion a year, Channel 5 changes name again

May 2025: Sky launches UK version of Saturday Night Live, ITVBe replaced by ITV Quiz, Channel 4 commissions Virgin Island, Gavin & Stacey voted most overrated show ever, ITV cancels Pictionary, Simon Cowell tops TV Rich List, Celebs Go Dating announces line-up, AI predicted to replace presenters within ten years, Channel 4 axes Naked Attraction, Britain’s Got Talent accused of fakery

Episode 38: Sky launches UK version of Saturday Night Live, ITVBe replaced with ITV Quiz

June 2025: ITV cuts hundreds of jobs in daytime 'bloodbath', ITV Quiz reveals launch schedule, Britain's Got Talent loses 15 million viewers, Channel 4 commissions Handcuffed with Jonathan Ross, BBC launches Love At First Laugh, Genius Game named ITV's biggest flop ever, BBC documentary explores the world's weirdest reality show, Popeye and Tintin enter the public domain

Episode 39: The truth behind ITV's daytime 'bloodbath', ITV Quiz launches

Radio 1 Jingles 1988

Valerie Geller author of the recently published "Beyond Powerful Radio" (3rd edition)  reveals her steps towards successful and powerful communicators within audio, and how they have manifested within the UK's popular radio broadcasters.

As well as exploring how sound media can effectively adapt towards screen media platforms.

More about the book can be found at https://www.beyondpowerfulradio.com/
and more insights and tips can be read on  https://gellermedia.com/

Beyond Powerful Radio - A Chat With Valerie Geller

July 2025: The BBC drops Gregg Wallace's final series of MasterChef, Channel 4 orders The Bonnie Blue Story, the BBC reboots Hole In The Wall, ITV launches Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters, ITVX merges with Disney+, Amazon gives Phoebe Waller-Bridge $100M for nothing, who killed Saturday morning TV?

Episode 40: MasterChef dropped after Gregg Wallace scandal, Channel 4 orders Bonnie Blue special

This month, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of ITV's Quizmania. 

Launched on the 12th August 2005, Fremantle's Quizmania went on to become the world's most successful interactive game show, with international versions in Australia, Poland, Colombia, France, Portugal and China.

Quizmania creators Chuck Thomas and Debbie King revisit ITV's late night phenomenon with Greg Scott and Flash Sawyer.

Episode 41: Quizmania 20th Anniversary Reunion

September 2025: ITV replaces Saturday night line-up with repeats, Stranded On Honeymoon named BBC One's biggest flop ever, Simon Cowell joins Netflix for The Next Act, Channel 4 brings back Brookside, Mel & Sue's comeback flops with Win Win, Alison Hammond launches new singing contest for Channel 4, Sky poaches Gemma Collins, Gary Lineker beats Ant & Dec at the NTAs, Channel 4 orders dating show for blood donors.

Episode 42: Gary Lineker Beats Ant & Dec At The NTAs, Channel 4 brings back Brookside

The groovy soundtrack of a television advertisement for Omo from the 1960s.

Omo advert

Despite the official disapproval of Radio Luxembourg, government quangos had no problem placing adverts with the Grand Duchy's international radio station. Here the Milk Marketing Board urges us to never bicker with a vicar but drinka pinta quencha thirst.

Rules to Live By (according to the Milk Marketing Board) in 1965

Kellogg's Rice Krispies give your child snap, crackle and pop in 1967

Rice Krispies advert

A 1965 television advertisement for Huntley & Palmers biscuits.

Huntley & Palmers

Recorded off Granada in 1964, here's an advert for National Benzole petrol, with a slightly disappointing statistic.

National Benzole petrol 1964

Early 1970s advertisement for Matey bubble bath.

Matey advertisement

Many thanks to https://soundcloud.com/bobbylee for this excellent mix featuring the mellow side of Black Sabbath. Track list to follow at: http://www.aordisco.com

Balearic Sabbath by Robert E Lee

The independent broadcasting authority since 1964

Matey advertisement

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