You either love or hate TV ads. But however you feel, you can't deny they have the power to make us laugh, cry, and even – of course – go shopping.
Often products will be pushed by huge celebs, such as Elton John advertising Cadbury's Fruit And Nut chocolate in the 1980s, or Hollywood star Kevin Bacon currently serving as the face of mobile brand, EE.
But sometimes ads will make stars of the people appearing in them – Melanie Sykes first shot to fame in the 1990s, after becoming the face of Boddingtons bitter, and later hosted her own TV show.
And way back in 1979, a young Brad Pitt starred in an ad for tubes of Pringles crisps. But TV adverts weren't always so slick when they first popped up on British screens, an incredible 68 years ago.
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