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Blur – Music is my RADAR

by Mark on July 3, 2004

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Blur - Music is my RADAR

Blur – Music is my RADAR
The first music video by Don Cameron at TSUNAMI. Perfect recreation of the sixties TV studio vibe. Great choreography by Blanca Li and of course, then there’s the track. Setting things in the studio ‘interview pit’ makes the vibe. Just cool. Label: FOOD at EMI.

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Water Privatisation – Handel

by Mark on July 3, 2004

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Water privatisation – Handel
Collett Dickenson & Pearce at its best – classic British advertising humour for Water Privatisation from the height of the Thatcher boom featuring Handel’s Water Music.

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Cinzano – Tiger’s Head

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Cinzano – Tiger’s headThis is CDP again in fine form with the last in the series of Cinzano spots featuring Leonard Rossiter and Joan Collins. Written and directed by Terry Lovelock – famous for “reaches the parts other beers cannot reach” for Heineken – it won Gold at Cannes, London and New York festivals. These [...]

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Barclaycard – Acropolis Now

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Barclaycard – Acropolis NowCDP needed someone very special to present a campaign for Barclaycard VISA. Alan Whicker, the greatly respected journalist primarily famous for his series ‘Whicker’s World’ was chosen. He had previously turned down many offers of commercials but agreed to surrender his advertising virginity because this campaign was perfectly appropriate for him. Creative [...]

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Shredded Wheat – Jaws

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Shredded Wheat – HotelThe first spot for the long-running Shredded Wheat campaign: “bet you can’t eat three”. Neil Godfrey and Tony Brignull were the creative team and Peter Levelle directed. The star of the piece is, of course, Richard Kiel or Jaws from the James Bond films. He couldn’t eat three!

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Shredded Wheat – Botham

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Shredded Wheat – Botham“Bet you can’t eat three” – another line from CDP that has entered common usage. Botham, here in his first appearance for Shredded Wheat is the mystery ‘hard man’ in the hotel room. He is still in the campaign today, 20 years later. That must say something for the product claims. Copywriter [...]

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Olympus – Snapshot

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Olympus cameras – SnapshotDelivering a masterclass in direction and humour, Barry Myers recreated all the atmosphere of a film premiere at The Odeon Leicester Square with hundreds of extras, a great cast and crackling dialogue. George Cole once again misreads everything and everyone. The photographer he mistakes for Bailey coined a phrase which has since [...]

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Olympus – Exhibition

by Mark July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Olympus cameras – SnapshotOne of a long-running and extremely funny CDP campaign for Olympus, this was George Cole’s second outing for the brand. Playing it just like his character in Minder, George hit it off perfectly with David Bailey who, as usual, gets the putdown at the end. Great work came from having very sporting [...]

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Metropolitan Police – If

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Metropolitan Police – IfA terrific film for Metropolitan Police Recruitment. CDP had already done a considerable amount of highly effective and award-winning press and poster work for its client the COI. This spot – one of three – was a real breakthrough at the time (mid 80′s) dealing as it did with issues such as [...]

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Kestrel – Outback

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Kestrel – OutbackTerry Lovelock wrote and David Ashwell directed this very funny spot with voiceover by Leslie Phillips. Kestrel was a new brand and Terry (“reaches the parts other beers cannot reach”) Lovelock felt nothing could beat the authenticity of shooting on location in the lager centre of the world – Australia. Actually it was [...]

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Radio Rentals – Love Scene

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Radio Rentals – Love SceneThe first one in a highly successful campaign for Radio Rentals, ‘Love Scene’ lovingly based on Wuthering Heights was directed by Barry Myers. The spots ran for five years and transformed the third of three competitors into the first. Agency CDP.

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Hamlet – Photobooth

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Hamlet – PhotoboothUndoubtably one of the most famous commercials ever made (voted ‘Ad Of The Century’ by a special jury at Cannes in 1997 sponsored by Leo Burnett and rated 8th best of all time by CH4 in 2000) the Hamlet ‘Photobooth’ ad won more gold awards for CDP than almost any other. Written by [...]

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Colman’s – Jarvis

by admin July 3, 2004 Back catalogue

Colman’s – JarvisA wonderful recreation of 1920′s bright young thing snobbery by creative team Mike Everett and Paul Smith and directormeister Paul Weiland for quintessentially British brand Colman’s Mustard. Agency CDP.

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