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In this video we react to 10 of the most effective British TV adverts. These are probably the most powerful PSA's we've ever seen. This was actually Lindsay's first time exploring British adverts and they moved her to tears!
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Do any of y'all remember that advert about speeding with the little girl leaning against the tree, saying "if you hit me at 40 there's an 80% chance I'll die"
Yes! I thought that one would be on the list, that one always sticks with me!
Definitely another horror-film-like one… all her bones unsnapped as she stood back up
oh my word i remember my teacher showing us that in a science lesson and it has always stuck in my mind
Ahh yes the nightmare fuel
Yes that always stuck with me, especially when I was in high school and see a little girl, no older then six/seven get hit my a BMW speeding. He hit her so hard she ended up the opposite side of the road I thought she died but luckily my next door neighbour is a nurse and I ran to get her. I will never forget the sound of the car hitting her and her screaming for her parents 😢was so heartbreaking. The driver ended up leaving the scene so it was a hit and run. This happened in the UK. That’s why I will never drink and drive or use my own home while driving, all it takes is a split second and so many lives can change for the worse. Sorry for the long message but that video reminded me of what I see when I was a teenager
Pro tip for the future. IF you ever plan on watching more UK adverts like this, make sure you have some John Lewis Xmas Ads on standby.
I find them a bit too contrived and saccharine for my taste. I did like the skateboarding one. It was very natural and had a little humour to balance it out but still got the message across.
the hovis "travel in time" ad was stunning in its layout
oh my gosh yes do the christmas ads!
Yep
Lol,I like that, unless it's the pedo in the moon! GO FOR THE GORILLA PLAYING DRUMS!😅😊
I was dumped at Dr Barnardos at 10 days old in Stepney - im now 58 years old & im eternally grateful for the organisation that got me a loving family within 2 years & got me a second chance at life, even though i was too young to remember any of it - not everyone had a happy ending like mine - Thank you Barnardo's ❤
Did you ever reach out, or did they reach out to you, your biological parents?
@@DL-zq5ie I found I had a biological sister 2 years older she was kept by my mother, she found me at 14 years old (with the help of salvation army) & eventually she traced our biological father (and new family) & slowly the whole story unravelled, it was sad but you can't change history. The people that adopted me were a fair bit older but I learned old fashioned values & that's not a bad thing - they were loving, caring & took time with me - an important factor missing from so many families these days. They are now long gone but I owe my allegiance to them - they will always be mum & dad to me, all made possible by Dr Barnardo's.
Stepney Green East London?
@@wheelie_1988 yes
@tommyxbones5126 not the same anymore. I live down the road from there. Bow matter of fact.
There's one advert where there's a class of young kids sat in a field on a trip, and at the same time there's a fella on his way to work using his phone. He goes through a brick wall and flattens every single kid in less than a second. Screen goes black and it says something along the lines of "Every year approximately 30 children are killed by careless drivers"
Its short, brutal and VERY effective
With high meme potential (sorry just trying to make the mood a lil lighter)
@@h0td0gwater yeah I have seen some good memes using that ad 😂
My class got made to line up outside when a few of us laughed at that ad
@@sw33ts0ur4 yeah I had a similar experience at school 😄
Yeah it was an advert that was made here in Northern Ireland years back
Don't worry about being so upset. You'd normally only see one of these adverts at a time. You're watching 10 back-to-back!
So true , I was thinking exactly the same, and the next day everyone was saying did you see that ( 1 ) advert last night 💔
And they’re usually on relatively late as to account for the kids being in bed and not seeing it. And they’re not shown on childrens TV channels either. The most you’d see on those are ads for toys lol
Don't be dense. We're talking about the actual ads they were watching. The fact it's on UA-cam doesn't make it less impactful. @@cmcc3721
I think some of these were shown predominately in cinema's during age restricted movie's to eliminate the chance of under age people seeing them in particular the motor neuron and helen bamber ads i don't remember seeing either on terrestial tv but do remember the emma thompson ad before an 18 screening at the cinema
@@pauldootson7889 pretty sure i have seen all of them after the 9 o'clock watershed to be honest.
Grew up in the 70s/80 - things I learned from public info films.
1. Don’t play near open water
2. Don’t play on an icy lake
3. Don’t play on rail tracks.
4. Stop,look listen crossing roads.
5. Don’t go with strangers
6. ‘Clunk Click Every Trip’ - this is closely related to no’5.
7. Oh and don’t be a litter bug.
The railway one traumatised me to the point i was scared on actual rail crossings. I live right near the crossing barrier so it was problematic lol
i am only 19 and we watched these in school, still traumatized me
Don't play near power lines.
Dont play near BBC Television Centre.
They need to bring back the Green Cross Code, updating it to deal with heads buried in mobile phones.
Years ago I saw an advert set in a classroom with a little boy next to an empty desk talking about how his friend had been killed by a drunk driver. His final words "he was my best friend" went through me like a knife and I swear to God I have never drunk even a drop if I'm driving ever since.
Brilliant Barry, absolutely brilliant
Durham?
These aren’t always on tv cause they are long and deep and they seem to all have stories
In the words of Penguinz0, there is absolutely NO excuse for drunk driving when taxis and ubers are readily available. It is the most selfish, disgusting crime a human being can commit.
You can still be over the limit on way to work. Infact a lot get caught early in the morning by police.
I'm from the UK, and I can confirm the ads you're watching, most anyway, we're played after 9pm!
I saw a few of these after 6 but before 9. Mostly the SJA ones
They will play cut version before the water shed
Re the Motor Neurone Disease ad..I worked with a guy for many years who always seemed healthy, then one day he didn't turn up for work like he was supposed to. A few hours later we were told he'd been rushed into hospital and had been diagnosed with MND. A month later he reurned to work but had lost complete use of his left arm. Some time later he stopped turning up for work...we knew something had happened. He died shortly after and to be honest myself and most of our colleagues never really understood exactly how terrible MND is until he died, we were devastated. This was three years ago and we still miss him like crazy, he had the most amazing persoanlity. Seeing this ad again after all this time brought it all back to me and I am not ashamed to say I teared up too. RIP Pecky, we miss you mate. From everyone at Stannah in Andover.
Before I retired from nursing I looked after 2 men (not at the same time) with MND. Both were only in their 50s, it's an awful thing to witness someone dying from it, such a cruel condition
Thats a reminder to me. Many years ago i took out some people from stannah lifts in Andover for an advanced driving course.
Sympathies to all there at your loss
I have never seen any of those adverts. Ever.
What causes that type of disease? As in the video it just showed the woman just slip over so I was just a little confused
@@johnhewett9483 thanks mate, we all took it really badly, Pecky was an incredible guy.
The "THINK!" adverts are always impactful as well. The UK and EU don't play when it comes to getting an important message through
That "live with it" one will always stick with me. You know that one where the little ginger kid was accidentally killed by the driver and he sees him laying there everywhere he goes. That bit where he's under the computer desk nah
@@wrghty The chills from the memories.. used to give me nightmare
And they play throughout the day always remember seeing the last one before I went to school then after school
The Irish DOE SHAME advert was brutal, was wondering why I never seen it in these reactions, it’s absolutely brutal, I was 7 when it aired and I still remember it to clear as day.
@@wrghty yeah omfg that’s ingrained in me. I’m 27, that advert was powerful and haunting as a kid and I still can see images of that exact advert 🤧 chills
The best advert for me has always been ‘Like most victims, Julie knew her killer…’
It was on tv when I was around about 10 and 23 years later I still remember it and the message.
Oh my god YES!! I was fully expecting that one to be on this list! I can still picture it so clearly in my head, so impactful.
@@nataliereid5262 I was fully expecting the little girl being hit by a car one, the speed limit one. The one where the little girl is talking and she says soemthing like "If you hit me at 40 MPH, there's about an 80% chance I'll die.". I remember that one so well, it's ingrained into my head, and I don't drive, but I know SO many people who said that advert made them really watch their speed when driving, especially in areas kids are a high risk of being hit(near schools, etc..).. I think it was called "The Limit Is 30 For A Reason" or something along those lines.
Defo!
@@HillsideReptilesthat brought back memories. I can still hear her voice...
Yeah, that one was fucked.
Barnardos helped me after being taken into social services care due to child abuse and neglect and I’ll forever be thankful to them for helping me feel safe again ❤
Barnardo's is the only charity I donate to. xx
Ive heard so many horror stories about bernados (mostly teens being retraumatised by bernardos' untrained volunteers c.2000s) so all these comments sharing how helpful they've been for them is such a relief and a joy, thank you for sharing❤
@@h0td0gwater they were absolutely amazing with me especially given I was so unpredictable and probably stressed them to the max. Honestly couldn’t fault them
My dad grew up in a children’s home, not a Barnardo’s one. At certine time in the year he would donate from his pay one old penny, you might think this isn’t much but he worked for British Rail and most gave, it was not missed out of his pay but when added to all the other pennys it was a far bit. This was the 50/60s.
Gid Bless you dear! 🙏⚖️🙏
I was surprised not to see the “if you hit me at 40 advert” that was horrific when I was young. These are traumatic but necessary. We learned so much growing up about house fires, road crossings and a lot more.
I STILL think of that now, even though I probably haven't actually seen it for about 25 years.
I've seen it and I didn't like it or understand it
@@scout_princessit’s about driving distance e and braking
Yea I remember that one!! 🥺
I was waiting for that one. Very effective advert
These aren’t even the worst, seeing kids being hit by a train at a level crossing or burned to death playing in a sub station are even more horrific, UK hits hard to get the message across this is life people it happens EVERYDAY
remember the one where a group of school kids are having a picnic and a car crashes over the fence and barrel rolls right on top of them? gave me nightmares as a kid lmao
Those were the ones that were shown in the 70s and 80s . Those ones would not be shown today. They had the desired impact . The ones shown here are tame in comparison to the old ones.
Exactly, i remember being in primary school at like 8yo being shown those videos in the 80's, they were brutal.
@@H4WK6969they still showed some on primary school around the early 2010s.
Remember some guy being shown having no legs due to getting zapped by an overhead train line or something like that
that was an ad from Ireland! @@cat5281
As someone from the UK, who did have someone to look up to (my foster carers) thanks to social services (cps for the americans
I remember the advert about the iron, mum leaves the iron unattended,baby crawling on the floor pulls the cord 😢
That advert has stuck with me since a child
Oh yes, I remember that one. They showed that one here in Australia, or at least an Aussie version of it.. 🇦🇺🐨
Me too.
That actually happened to a family friends toddler but with the kettle that had just been boiled. Had to have skun graphs for years after
That is etched in to my mind ...no one understands why I freak out if someone is ironing and there is a toddler in the room
I remember that one too, it was horrific yet impactful.
There is an advert where a mother hasn’t strapped her child in the back seat, she has an accident and the child is propelled forwards and the child’s head caves in his mothers head and kills them both that is the most unforgettable advert I remember as a kid the blood is everywhere
Yeah that was gruesome but I’m all for these PSAs. Probably prevented it from happening dozens of times or they’d still be running them.
@@Millennial_Manc yes they hit hard because it is life and we shouldn’t shy away from matter of fact, I’m lobbying Government to install compulsory first aid, CPR and defibrillator training in secondary schools please support
@@gmdhargreaves I was a first aid trainer some years ago and I never shut up about encouraging everyone to contact St John Ambulance of British Red Cross and go on a public course. They have courses on Saturdays and evenings across the UK and you can book online. £50-£60 inc VAT. Red Cross offer a different 1 day course focusing on babies and children. These public courses are aimed at everyone… young teenagers to pensioners.
Some people say they go to far but I remember that ad and it forces you to understand a simple act of strapping a child in or wearing their seatbelt will prevent that horror. It works.
I remember that one! Didn't it go something like 'After Johnny killed his mother, he sat back down'? Because he kind of bounced out of his seat, smashed into his mum then sat back in his seat.
It certainly made me check my adult kids have their belts on if they're sat behind me. 😂
It’s the one thing I truly appreciate about being British, we don’t do sugar coating! Long may it continue, because adverts like these grab the attention and stay with you!
agreed100%
I’m going to STRONGLY disagree. There is a HUGE reason why these would ALL be illegal in the US. Not one of these actually tells the people who are watching the ads HOW TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DISCUSSED. You may remember the ads, but how much have you donated to any of these companies? Can you actually name the companies who paid for these ads? It would never be allowed over here. Ever.
They always have website and phone numbers at the end if they're raising money. Or a direct donation text message associated e.g. text £10 to 54321.
Quite a few of these aren't made by companies they're public health ads from a gov agency like the test your smoke alarms one.
@@joshuacoldwater
@@joshuacoldwater Pretty much everyone knows St John’s Ambulance, Bernardo’s, The Red Cross, Save The Children… many people donate too… these charities have been ongoing for years and years, so I’d say they are definitely effective. I also personally know people who volunteer with the likes of The Red Cross and St John’s Ambulance.
Not to mention that many of these charities also have ways and means of garnering attention and support, via charity shops, door to door fundraising, participating in events such as marathons, many have even been known to bag up people’s shopping at supermarkets to raise money… so I’d say they know how to stay pretty relevant. It’s also estimated that funds raised in the U.K. is in the billions almost each year.
@joshuacoldwater I can't tell if you're serious or not..?
First of all, we absolutely know most of these charities already. Barnardo's, for example, is very common and one you see lots in schools as a child. Most school children probably do fundraising for them at some point too.
Secondly, the point of many is simply a PSA. A warning. Learn first aid, check your smoke alarms, don't speed, etc.
Just because you're unable to understand them doesn't mean the rest of us can't. They're incredibly effective, as are all the other PSA adverts in the UK. Road safety, rail safety, electricity, fires, etc.
We KNOW they wouldn't be allowed in the US, and that does not say anything positive about the US. You'll advertise a million different prescription drugs, but you won't talk about public safety or difficult realities.
What I love about the “Break the cycle” ad is it is reminiscent of how it feels to grow up in an abusive household.
Agreed
As an English person, these adverts are so normal on TV! They make you cry and shock you so much!
I really love the UK adverts, so thought-provoking
The smoke alarm ad hit so hard, the sale of smoke alarms rose significantly.
And our new house has one right above the oven so whenever we use the grill all the alarms go off, so now when there is an actual fire we're all going to ignore the alarms because we're so used to them going off.
@@Kat-mu8wq In UK the regulations are for a heat sensor in the kitchen rather than a smoke detector for this very reason. Crazy to install it above the oven though!
@@Kat-mu8wq only a silly-billy would install a smoke alarm directly over the cooker!
Under current English legislation - all rented properties MUST have a smoke alarm, inspected once every 5 years (I think)
And now ALL must have a carbon monoxide alarm installed in the kitchen
AND - all gas appliances/boilers must be inspected every year - and the electrics system once every few years (~I think, again)
The responsibility/cost for these inspections lies with the Landlord, or their letting agent
@@catherinewhite8819my heat sensor goes off every time I burn the bacon lol
In the uk certain adverts are on after 9.00pm ( after the watershed)
The fire advert is often played at schools for older children
Spot on 👍. It became a bit of a tradition in our house that as we casually brought up the topic of daylight savings and changing the clocks, one of the kids would always say "don't forget to check the fire alarm"
Steve: Be careful Lindsay, these are quite emotional.
Also Steve: 😭😭😭😭
You guys are great.
The one with the fireman who goes home and hugs his kids whilst explaining how he found two kids who hid in a wardrobe and died of smoke inhalation gets me everytime
As a Brit, I think I must be desensitised to these videos now, we're so used to them! From what I remember, fire and road safety adverts are shown during the day, even the grim ones. At the end of the day, kids need to learn fire and road safety, and if they've been scared, then the advert has worked.
Yeah it's interesting to see a different countries perspective, as like you say I'm so used to them so they don't hit as hard... well some of them anyway.
Me too. I’ve lived in the UK a long time now so I’m used to these types of ads but we had this type of ad growing up in Australia too.
Well I'm British here crying my eyes out. Almost 38 so not even too young to have seen similar adverts growing up.
Pretty sure in the late 80's early 90's a lot of them were shown in schools too
@@roseability86 I think it's a different experience seeing ten back to back and completely focusing on them, versus having them in an ad break where you're probably not paying that much attention and it's followed up by an ad for cillit bang.
The woman in the human trafficking ad advert is the actress Emma Thompson.
Yes, she was very good friends with Helen Bamber, is the president of the 'HB foundation' and gives all her time free, to support their works...
Oscar Winner Emma Thompson. It's an horrific advert - as it should be, it's an horrific thing.
Should be mandatory viewing before accessing Andrew Tate content.
as far as I can recall. One of the most effective traffic adverts was aimed at truck drivers in the UK, I think it was to combat sleeping at the wheel, and it featured a little girl as the main topic. I think when they ran metrics after the campaign, there was a dramatic reduction in accidents.
The worst thing is they’ve stopped these ads due to them being too emotional… this is the point!! Our society has become numb and blinkered to common life issues. We need these ads back
If you texted the number at the end of the tree advert, it directed you to information on how to do first aid and how to support St John's ambulance. By doing that, you were able to see a video where the little boy was saved. It was very effective.
i am not uk based but i know the tree advert, but first time hearing about the the video part where the little boy was saved...genius
Love that!
It doesn't matter what country you're in/from etc. but, kids should really be taught First Aid at school.
norway here, we learned how to swim and do cpr in school when i was a kid and teen,in the 70'ties and 80'ties,born 71.
@@wulfgoldActually, I agree with that so much. A couple of years ago, my son tried to get his First Aid certificate through a short course, but couldn't get the chest compressions right. They use much more force than he thought and despite being given a second chance, still didn't manage.
But if it was brought into schools, children could be trained in certain aspects each year, taught how to get it right if they needed longer to learn, being reminded of the basics annually until they could walk out of school with a full certificate.
It might even encourage more school children to become doctors and nurses.
The CPR advert is genius, have everyone think it’s a happy ending as this guy recovers from cancer only to die by choking. Brilliant way to remind everyone to be prepared
The CPR adverts are good - Vinnie Jones' one with the British Heart Foundation springs to mind as well
@@rickybuhl3176staying alive!
heimlich manoeuvre is such an effective move when someone is choking
@@hayee '..here's one I prepared earlier' 😆
I choked on a bit of beef once.. I popped my fingers down my throat and pulled it out.. Nobody else I was with even moved off their chair.
i remember seeing all of these adverts as a child, many of them would play throughout the day
As a UK resident I feel a responsibility to apologise to you guys. The shock on your faces,😮 bless you both.
After watching this, you get to experience exactly when you need a nice cuppa tea!
This 👆🏻
I was thinking UK chocolate is called for.
Bang on..then maybe an episode of Morecambe and a Wise 😮😮😮
Steve go and make Linsay a cup of tea and biscuits . You know it makes sense .
Actually I think on the 'blubber' monitor, Steve shed more tears than Lindsey.
He was as emotional as she was, they ought to go and make one together and have a hug lol
@@gtaylor331 A LOT of these adverts played on the father's relationship with their child. Steve never stood a chance.
Funny ones next guys!😂🙏🏻💕
English person here! I love that you chose to do content on this, its awesome to see a more serious video on the mix thats still educational as it'll prep travellers for something hard hitting on the telly😅
Most of these ads are pretty old. I remember in my childhood the most hard hitting ones were done by the NSPCC, a children's charity for abuse and neglect. Those always made me tear up. But these types of ads are pretty rare now, you'd be lucky to see one of these a week these days.
These days the few hard hitting ads are typically from charities, often about children walking miles for cholera infested water in africa and such. And there are two or 3 circulating about driving safety, they're part of the "THINK" campaign, which aim to get drivers to remember to be aware of cyclists/motorcyclists, not to drive when tired or drunk etc. One of these ads was banned actually, as it showed a class full of young children on a school trip all be killed as a result of unsafe driving 😬
I've never seen the St John ambulance ads on tv, but I've seen them all from being part of the charity myself. The one where the man survives cancer but dies from choking is one that i recognised.
But overall these types of ads are falling out of favour and are being done less and less, and are mainly shown after watershed, which i dunno if you have in the US, but between the hours of 21:00-0:600 is when more unsavoury content can be found on telly, swearing, scary movies, porn channels etc.
So don't avoid our telly if you come for a visit thinking you're gonna be brought to tears by the ads, you'd miss out on a tonne of great stuff.
Hope this helped 😊
I’m 44 now. I remember every single one of these. They hit home and stayed with us.
One of the Barnardo's charity's most famous sons is Bruce Oldfield. A couture fashion designer. He spent his entire childhood being cared for in Brenardo's foster homes having been abandoned by his parents. He has never pursued a high street line so is not a high street name but those who know, know. He has dressed the rich and famous for decades, including Princess Diana, Diana Ross and more recently he made Queen Camilla's dress for the recent crowning of King Charles.
For part of his childhood he was homed in my city and retains connections here, having being awarded various honours and positions at the two Universities.
It absolutely does not have to end how it began. An abandoned child loved and cared for by a charity, who went on to clothe a Queen. Barnardo's do amazing work.
The author Lewis Thomas was also a Barnardo's boy.
My elderly aunt was a Barnados child. She has nothing but bad memories both of how her mum dumped her there and how she was treated there. Experience is subjective.
@@user-lh8ph3yo5f Yes, that it is.
I broke the cycle of child abuse, as a result of protecting my children’s innocence I’ve lived my life solely alone with them. I’ve become a little hard as a result especially about the world around us but I can PROUDLY say not one of my children has ever been abused. They lived their childhood laughing and knowing they’re loved cause I told them a thousand times every single day of their childhood and they are still laughing as adults.
That's so amazing , I was in a similar situation growing up not violent but mental cruelty unfortunately I turned to drink for a very long time , but I'm now sober 5yrs and my kids have a great relationship with me now and are thriving so it can be done .
Your pride is justified, well done
Your kids are very lucky! You should definitely be proud of that accomplishment. ❤️
@@claregale9011 this has truly made me so happy, be proud of yourself too. There is nothing more overwhelmingly powerful than a mother’s love. Thank you for sharing with me xx
I experienced sexual, violent and mental abuse as a child. I blamed my mother for quite some time thinking it’s her fault she chose men just like her father. But as time went by well into adulthood I realised she was victim of that cycle of abuse too. Her generation had no help to understand why she chose those paths she took. Or how to prevent it.
Our generation knows exactly how to seek answers and questions we’ve not yet asked.
My mum has now passed which destroyed me. I found respect for my mother she was the strongest women Ive known, I’m also sad she never found happiness until she see my youngest being born and all of a sudden her hard frowns disappeared and for the first time I witnessed the love she had buried within. She became a person I’d never seen before. A motherly figure.
@@onlyme6362 I had a very differcult relationship with my mum but like you said she had her own issues as well, but we did it we broke the cycle absolutely we should be proud xx
There’s one from a few years ago about online cyber abuse and it’s a man with a child’s voice. The message is basically: careful who you speak to, you don’t know who is on the other side. Literally shivers. But effective.
The cancer recovery to choking one is so effective cos it really does catch you off guard and comes out of nowhere, much like choking in real life.
It wasn't in this compilation but I remember an advert like this back in the early 2000s
It depicted a man who had hit a child after drink driving. He kept seeing the boys crumpled body in his everyday life like under his desk and outside on the grass in the distance etc.
Absolutely stayed with me and message hit home. They don't make for pretty viewing but help to keep important issues in the public consciousness.
I remember that advert❤🇬🇧
That one always stuck with me too 😢
I don't think I'll ever forget that advert.
As a kid in the 70s we saw warning ads of teens being electrocuted, kids standing on broken bottles on the beach, pulling ironing boards and irons onto babies, tipping pans of boiling water on themselves. You get numbed to the shock value after that at an early age. Those ads were shown pre-watershed, often at lunchtimes. Still, i never did go near the train lines or played with matches, so they worked.
my kid brother knocked a full kettle of boiling water onto himself
thanks to the adverts both me and sister knew what to do
15 mins later he was at A&E and thanks to our quick actions Cooling area, with frozen veg wrapped in clingfilm he arrive home with no scarring
these PIF WORK
i myself was taught CPR at 10 yo
only time i had to use it the ambulance guys said "doing that right carry on while we set up stretcher
The one from northern that gets me is when a classroom of kids are out on a walk and picnic in the forest when a car crashes through the retaining wall and flips over right into all the 4 year olds .
Can you imagine Lindsey watching our Christmas advertising god they make me cry and I have lived with them my whole life.
The Motor Neurone Disease one (ALS) always gets me right in the feels. My old man passed away from it in 2005. He went from the strongest person I've ever known, former soldier and boxer, to a bag of bones that couldn't move, in about 14 months. It's a really rough disease and there's no way of knowing how it chooses you, and no cure.
My headmaster died from MND when I was a teenager in the 80’s. It was hard to watch before he retired. I’ve always thought of it ever since. It’s always sad to hear of someone who has it. It must’ve been so hard to watch your husbands decline. My heart goes out to you.
My uncle passed from MND last year. Terrible disease.
@LadyAuld It was my dad, but the sentiment still stands and I appreciate the kind words. He was 41 when he died, and I will be 41 next year. It's kind of weird to put into perspective like that, because I still feel like a child and he was always this big strong person.
I'm sorry to hear that! I can't imagine how hard that was for you both. It's crazy to me that in this day and age we haven't figured out, at the very least, why it happens. Incredibly sad
when I went to boarding school in the 60's, one of the lads in my dormitory was from a Barnado's home and HE was the only one who got homesick after holidays. THAT speaks volumes for the care given at their homes. I'm 75 and still remember that whenever a collection tin from Barnados is in front of me, ergo I give to them.
Im suprised the NSPCC ad with the little baby boy Milo, in his cot holding his empty bottle "Milo doesn't cry any more, because he knows that when he does, no one comes" 😭
I recall a very effective one from the late 90's. "Like most victims, Julie knew her killer". A mother driving her two children who are seated at the back. The son doesn''t have his seat belt on. When the mother has to break suddenly her son is thrown forward into the back of her head, he calmly sitting back down with a bloody nose, his sister screaming and his mother killed by her own son.
The fact you were so emotional shows how loving you are as a person
Sorry just shows how gullable people are I don't believe adverts or any media outlet no matter who is promoting it, it's just another way to suck more money out of us sorry
@@katharinereynolds25LOL how is going to check your smoke alarm because an advert reminded you, giving them any money? Most people wouldn't have parted with any cash you fool 😂
@@katharinereynolds25so you don’t believe any of the issues raised in these adverts are issues? Are you dense?
@@saralouise7199I'm sorry you get sucked in by bullshit, if the the government of this country gave a damn about anyone living here, they wouldn't take taxes and send them to other countries for weapons ect so my question is are you dense
@@katharinereynolds25you’re very fortunate if you don’t believe these things really happen…(That’s not a negative thing I wish I was as fortunate as you)
The watershed is 9pm, these went on tv after that 😊
I’m 28 years old and i remember every single one of these ads from childhood and most were dated when I was around 10 and early teens.. they all played on prime time tv and opened up conversations ‘around the dinner table’ so to speak… I think it’s a good thing, it’s reality and it should be shown to make you think and opens up the conversations we need 🙌🏼
Watershed in the UK …meaning when more adult content can be shown is 9pm. Not all of those ads would have been kept till after the watershed though.
In the UK, we have something called a '9pm Watershed'.
The watershed is a dividing line between general (all age) and adult TV. If the program/advert is not suitable for 'general' consumption, it can only be shown after the 'watershed'
You hit the nail on the head, these commercials are meant to pass on a message without the sugar coating .
I'm 55 and I remember the ads I saw as a kid about playing near train lines, and others - they STILL resonate with me even today.
The Northern Irish Car Crash ads are on another level. The only slight bit of reprieve is the occasional time you know the actor who plays the driver but they’re darkkkkkk
UK adverts can be incredibly moving and important. I’ve never seen anything like them on US TV.
That's for sure!
The sex traffic one. The actor was multi Oscar and BAFTA winner Dame Emma Thompson. Many of the biggest and influential British directors started doing ads. Ridley Scott for example.
I'm now in my 50's & I can still remember the old 70's & 80's UK Government PSA adverts. They were hard hitting, but the more up-to-date ones are truly on another level.
They are made with the full intention of shocking you & making the advert stick in your mind for a long time. Very powerful, very hard hitting & straight to point.
In Scotland here 👋 I wanted to come through my phone and give you guys a cuddle! I hadn't seen that Trafficking one before, I think it was Emma Thompson.
Adverts with children and animals definitely get me the hardest 💔
Don't worry, we definitely don't watch these back to back like this. They are probably sandwiched in between a new fridge or vacuum cleaner and a packet of crisps 😂xxx
All of these adverts were on normal/regular TV, but we have a "watershed" time of 9pm for more mature content and the more graphic adverts were shown then. The "Most Effective" British advertising campaign of all time is actually the British Heart Foundation's "Staying Alive" with Vinnie Jones. It taught people how to do hands only CPR on someone having a heart attack and saved several hundred people
My mum was a Dr. Barnado’s child during the war.
A marvellous organisation
This is the first video I've seen featuring you guys but I already feel such an affinity for you. Your tears and compassion feel so genuine. These adverts hit us Brits as hard. It is just reassuring to know the same level of humanity is felt across the pond.
I recommend watching the Northern Irish DoE/DFI road safety adverts. They are equally as disturbing to watch but are extremely effective with their messaging.
I’m 62 and have been watching these Government “shock an awe” adverts all my life and would like to think it has saved many life’s and also changed lives for the better. I’d have to say the Electricity sub stations, climbing electric pylons and Railway ads might just have saved my life as these places are where me and my friends would play……the ads of kids being electrocuted stopped me playing there.
My dad was a train driver. Seeing him come home the day he found a child electrocuted on the line sticks with me, even though I was a child myself.
I remember the electricity pylon ones when younger too. I was in the British police. .NOT BTP but we were forever assisting them in tracking down kids reported on the railway lines. Yes. the pylon ones were effective.. so much so I still feel odd when driving near one..
@@shininglightphotos1044Such a shame for the kid & your Dad. Yeah we never seen the danger! It was just like a large play ground adventure to enjoy…the danger never became visible until it got you.
@@mariahoulihan9483Well I’m embarrassed to say that being chased by the BTP was part of the fun & excitement! To think they were there to say our lives but at that age we didn’t think or understand about the dangers. But watching the Gov films did get through eventually.
@@shininglightphotos1044 how awful. When I was doing my initial Police training we covered the work of BTP of course I was Met. Pol. they tod us several stories of drivers who got PTSD after what they witnessed such as your Dad did. Plus, those who committed suicide or were pushed. We would be called to bigger disasters to back BTP up of course and if they could cope with on the line maybe with crowd control and to allow the other services free access. We had strict rules about the lines being shut off before we went onto them.
As a parent, YOU owe it to your child (regardless of age) to learn first aid, even the most basic level. YOU owe it to yourself. Don't become the parent who one day says, "I wish I could have done something ".
Take care ❤
I joined the British Red Cross when I turned 13.
It served me well when I was able to stop a driver trying to take a motorcyclists helmet off after his bike flipped over a car. The car driver drove out of a side road and didn't see the motorcycle.
I was lucky to be in my friend's dad's car, and he backed me up since he knew I was a fully qualified first aider at 15.
I updated my first aider certification when due, throughout my working life, until I was forced into disability retirement.
My interest in First Aid led me to become a Fire Marshal, a Health and Safety officer and inspector, al in the effort to help protect others.
There was this short film that I was shown in year 5 (4th grade), it was about the "DANGER OF DEATH" signs on the outside of electricity sub stations. The film consisted of this group of three boys playing football outside the sub station, one of the boys accidentally booted the ball inside. They contemplated about going in to retrieve the ball but two of the boys said they didn't want to. The final boy slowly went into the sub station and was super close to grabbing the ball. The film cut to the other boys horrified faces as loud electrical cracks and flashing lights were added to the scene. Then it cut back to the final boy, you could only see his legs and the ball but his legs were smoking and burnt.
From that day on (I'm 19 now), I have not and will not EVER ignore any type of warning sign or "DANGER OF DEATH." The UK isn't great but their PSA's, short films and ads about safety work incredibly well
the main children's TV channels don't have advert slots. which means that these will air even during prime child TV times. i remember seeing some when I was young.
In Scotland every senior school teaches emergency first aid .
And an advert to the soundtrack staying alive has helped lots of people know how to do CPR .
Can’t be every school if I was never taught it
@@MaxKingsley72
You in school now ?
@@MaxKingsley72 It was only in Scotland's academies (what we would call state schools in England)
You also have an insane first minister
Bless your hearts guys - when there’s a message that needs to be heard - we project it loud and clear - I still check my smoke alarm every clock change day
Brit here, most of these were played in the midde of the afternoon. I remember being a kid and watching the motorbike accident one and I think the smoke alarm one
I will always remember the kid getting crushed to death in car crash because the adult in the back seat wasn't wearing the seat belt yet the kid was
I always remember as a small child giving my younger brother a sugar coated boiled sweet. When the sugar wore off it slipped down his throat blocking his airway. I will never forget the image of my dad and the man next door holding him upside down, or of him going black as they were desperately banging on his back to dislodge the sweet. Thankfully they did. My daughter is a nurse and apparently more children die from chocking on sausages because unlike boiled sweets they don’t easily dislodge. Learn first aid. It saves lives.
I remember these adverts being on TV, hard hitting stuff. You should also check out the Northern Ireland road safety adverts... They are very hard hitting campaigns
The Torture by Any Other Name (Trafficking Advert) is narrated and 'modelled' by a famous British actress, Emma Thompson.
Kudos to her for doing it.
For the majority of us these issues are part of the background noise of life. These adverts are someone stepping out of those shadows and shouting a reminder. That is why they work so well. Powerful stuff.
Your reaction shows the sort of people you really are, as if we didn't know already. I have watched other people (mainly Americans) react to these adverts and most of them were angry that they existed, because it made them upset. You were upset, as any normal people would be, but it didn't make you think they shouldn't exist, but made you think about the subjects involved, exactly what they were designed for. American media and part of your society is aimed so much at the almighty dollar (health care, gun control), while here in the UK and much of Europe a different slant exists, not by any meaning are we perfect....just I believe better off.
You are great people and amazing parents, the proof is a six letter word beginning with S. You deserve and will get a 100,000 subscribers and more.
What you should do now, is get to see a compilation of funny commercials......you've earned it!!!
Really appreciate the kind words! It means a lot.
@@reactingtomyroots No problem, perhaps they were kind words, but they were also honest and sincere. You were in my top 3 UA-cam channels, particularly because you seemed to almost have a British/Irish outlook in many ways.....you were an excellent 9/10 channel, adding your wife and darling daughter took you to 10 and now No. 1 in my eyes, you will hit a 100,000 before the end of the year. I run a little company, I will not say what it does...you will find out when I send you a personalised gift in a few weeks....I do not want to spoil the surprise, but rest assured it is good and wholesome and will have you all falling off your chairs with laughter.....but I need good photos of the 3 of you, I could take screen shots, but these wouldn't produce the results I strive for, any chance of you adding photos in the community section like some other channels? Thanks
Well done guys for managing to sit through a heavy dose of emotional adverts. These are hard hitting but very effective, even when delivered one at a time, tucked within a string of ordinary adverts. Hope you gave each other a massive hug after watching these, but feel better informed and aware of other lives and situations. ❤
Hi, UK person here. Some of these adverts are shown later in the evening but they can be on from 6pm onwards to catch families who are back from work for tea time. The ones that really feel like a dagger to the heart for me are the elderly people ones. The most terrifying one ive seen is a speed awareness one from ireland
In the late 90s when I was in primary school we had the local fire brigade come in. They taught us loads about fire safety. From putting the back of your hand against the door handle to see if the fire was outside your room (the metal would he hot and burn you, but better on the back of your hand than palm). Crawling towards the exit (smoke rises), throwing your mattress out the window before jumping out etc
They made us do floorplans of our homes and worked with us to plan an appropriate fire exit and told us to go home and teach our parents about it. The next week suddenly we had 2 extra fire alarms in our house lol. So this sort of stuff does work and I think using children, whilst feels manipulative is effective in sending a message. So I guess it's worth doing to some degree
We had that as well. I think we had a talk and a video. I remember the back of the hand thing too. I think it was because if you've grabbed the handle you won't be able to let go quickly enough to avoid getting badly burned as the shock will make you grasp it as a reflex. If you use the back of your hand your fingers won't go round it and you can easily move your hand away. There was also a bit about putting a wet cloth over a pan fire and they showed what happened if you tried to throw water over it which was pretty horrific!
@@cyflym11 ah makes sense. I can't remember the complete logic behind it but know not to do it at least haha. I wonder if schools still do this type of thing, I hope they do because it's not likely you'll need the knowledge (touching wood) but in the horrid case you do it'll be good.
@@Mitchell4892 That's a good question. My son went to a special needs school so I don't suppose they'd have done it, partly because the kids wouldn't understand and also they had such a high staff ratio that no child would find themselves alone in the event of a fire.
I shall now make it my mission to find out from my friends who have younger children still at school!
They must do though surely?
@@cyflym11 I hope they do, every penny spent of my taxes (despite not having children) on children's education is money well spent. They're going to be the one's keeping charge of stuff when I hopefully make it to old age after all.
I remember this too
In no.2 "Torture by another name", the actress was the great Dame Emma Thompson. You would maybe have seen her in Harry Potter as the Divination teacher Sybill Trelawney & the lead role in Nanny McPhee amongst many other TV/Film roles.
Bless you both for sitting there on camera in tears. We've always had harsh adverts for as long as I remember. They've always been hard hitting, saying a great deal, but with little to no words. Our brains make us realise the impact and lesson to be learnt for ourselves, which has to be done so it resonates within each individual‼️ The PSA adverts in the 70's and 80's aimed at children to highlight the dangers of railway lines, climbing up the electricity pylons, kite flying near overhead power lines, crossing a busy road etc. The pylon climber in the ad went up to retrieve his Frisbee, got electrocuted and fell 30ft to his death‼️ The kids on the railway line had 2 types of ending. One kids undone shoe lace got jammed when the rails moved tracks, leaving the kid stuck with an oncoming high speed train coming for him. The other train PSA WAS a group of kids trudging through the tunnel when a rescheduled train was fast approaching the kids who had nowhere to run or stand clear of it‼️ The PSA's involving children's safety would be on every Sat, Sun mornings and then everyday at various times throughout the 6 week summer holiday but the summer brought out PSA's warning of taking blow up dinghies to the sea if the red flag is up on the beach and also about everybody's swimming capabilities (it's usually adult males that drown?) and YES, someones body gets pulled out of the sea by the coastguard‼️❤
I’m 60 yrs old and was raised in the time these adverts began, so I’ve seen them all! Hard hitting and for good reason.
British people are hardy people and not easily shocked, just part of our history and upbringing (stiff upper lip) So it takes something powerful to penetrate compared to Americans which seems to me have their world sugarcoated. Not being rude.
Our humour is blunt and to the point and usually seen as rude or politically incorrect, but that’s just how we role.
Thanks for having the guts to watch this and I’m glad it caused you to reflect.
Great video guys! Oh and Lyndsey, love the bow
Suzie in London 🇬🇧
Motor Neurone Disease is hard to see a family member go through. My brother took 2 years to die, his muscles gradually ceasing to function. The worst time was when he lost the ability to speak. The advert makes you aware of the severity of the disease and prompts you to support research into the disease.
My mother in law had the same. It’s a terrible thing to go through. Just awful.
It was just the same for my mum. It's devastating to see.
Me too with my lovely dad. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
I'm so sorry. Its when i read things like this that i wish euthanasia was legal here. Because no one should have to go through that. 😢
My mum didn’t have Motor Neurone Disease, but an importable brain tumour and visiting her in the last couple of months of her life was heartbreaking she couldn’t see, and could barely hear or move. The hospital and then nursing home staff were brilliant though. Sadly I was the only one to be able to be contacted when she died (I worked at the local supermarket) and the manager on duty that day (it was a Sunday so only open 10-4) came to get me in the break room as “someone from mum’s nursing home was here”. I had to tell both my dad and grandma (mum’s mum) that she’d died. I’ve had better times in my life.
omg I got chills with that first advert... us Brits do adverts with impact! I think the UK does a good job raising awareness to important issues but saying that when you just want to watch the British Bake Off, you don't want to be seeing depressing adverts about cancer and child abuse. That's why I don't watch live TV anymore, it kind of ruins my experience of watching shows. If you have certain trigger points, British ads (the negative ones) can be a bit traumatising. I think it's good they raise awareness for things but hmm it seems there are more depressing ads than entertaining ones these days. It's a fine balance.
We've lost our great adverts, hard hitting, and comedy ones, over the years as noone watches them anymore. But we used to have some amazing ads. A lot were like a series also, they all had a story or theme. - Try the TANGO adverts! lol
Blimey we've only just started and she's already welling up! Bless you sweetheart! ;)
That one always gets to me too.
Barnardo's is an amazing charity, well worth checking the history and the work they do
Even a musical written about it. " Streets of London " i think it was called.
It is, but they colluded for a time with exporting British children to Canada without the express permission of parents who had perhaps put their children in their care temporarily. Many of those children ending up being abused or exploited as farm labour. They never saw their families again. This from Barnardo’s own website…Child migrants
Barnardo’s was one of many children’s charities that sent some children to start a new life in Australia or Canada from the late nineteenth century to the 1960s. This was a popular policy, supported by the British government, who believed that the children would benefit from opportunities they wouldn’t have in the UK. We now know that however well-intentioned, it was a deeply misguided policy. The last Barnardo’s child to be migrated was in 1967, to Australia. In 2010 the British government formally apologised for the UK’s role in sending more than 130,000 child migrants to former colonies.
When I was a kid, I remember they should us an advert in school on safety on the train tracks. Kids playing on the train tracks, kid fell with head on tracks. That one stuck with me.
We had a actual train driver come in to my grammar school to do an assembly.
The kids were pretty rowdy until he opened with "Hi, my name is 'Bob' I'm a train driver and I've killed people"
He went on to say that they told him when he got the job that he would end up killing people on the tracks. You can't get off in time if you aren't paying attention or you get stuck. There's no point even slowing the train down because it takes too long. He had killed 8 children and it haunted him. He told us never to play on the tracks. I'll always remember that.
I never did!
The more I've watched this, the more grown to respect you guys 🙏
i think that you are the first americans reacting to these ads that have not paused in the middle of an ad
just to flap there gums (talk) and not getting the meaning of them
so thanks steve lindsey for not pausing untill after the ads
im glad you both got the meaning of the ads unlike others no names said
The marmite compilation ads are so good and really funny and you guys have all the marmite context you need to watch and enjoy them.
You either love these ads or hate them 😂
I think the compilation got taken down off UA-cam 😢
@@sallysloman1742 genius 😂👍
@@Millennial_Manc what a shame but it should be easy enough for Steve to find them individually. A bit of clever editing and should still make for a really great reaction.
It’s a baby 😂😂best one
You should watch british public service announcements. I used to have to watch them at school for one of our lessons. I think it has desensitised me to ads like this.
I'd be interested in their reaction to the "Charlie says" ads that were specifically aimed at kids in the UK
Can we we get a reaction to the Prodigy song they inspired too please?
I'm 55 and still remember the public information ads we were shown as kids in the 70's - impactful was the word. They are still well worth a watch and pulled no punches even though they were meant for kids.
The psa about escalators in the 70s/ early 80s is the actual reason I have a phobia of escalators just the image of the child's Wellington boot being draged 8n to the side of the moving escalator freaks me out even now and it's been 40 + years .
Charley says "Always tell your mummy before going off somewhere so she knows who you are with". I only found out a couple of years ago that Charley was 'voiced' by Kenny Everett!
Interesting fact the road safety ads in the 70s and 80s were the Green Cross Code Man, who was played by David Prowse the actor who played the body of Darth Vader.
Ive watched your videos for a long while, and wow the authenticity of this video is beautiful. ❤ May you and your family be blessed and everyone else! Look forward to your future content 😊 To all remember emotion and empathy is why we can relate and connect may everyone be able to relate to one another no matter your circumstances ❤️
Any of the Northern Ireland DOE road safety adverts are extreme - definitely make you think. The most heartbreaking is the 'Classroom' one.
Growing up in Northern Ireland, We had incredibly effective ads. Theres a ton of the road saftey/ drink driving ads that i can still picture vividly.
Go hug Sophia, guys. We love you ❤