Ads Infinitum Explained

Runtime:10 min
Creator:Victor Lewis-Smith, Paul Sparks
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Num Episodes:15

Ads Infinitum was a British television comedy sketch/archive series, co-written and presented by Victor Lewis-Smith that originally ran on BBC Two, beginning with a 10-minute pilot episode in December 1996 that focused on adverts for Christmas toys, two series would soon follow. A series of 6 episodes in 1998, and a second series of 8 episodes in 2000. The series would look at old TV and cinema adverts, some footage previously unseen on UK TV, which Lewis-Smith would usually make fun of.

Episodes

SeriesNo.EpisodeAir date
Pilot1"Christmas Presents Past"19 December 1996
12"Comics and Magazines"26 October 1998
3"Consumer Cack"2 November 1998
4"Public Information Films"9 November 1998
5"Cinema Food Ads"16 November 1998
6"Leominster Local Cinema Ads"23 November 1998
7"Ads Infinitum Awards 1998"30 November 1998
28"Airlines"11 September 2000
9"Holidays in Britain"18 September 2000
10"Holidays Abroad"25 September 2000
11"British Kewzeen"2 October 2000
12"Superheroes"9 October 2000
13"Old-Age Pensioners"16 October 2000
14"Buygones"23 October 2000
15"Ads Infinitum Awards 2000"30 October 2000

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